Psychiatric Rehabilitation Technique (Qualifying for the Health Profession of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Technician)

What is the objective of the course? What is it?
What does it train you for?

- Acquire the competences needed to understand the structural and anatomic organisation of the central nervous system and of the relevant biological, neuro-chemical and physiological phenomena;

• Know the fundamental traits of psychological development and family dynamics;
• Understand the etiopathogenesis, physiopathology, diagnostics and symptoms of the principal mental disorders of childhood, adolescence and adult age;
• Know the main psychodiagnostics tools and the most common rating scales;
• Know the fundamental traits of both pharmacological and psychotherapeutic psychiatric care;
• Understand the basic principles, the underlying theories, the models, techniques and intervention strategies of psychiatric rehabilitation;
• Acquire the ability to design tailor made rehabilitation interventions and their evaluation procedures;
• Understand the basic principles of mental hygiene and of the prevention of psychic disease in various life contexts;
• Acquire appropriate knowledge of the regulations related to psychiatry and to the organisation of mental healthcare services.

What do you learn?

The Bachelor's Degree in Psychiatric Rehabilitation Technician provides 180 total university training credits (CFU), divided into three years of course, of which at least 60 to be acquired in training activities aimed at the maturation of basic, class-specific and specific professional skills (internship), divided into basic, characterizing and related activities.

Basic (core) activities concern the study of preparatory and introductory subjects, necessary for the achievement of basic knowledge relating to biological, biochemical and physiological phenomena and to the main functioning mechanisms of organs and systems.

Class-specific activities consist of teachings relating to prevention, diagnosis and therapeutic-rehabilitative interventions in the field of psychiatric pathologies, with attention to the study of psychological, pharmacological and legal medical aspects.

In addition, knowledge of health management issues is provided.

The related activities allow to deepen the study of disciplines related to the field of psychiatric rehabilitation, according to a multi-disciplinary approach to mental illness.

What can you do with it?

Area of the profession:

• Social welfare structures in the public and private sectors;
• Psycho-social centres;
• Rehabilitation therapy centres;
• Therapeutic communities;
• Lodging houses;
• Residences for the elderly;
• Drug addiction services.