Neurology and psychiatry questions in relation to neuropsychology [ LPSYS2926 ]

1) Introduction to the neurological assessment of adults (including elementary notions of neuroimaging and electrophysiological examinations)

2) Influence of the patient's personality, anxiety and depression in the rehabilitation of brain-damaged patients

1) A1, F1, F2

Provide the elementary notions of neurology for a non-medical therapist (psychologist, speech therapist) who is working in close collaboration with specialized neurologists, psychiatrists and geriatricians.

2) A1, F1, F2

Make psychologists or speech therapists aware of the relational and psychiatric issues in the rehabilitation of patients with brain damage and neurodegenerative pathologies.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

1) Neurological semiology, supplementary neurological examinations, neurological pathologies (multiple sclerosis, head injury, stroke, dementia etc.)

2) Coping with the loss of good health, influence of the patient's personality on the neuropsychological rehabilitation, influence of anxiety and depression on cognitive functions, differential diagnosis between depression and neurodegenerative pathologies.

To have knowledge about:

Anatomy and physiology of the nervous system

Notions of cognitive neuropsychology

Notions of clinical psychology