DIETETICS IN PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL DISEASES

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

General Module

Course Sheet

Course code:

DI32C4G

Academic Year of enrolment:

2021

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in DIETISTIC

Disciplinary Sector:

Applied Dietary Sciences

Is part of:

PSICOPATHOLOGY OF FOOD AND NUTRITION

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

VITACOLONNA Ester

Cycle:

Second semester

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

Prerequisites as per the Didactic Regulations

Objectives

The course aims to provide knowledge and skills as well as to develop skills related to the complexity of eating behavior and related changes.

Contents

The biological bases of eating behavior; Food styles; Eating disorders: diagnostic criteria and classification; Prevention of eating behavior disorders; The stages of change; Binge; Anorexia: diagnostic criteria and classification, Epidemiology, Clinical aspects, Complications; Bulimia. diagnostic criteria and classification, Epidemiology, Clinical aspects, Complications; The multidisciplinary team in medical and nutritional therapy in eating disorders; Medical management of anorexia nervosa; Diagnostic setting of the patient's eating behavior with eating disorders.

Extended Syllabus

Recommended Bibliography

Guidelines. Teaching material illustrated in class and in-depth analysis of the most recent scientific literature in the lesson provided by the teacher.

Bruch H. Patologia del comportamento alimentare. Feltrinelli, Milano, 1978.
Bruch H. La gabbia d'oro. L'enigma dell'anoressia mentale. Feltrinelli, Milano, 2006.
Cuzzolaro M. Anoressie e Bulimie. Il Mulino, Bologna, 2004.
Cuzzolaro M, Piccolo F, Speranza AM. Anoressia, bulimia, obesità. Disturbi dell'alimentazione e del peso corporeo da 0 a 14 anni. Carocci, Roma, 2009.
Cuzzolaro M., Il corpo e le sue ombre. Il Mulino, 2017.
Fairburn C.G. Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Eating Disorder. Guilford, 2008.
Regione Umbria, LINEE GUIDA REGIONALI per la diagnosi ed il trattamento dei Disturbi del Comportamento Alimentare. Edizioni Regione Umbria-2013

Teaching Methods

Frontal lessons. Interactive Teaching. Discussion of clinical cases

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Oral examination

Contacts/More Information

For explanations and clarifications, the teacher is available after email scheduling.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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