B) Description of individual course units
Course title: Clinical Neuroscience
Name of lecturer: George Panagis
Course code: ΨΥ 3407
Type of course: Seminar
Level of course: Elected
Year of study: 3/ 4
Semester/trimester: Fall
Number of credits: 6
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
The aim of this seminar is to introduce students to the research literature and the study of issues in the
field of clinical neuroscience of interest to psychologists. Students will write a research review paper on
a topic specific to the field. The course is organized as follows: (1) the instructor will introduce students
to the field by presenting overviews of the literature in the first 3-4 lectures; (2) the second phase of
instruction will focus on conducting searches of the literature, reading critically on each topic, and writing
review papers; (3) each student will present a current or recent original research article on a topic
relevant to the seminar aiming to create discussion and critical appraisal of the subject matter presented
by all the students in the seminar; and (4) each student will submit a final written review during exam
period.
Prerequisites: Physiology of Behavior I, Physiology of Behavior II
Course contents:
Schizophrenia
Major depression
Bipolar disorder
Panic disorder
Obsessive Compulsive disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Autism
Tourette syndrome
Drug addiction
Stress – Psychoneuroimmunology
Eating disorders
Huntington’s disease
Parkinson’s disease
Alzheimer disease
Delirium
Recommended reading:
1. Charney, D.S., & Nestler, E.J. (Eds.). (2004). Neurobiology of Mental Illness. (2nd Ed.). Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
2. Lambert, K. G., & Kinsley, C.H. (Eds.). (2011). Clinical Neuroscience: Psychopathology and the
brain. New York: Oxford University Press.
3. Yudofsky, S.C., & Hales, R.E. (Eds.). (2008). Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience. (5th
Ed.). Washington: American Psychiatric Publishing.
Teaching methods: Lecturing and Presentation of research papers
Assessment methods: Oral presentation of research paper (30%), essay (review paper) (70%)
Language of instruction: Greek