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University-Specific Master's Degree
Therapeutic Neuroscience
The Master's Diploma in Therapeutic Neuroscience is a postgraduate program that has established itself as a national benchmark, offering in-depth training in behavioral science applied to real life, both to everyday behavior and to maladaptive behavior and various mental health disorders.The program begins with a reasoned study of the neuroanatomy of the brain, which is learned in a functional and applied way from the very first class. Subsequently, the affective, hedonic, and procedural systems, which are strong determinants of human behavior, are integrated. After that, learning is studied by performing a functional analysis of behavior from a comprehensive perspective of its determinants (associative, operant, affective, etc.), with numerous examples applied to functional and dysfunctional behaviors. Subsequently, an analysis of personality, cognitive, evaluative, and socio-affective mechanisms is integrated, followed by an in-depth study of the key foundations of human happiness. Personality disorders are studied, as well as other neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders, including the limitations of current diagnostic models and the limitations of psychopharmacological treatment. Work on depression and anxiety is addressed more specifically, with an additional comprehensive study of addictions. Finally, an incursion into the neuroscience of consciousness and the unconscious is made. The program is based on hundreds of referenced scientific studies, providing a broad and solid foundation for behavioral analysis. However, its most valuable element is the coherent and profound clinical reasoning that runs throughout the Master's program.
The Master's Degree in Therapeutic Neuroscience is designed as a continuous, reasoned, and highly coherent learning process throughout the program. From the very first classes, students are able to transfer their reflections from the syllabus to real-life situations, patients, family, partners, work, friends... and themselves. In addition to providing a comprehensive study in the field of applied neuroscience, the Master's Degree in Therapeutic Neuroscience is a personal development program, particularly focused on in-depth reading and critical thinking. It includes a broad practical approach (workbook with more than 400 pages).
Students must have the ability to study and a high level of reading comprehension, as well as being comfortable with reflection. The program involves real continuous learning, so students must be determined to keep up with their studies in order to build up their reasoning process throughout the Master's degree. Our experience with students coming from a psychology degree is overwhelmingly positive. The Master's program allows students to delve deeper into aspects of neuroscience applied to clinical practice in a much more comprehensive way than in the undergraduate program, enabling them to understand and address the problems encountered in consultation from a more solid foundation. In general, students from psychology find the depth and academic quality of the Master's program satisfactory, as well as its direct application to therapeutic work with patients, which provides guidance and confidence in psychotherapeutic clinical practice. It also allows other healthcare professionals to improve their understanding of mental health, human behavior, patients, and themselves. In short, the Master's Degree in Therapeutic Neuroscience responds to these needs for a deeper understanding of human behavior. With the recognition of training at ICNS and the opportunity to obtain a highly recognized and valued qualification in the clinic.
Due to the fact that a significant part of the course content is updated each year, the description of each topic's points is for guidance only. The written syllabus is also complementary to the classes, where many additional points may be covered.
Professors
Alfonso BordalloDr.Álvaro Campillo
Alfonso Méndez
Ainhoa Pérez Escobedo
- Evidence-based education.
- Professors with extensive clinical experience.
- Clinical focus from the very first class.
- Hundreds of scientific studies are reviewed and cross-referenced throughout the course.
- Early enrollment discounts available.
- Interest-free installment payment options.
- Special group conditions for clinics.


1. INTRODUCTION
2. NEUROANATOMY AND FUNCTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
2.1 BRAIN STEM AND DIENCEPHALON
2.2 CEREBELLUM
2.3 FRONTAL LOBES
2.4 PARIETAL LOBE
2.5 OCCIPITAL LOBE
2.6 TEMPORAL LOBE
2.7 BASAL GANGLIA, HIPPOCAMPUS, AND AMYGDALA
2.8 SIGNIFICANCE
2.9 CONSCIOUSNESS
2.10 BRAIN NETWORKS AND FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY
2.11 AUTONOMOUS NERVOUS SYSTEM
3. MOTION CONTROL
4. EVOLUTION AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
5. INTRODUCTION TO THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF THE CNS
6. NEUROPLASTICITY, CREATING PATHWAYS OF ACTIVITY
7. NEUROTRANSMITTERS
7.1 SYNAPSES
7.2 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
7.3 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICAL DRUGS AND NEUROPLASTICITY
7.4 SEROTONIN
7.5 GABA
7.6 NOREPINEPHRINE AND ADRENALINE
7.7 HISTAMINE
7.8 DOPAMINE
7.9 OREXIN
7.10 ADENOSINE
7.11 GLUTAMATE
7.12 ACETYLCHOLINE
8. TOP-DOWN CONTROL OF PHYSIOLOGY
9. NUTRITION AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
10. HORMONES AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
10.1 PROLACTIN
10.2 VASOPRESSIN
10.3 OXYTOCIN
10.4 ESTROGENS
10.5 ANDROGENS
10.6 THYROID
11. PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND NEUROBIOLOGY
12. NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
13. REGULATION OF ARousal: WAKENESS, ALERTNESS, AND SLEEP CYCLES
14. THE STUDY OF THE BRAIN
14.1 HEMODYNAMIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNIQUES
14.2 METABOLIC ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN
14.3 ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN
14.4 EXPERIMENTAL ABLATION STUDIES
15. HUMAN SUFFERING AS A MEDICAL PROBLEM

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SUN. 15 OCT 2010 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Alfonso Bordallo
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1. INTRODUCTION
2. NEUROANATOMY AND FUNCTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
2.1 BRAIN STEM AND DIENCEPHALON
2.2 CEREBELLUM
2.3 FRONTAL LOBES
2.4 PARIETAL LOBE
2.5 OCCIPITAL LOBE
2.6 TEMPORAL LOBE
2.7 BASAL GANGLIA, HIPPOCAMPUS, AND AMYGDALA
2.8 SIGNIFICANCE
2.9 CONSCIOUSNESS
2.10 BRAIN NETWORKS AND FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY
2.11 AUTONOMOUS NERVOUS SYSTEM
3. MOTION CONTROL
4. EVOLUTION AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
5. INTRODUCTION TO THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF THE CNS
6. NEUROPLASTICITY, CREATING PATHWAYS OF ACTIVITY
7. NEUROTRANSMITTERS
7.1 SYNAPSES
7.2 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
7.3 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICAL DRUGS AND NEUROPLASTICITY
7.4 SEROTONIN
7.5 GABA
7.6 NOREPINEPHRINE AND ADRENALINE
7.7 HISTAMINE
7.8 DOPAMINE
7.9 OREXIN
7.10 ADENOSINE
7.11 GLUTAMATE
7.12 ACETYLCHOLINE
8. TOP-DOWN CONTROL OF PHYSIOLOGY
9. NUTRITION AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
10. HORMONES AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
10.1 PROLACTIN
10.2 VASOPRESSIN
10.3 OXYTOCIN
10.4 ESTROGENS
10.5 ANDROGENS
10.6 THYROID
11. PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND NEUROBIOLOGY
12. NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
13. REGULATION OF ARousal: WAKENESS, ALERTNESS, AND SLEEP CYCLES
14. THE STUDY OF THE BRAIN
14.1 HEMODYNAMIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNIQUES
14.2 METABOLIC ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN
14.3 ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN
14.4 EXPERIMENTAL ABLATION STUDIES
15. HUMAN SUFFERING AS A MEDICAL PROBLEM

1. INTRODUCTION TO PLEASURE
1.1 PHYSIOLOGY OF PLEASURE
1.2 CONSTRUCTION OF PLEASURE
2. HEDONIC HOTSPOTS
2.1 CODING OF PLEASURE VS CAUSE OF PLEASURE
2.2 DESIRE, PLEASURE, AND LEARNING
2.3 REWARD MAPPING
2.4 IMPULSIVITY, COMPULSION, AND REINFORCEMENT
2.5 CONSCIOUS PLEASURE VS. UNCONSCIOUS PLEASURE
2.6 HABITUATION, TOLERANCE, AND DEPENDENCE
3. NEUROBIOLOGY OF PLEASURE
3.1 PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND PLEASURE
3.2 FOOD AND PLEASURE
4. BEHAVIOR SELECTION
4.1 BASAL GANGLIA AND BEHAVIOR SELECTION
5. FUNCTION OF THE BASAL GANGLIA
5.1 PREDICTION, ANTICIPATION, AND MOTIVATION
5.2 PREDICTION ERROR
5.3 DOPAMINE, MOTIVATION, AND GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR
5.4 PLEASURE EXPERIENCE: VENTRAL STRIA and ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX
5.5 REWARD VALUATION, COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS, AND DECISIONS: PREFRONTAL CORTEX
5.6 ANTICIPATION AND DESIRE: LEARNING FROM REWARD
6. PLEASURE AND HAPPINESS
7. REWARD AND MARKETING
8. REWARDS AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
9. FINAL COMMENTS ON REWARDS
10. EMOTIONS
11. THE STUDY OF EMOTIONS
11.1 WILLIAM JAMES AND WALTER CANNON
11.2 COGNITIVE EVALUATION OF EMOTIONS
11.3 JOSEPH LEDOUX
11.4 BASIC EMOTIONS AND UNIVERSALITY
11.5 HEMISPHERIC LATERALITY
11.6 SOMATIC MARKERS
11.7 CEREBRAL CORTEX AND EMOTIONS
11.8 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTIVISM
11.9 PANKSEPP AND BARRETT
11.10 MOTIVATION VS EMOTIONS
11.11 EMOTIONAL REGULATION
11.12 DEFENSE MECHANISMS
11.13 EUSTRESS AND DISTESS
11.14 EXTINCTION
11.15 EMOTIONS AND DISORDERS
11.16 THE EGO AS AN EMOTION
11.17 AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF INPUTS AND MODULATION OF OUTPUTS
12. EMOTIONS AND CONSCIOUSNESS
13. FINAL COMMENTS

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SUN. 29 OCT 2010 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Alfonso Bordallo
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1. INTRODUCTION TO PLEASURE
1.1 PHYSIOLOGY OF PLEASURE
1.2 CONSTRUCTION OF PLEASURE
2. HEDONIC HOTSPOTS
2.1 CODING OF PLEASURE VS CAUSE OF PLEASURE
2.2 DESIRE, PLEASURE, AND LEARNING
2.3 REWARD MAPPING
2.4 IMPULSIVITY, COMPULSION, AND REINFORCEMENT
2.5 CONSCIOUS PLEASURE VS. UNCONSCIOUS PLEASURE
2.6 HABITUATION, TOLERANCE, AND DEPENDENCE
3. NEUROBIOLOGY OF PLEASURE
3.1 PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND PLEASURE
3.2 FOOD AND PLEASURE
4. BEHAVIOR SELECTION
4.1 BASAL GANGLIA AND BEHAVIOR SELECTION
5. FUNCTION OF THE BASAL GANGLIA
5.1 PREDICTION, ANTICIPATION, AND MOTIVATION
5.2 PREDICTION ERROR
5.3 DOPAMINE, MOTIVATION, AND GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR
5.4 PLEASURE EXPERIENCE: VENTRAL STRIA and ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX
5.5 REWARD VALUATION, COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS, AND DECISIONS: PREFRONTAL CORTEX
5.6 ANTICIPATION AND DESIRE: LEARNING FROM REWARD
6. PLEASURE AND HAPPINESS
7. REWARD AND MARKETING
8. REWARDS AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
9. FINAL COMMENTS ON REWARDS
10. EMOTIONS
11. THE STUDY OF EMOTIONS
11.1 WILLIAM JAMES AND WALTER CANNON
11.2 COGNITIVE EVALUATION OF EMOTIONS
11.3 JOSEPH LEDOUX
11.4 BASIC EMOTIONS AND UNIVERSALITY
11.5 HEMISPHERIC LATERALITY
11.6 SOMATIC MARKERS
11.7 CEREBRAL CORTEX AND EMOTIONS
11.8 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTIVISM
11.9 PANKSEPP AND BARRETT
11.10 MOTIVATION VS EMOTIONS
11.11 EMOTIONAL REGULATION
11.12 DEFENSE MECHANISMS
11.13 EUSTRESS AND DISTESS
11.14 EXTINCTION
11.15 EMOTIONS AND DISORDERS
11.16 THE EGO AS AN EMOTION
11.17 AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF INPUTS AND MODULATION OF OUTPUTS
12. EMOTIONS AND CONSCIOUSNESS
13. FINAL COMMENTS

1. INTRODUCTION
2. LEARNING
2.1 NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF LEARNING
3. TYPES OF LEARNING
3.1 CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
3.2 OPERANT CONDITIONING
3.3 LEARNING REWARD
3.4 BEHAVIOR CONTROL THROUGH EMOTIONS
3.5 WHAT PRODUCES REINFORCEMENT AT THE NEUROBIOLOGICAL LEVEL?
4. INTELLIGENCE
4.1 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS AND INTELLIGENCE
4.2 ONTOGENETIC DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENCE
4.3 HERITABILITY AND BEHAVIOR
5. PROBLEM SOLVING
6. REWARDS AND LEARNING
7. REINFORCEMENT AND DELAY TIME
8. REINFORCEMENT AND ADDICTION
9. REFLECTIONS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CULTURE, BIOLOGY, AND ENVIRONMENT
10. MOTIVATED BEHAVIOR
11. VICARIOUS LEARNING AND ROLES
12. FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR
13. FINAL THOUGHTS

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SUN. 12 NOV 2010 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Alfonso Bordallo
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1. INTRODUCTION
2. LEARNING
2.1 NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF LEARNING
3. TYPES OF LEARNING
3.1 CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
3.2 OPERANT CONDITIONING
3.3 LEARNING REWARD
3.4 BEHAVIOR CONTROL THROUGH EMOTIONS
3.5 WHAT PRODUCES REINFORCEMENT AT THE NEUROBIOLOGICAL LEVEL?
4. INTELLIGENCE
4.1 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS AND INTELLIGENCE
4.2 ONTOGENETIC DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENCE
4.3 HERITABILITY AND BEHAVIOR
5. PROBLEM SOLVING
6. REWARDS AND LEARNING
7. REINFORCEMENT AND DELAY TIME
8. REINFORCEMENT AND ADDICTION
9. REFLECTIONS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CULTURE, BIOLOGY, AND ENVIRONMENT
10. MOTIVATED BEHAVIOR
11. VICARIOUS LEARNING AND ROLES
12. FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR
13. FINAL THOUGHTS

1. INTRODUCTION
2. BIG FIVE
2.1 EXTRAVERSION
2.2 NEUROTICISM
2.3 CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
2.4 OPENNESS
2.5 AGREEABLENESS
3. NEUROBIOLOGY AND PERSONALITY
4. PERSONALITY IS DYNAMIC
5. CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN PERSONALITY
6. SITUATIONALISM
7. GENETICS AND PERSONALITY
8. PERSONALITY DISORDERS
9. SELF-ESTEEM
9.1 LOCUS OF CONTROL AND AUTONOMY
9.2 SELF-CONCEPT, SELF-ESTEEM, AND SELF-IMAGE
9.3 SOCIO-COGNITIVE ASPECTS
9.4 SOCIAL IDENTITY
9.5 THE SELF
10. PERSONALITY AND PROFESSIONS
11. REFLECTIONS ON IDEOLOGY AND PERSONALITY
12. OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY AND PERFECTIONISM
13. SOCIO-SEXUAL TRAITS AND GENDER DIFFERENCES
14. FINAL THOUGHTS

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SUN. 26 NOV 2010 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Alfonso Bordallo
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1. INTRODUCTION
2. BIG FIVE
2.1 EXTRAVERSION
2.2 NEUROTICISM
2.3 CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
2.4 OPENNESS
2.5 AGREEABLENESS
3. NEUROBIOLOGY AND PERSONALITY
4. PERSONALITY IS DYNAMIC
5. CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN PERSONALITY
6. SITUATIONALISM
7. GENETICS AND PERSONALITY
8. PERSONALITY DISORDERS
9. SELF-ESTEEM
9.1 LOCUS OF CONTROL AND AUTONOMY
9.2 SELF-CONCEPT, SELF-ESTEEM, AND SELF-IMAGE
9.3 SOCIO-COGNITIVE ASPECTS
9.4 SOCIAL IDENTITY
9.5 THE SELF
10. PERSONALITY AND PROFESSIONS
11. REFLECTIONS ON IDEOLOGY AND PERSONALITY
12. OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY AND PERFECTIONISM
13. SOCIO-SEXUAL TRAITS AND GENDER DIFFERENCES
14. FINAL THOUGHTS

1. MIND AND COGNITION
2. ONTOGENETIC EVOLUTION AND COGNITION
3. CATEGORIZATION AND SCHEMES
4. MEMORY TEMPORAL DIMENSION OF MEMORY
4.1 Sensory memory
4.2 Short-term memory and working memory
4.3 Long-term memory
4.4 Anatomy of memory
5. LANGUAGE
5.1 Neuroanatomy of language
5.2 Language and thought
5.3 Reading
5.4 Social networks and atrophy in information processing
5.5 Calculation
6. INTELLIGENCE
6.1 Relationship between executive functions and intelligence
6.1 Executive function
7. COGNITIVE BIASES AND DEFENSES
8. PSYCHOANALYSIS AND DEFENSE MECHANISMS
8.1 Victimization
9. COGNITIVE WORK IN THE CLINIC
10. SOCIAL COGNITION
10.1 Social networks

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SUN. 14 ENE 2010 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Alfonso Bordallo
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1. MIND AND COGNITION
2. ONTOGENETIC EVOLUTION AND COGNITION
3. CATEGORIZATION AND SCHEMES
4. MEMORY TEMPORAL DIMENSION OF MEMORY
4.1 Sensory memory
4.2 Short-term memory and working memory
4.3 Long-term memory
4.4 Anatomy of memory
5. LANGUAGE
5.1 Neuroanatomy of language
5.2 Language and thought
5.3 Reading
5.4 Social networks and atrophy in information processing
5.5 Calculation
6. INTELLIGENCE
6.1 Relationship between executive functions and intelligence
6.1 Executive function
7. COGNITIVE BIASES AND DEFENSES
8. PSYCHOANALYSIS AND DEFENSE MECHANISMS
8.1 Victimization
9. COGNITIVE WORK IN THE CLINIC
10. SOCIAL COGNITION
10.1 Social networks

1. INTRODUCTION
2. HAPPINESS, LEARNING, AND THE FRONTAL LOBES
3. HAPPINESS, MOTIVATION, AND SUBJECTIVITY
4. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HAPPINESS AND PLEASURE
5. PSYCHOLOGY OF HAPPINESS
5.1 HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY
5.2 POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
6. EVOLUTION AND HAPPINESS
6.1 PLAY, LAUGHTER, AND HUMOR
7. SCIENCE AND HAPPINESS
7.1 RESEARCH ON HAPPINESS
8. DETERMINANTS OF HAPPINESS
8.1 WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT
8.2 POSITIVE AFFECTION
8.3 FLUID EXPERIENCE
8.4 WORK AND HAPPINESS
8.5 MONEY AND WEALTH
8.6 PERSONALITY AND HAPPINESS
8.7 HAPPINESS AND HEALTH
8.8 SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION
8.9 EXTREME EVENTS
8.10 HEDONIC AND PROPOSITIVE
8.11 HAPPINESS AND SELF-ESTEEM
8.12 HAPPINESS AND SELF-CONCEPT
8.13 HAPPINESS, VICTIMS OF EXPECTATIONS?
9. HAPPINESS IS THE RESULT OF WORKING EVERY DAY
9.1 HAPPINESS FROM DEMOTIVATION, ANHEDONIA, AND APATHY
9.2 WHAT HAPPINESS IS NOT
10. FINAL THOUGHTS

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SUN. 17 DIC 2010 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Alfonso Bordallo
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1. INTRODUCTION
2. HAPPINESS, LEARNING, AND THE FRONTAL LOBES
3. HAPPINESS, MOTIVATION, AND SUBJECTIVITY
4. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HAPPINESS AND PLEASURE
5. PSYCHOLOGY OF HAPPINESS
5.1 HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY
5.2 POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
6. EVOLUTION AND HAPPINESS
6.1 PLAY, LAUGHTER, AND HUMOR
7. SCIENCE AND HAPPINESS
7.1 RESEARCH ON HAPPINESS
8. DETERMINANTS OF HAPPINESS
8.1 WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT
8.2 POSITIVE AFFECTION
8.3 FLUID EXPERIENCE
8.4 WORK AND HAPPINESS
8.5 MONEY AND WEALTH
8.6 PERSONALITY AND HAPPINESS
8.7 HAPPINESS AND HEALTH
8.8 SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION
8.9 EXTREME EVENTS
8.10 HEDONIC AND PROPOSITIVE
8.11 HAPPINESS AND SELF-ESTEEM
8.12 HAPPINESS AND SELF-CONCEPT
8.13 HAPPINESS, VICTIMS OF EXPECTATIONS?
9. HAPPINESS IS THE RESULT OF WORKING EVERY DAY
9.1 HAPPINESS FROM DEMOTIVATION, ANHEDONIA, AND APATHY
9.2 WHAT HAPPINESS IS NOT
10. FINAL THOUGHTS

1. INTRODUCTION
2. DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIAL BRAIN
2.1 ANATOMY OF THE SOCIAL BRAIN
2.2 NEURODEVELOPMENT AND NEURONAL DAMAGE
2.3 THEORY OF MIND
3. EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND ATTACHMENT
3.1 ATTACHMENT
4. ATTACHMENT STYLES
4.1 SECURE ATTACHMENT
4.2 AVOIDANT ATTACHMENT
4.3 AMBIVALENT ATTACHMENT
4.4 DISORGANIZED ATTACHMENT
4.5 ATTACHMENT IN PARENTS
5. PSYCHOTHERAPY BASED ON ATTACHMENT
5.1 SOCIO-STRUCTURAL GRADIENT
6. IDENTITY
7. ARE ALTRUISM AND COOPERATION SELFLESS?
7.1 EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION AND HELPING BEHAVIOR
7.2 SOCIAL COGNITION AND REPUTATION
8. HOW SOCIAL PHENOMENA ARE REINFORCED
9. FINAL THOUGHTS

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SUN. 10 DIC 2010 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Alfonso Bordallo
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1. INTRODUCTION
2. DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIAL BRAIN
2.1 ANATOMY OF THE SOCIAL BRAIN
2.2 NEURODEVELOPMENT AND NEURONAL DAMAGE
2.3 THEORY OF MIND
3. EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND ATTACHMENT
3.1 ATTACHMENT
4. ATTACHMENT STYLES
4.1 SECURE ATTACHMENT
4.2 AVOIDANT ATTACHMENT
4.3 AMBIVALENT ATTACHMENT
4.4 DISORGANIZED ATTACHMENT
4.5 ATTACHMENT IN PARENTS
5. PSYCHOTHERAPY BASED ON ATTACHMENT
5.1 SOCIO-STRUCTURAL GRADIENT
6. IDENTITY
7. ARE ALTRUISM AND COOPERATION SELFLESS?
7.1 EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION AND HELPING BEHAVIOR
7.2 SOCIAL COGNITION AND REPUTATION
8. HOW SOCIAL PHENOMENA ARE REINFORCED
9. FINAL THOUGHTS


1. INTRODUCTION
2. A BRIEF HISTORICAL APPROACH TO PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS
3. THE PROBLEMS OF PREVALENCE
4. PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
4.1. HISTORY OF MOOD DISORDERS
4.2. DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA AND DEPRESSION
5. PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
6. BIOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES AND PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
7. PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY IN AFFECTIVE AND ANXIETY DISORDERS
7.1. PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICAL SPECIFICITY
8. DIAGNOSTIC SCALES
9. SCHIZOPHRENIA
10. ADHD
11. AUTISM
12. ASD VS OCD VS ADHD VS ED
13. REFLECTIONS ON THE CONCEPT OF DISORDER
13.1. THE THERAPEUTIC STATE
14. CONCLUSION

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SUN. 10 MAR 2010 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Alfonso Bordallo
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1. INTRODUCTION
2. A BRIEF HISTORICAL APPROACH TO PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS
3. THE PROBLEMS OF PREVALENCE
4. PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
4.1. HISTORY OF MOOD DISORDERS
4.2. DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA AND DEPRESSION
5. PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
6. BIOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES AND PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
7. PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY IN AFFECTIVE AND ANXIETY DISORDERS
7.1. PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICAL SPECIFICITY
8. DIAGNOSTIC SCALES
9. SCHIZOPHRENIA
10. ADHD
11. AUTISM
12. ASD VS OCD VS ADHD VS ED
13. REFLECTIONS ON THE CONCEPT OF DISORDER
13.1. THE THERAPEUTIC STATE
14. CONCLUSION

1. INTRODUCTION
2. BIOLOGY OF REST
2.1 FUNCTION OF SLEEP
2.2 WHY DO WE DREAM?
2.3 NEUROENDOCRINE CONTROL OF REST
2.4 NEUROANATOMY OF SLEEP AND WAKENESS
2.5 NEUROBIOLOGY OF SLEEP
2.6 STAGES OF SLEEP
3. CHRONOBIOLOGY AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN SLEEP REGULATION
3.1 MELATONIN
3.2 LIGHT
3.3 TEMPERATURE
3.4 THE MOON
4. REST AND HEALTH
4.1 PSYCHOSOCIAL GRADIENT
4.2 LONG SLEEPERS AND SHORT SLEEPERS
4.3 THE ELDERLY
4.3 THE NAP
4.4 SLEEP AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH
4.5 ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
5. SLEEP HYGIENE
5.1 LIGHT
5.2 TEMPERATURE
5.3 CLOTHING
5.4 ERGONOMICS AND REST
5.5 DIET
5.6 EXERCISE
5.7 SLEEPING WITH CHILDREN
5.8 SUPPLEMENTS
5.9 ENERGIZERS
5.10 COFFEE
5.11 ALCOHOL AND DRUGS
6. FATIGUE
6.1 CENTRAL FATIGUE VS PERIPHERAL FATIGUE
6.2 ENERGY MODEL OF FATIGUE
6.3 MOTIVATIONAL THEORY OF FATIGUE
6.4 MOTIVATION CONTROL
7. NATIONAL SLEEP FOUNDATION SLEEP RECOMMENDATIONS

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SUN. 24 MAR 2010 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Álvaro Campillo
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1. INTRODUCTION
2. BIOLOGY OF REST
2.1 FUNCTION OF SLEEP
2.2 WHY DO WE DREAM?
2.3 NEUROENDOCRINE CONTROL OF REST
2.4 NEUROANATOMY OF SLEEP AND WAKENESS
2.5 NEUROBIOLOGY OF SLEEP
2.6 STAGES OF SLEEP
3. CHRONOBIOLOGY AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN SLEEP REGULATION
3.1 MELATONIN
3.2 LIGHT
3.3 TEMPERATURE
3.4 THE MOON
4. REST AND HEALTH
4.1 PSYCHOSOCIAL GRADIENT
4.2 LONG SLEEPERS AND SHORT SLEEPERS
4.3 THE ELDERLY
4.3 THE NAP
4.4 SLEEP AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH
4.5 ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
5. SLEEP HYGIENE
5.1 LIGHT
5.2 TEMPERATURE
5.3 CLOTHING
5.4 ERGONOMICS AND REST
5.5 DIET
5.6 EXERCISE
5.7 SLEEPING WITH CHILDREN
5.8 SUPPLEMENTS
5.9 ENERGIZERS
5.10 COFFEE
5.11 ALCOHOL AND DRUGS
6. FATIGUE
6.1 CENTRAL FATIGUE VS PERIPHERAL FATIGUE
6.2 ENERGY MODEL OF FATIGUE
6.3 MOTIVATIONAL THEORY OF FATIGUE
6.4 MOTIVATION CONTROL
7. NATIONAL SLEEP FOUNDATION SLEEP RECOMMENDATIONS

1. INTRODUCTION
2. EVOLUTION OF DEPRESSION
3. DIAGNOSIS AND PREVALENCE
4. ANATOMY OF DEPRESSION
4.1 TOP-DOWN CONTROL
5. COGNITION AND DEPRESSION
5.1 WORRY, OBSESSIONS, AND COMPULSIONS
5.2 ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE
5.3 DEPRESSION AS A COGNITIVE AND EXECUTIVE PROBLEM
6. EMOTIONS
6.1 POSITIVE AFFECT, ATTENTION, AND RUMINATION
6.2 INTERHEMISPHERIC VARIABILITY AND HEMISPHERIC ASYMMETRY
6.3 COGNITION AS THREAT AVOIDANCE
7. LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR
7.1 HABITS
7.2 REINFORCEMENT AND CONDITIONING IN DEPRESSION
8. REWARD SYSTEM
8.1 DOPAMINE, MOTIVATION, AND GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR
8.2 PLEASURE EXPERIENCE: VENTRAL STRIA and ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX
8.3 REWARD EVALUATION, COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS, AND DECISION-MAKING: PREFRONTAL CORTEX
8.4 PREDICTION, ANTICIPATION, AND MOTIVATION
8.5 ANHEDONIA AND AVOLITION
9. NEUROBIOLOGY OF DEPRESSION
9.1 MOST IMPORTANT MONOAMINERGIC PROJECTIONS
9.2 EXERCISE
9.3 THE SEROTONIN HYPOTHESIS
9.4 ELEVATED SEROTONIN
9.5 PRODEPRESSANTS
10. DEPRESSION, DRUGS, AND ROCK AND ROLL
10.1 OPIOIDS
10.2 GLUTAMATE AND NMDA RECEPTORS
11. ANXIETY
11.1 EVOLUTION
11.2 ANHEDONIA, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION
11.3 CLINICAL
11.4 NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF ANXIETY
12. NEUROBIOLOGY AND ANXIETY
12.1 ENDOCRINOLOGY
13. CONCLUSION

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SUN. 28 ENE 2010 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Alfonso Bordallo
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1. INTRODUCTION
2. EVOLUTION OF DEPRESSION
3. DIAGNOSIS AND PREVALENCE
4. ANATOMY OF DEPRESSION
4.1 TOP-DOWN CONTROL
5. COGNITION AND DEPRESSION
5.1 WORRY, OBSESSIONS, AND COMPULSIONS
5.2 ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE
5.3 DEPRESSION AS A COGNITIVE AND EXECUTIVE PROBLEM
6. EMOTIONS
6.1 POSITIVE AFFECT, ATTENTION, AND RUMINATION
6.2 INTERHEMISPHERIC VARIABILITY AND HEMISPHERIC ASYMMETRY
6.3 COGNITION AS THREAT AVOIDANCE
7. LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR
7.1 HABITS
7.2 REINFORCEMENT AND CONDITIONING IN DEPRESSION
8. REWARD SYSTEM
8.1 DOPAMINE, MOTIVATION, AND GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR
8.2 PLEASURE EXPERIENCE: VENTRAL STRIA and ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX
8.3 REWARD EVALUATION, COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS, AND DECISION-MAKING: PREFRONTAL CORTEX
8.4 PREDICTION, ANTICIPATION, AND MOTIVATION
8.5 ANHEDONIA AND AVOLITION
9. NEUROBIOLOGY OF DEPRESSION
9.1 MOST IMPORTANT MONOAMINERGIC PROJECTIONS
9.2 EXERCISE
9.3 THE SEROTONIN HYPOTHESIS
9.4 ELEVATED SEROTONIN
9.5 PRODEPRESSANTS
10. DEPRESSION, DRUGS, AND ROCK AND ROLL
10.1 OPIOIDS
10.2 GLUTAMATE AND NMDA RECEPTORS
11. ANXIETY
11.1 EVOLUTION
11.2 ANHEDONIA, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION
11.3 CLINICAL
11.4 NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF ANXIETY
12. NEUROBIOLOGY AND ANXIETY
12.1 ENDOCRINOLOGY
13. CONCLUSION

1. INTRODUCTION
2. EVOLUTION OF DEPRESSION
3. DIAGNOSIS AND PREVALENCE
4. ANATOMY OF DEPRESSION
4.1 TOP-DOWN CONTROL
5. COGNITION AND DEPRESSION
5.1 CONCERN, OBSESSIONS, AND COMPULSIONS
5.2 ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE
5.3 DEPRESSION AS A COGNITIVE AND EXECUTIVE PROBLEM
6. EMOTIONS
6.1 POSITIVE AFFECT, ATTENTION, AND RUMINATION
6.2 INTERHEMISPHERIC VARIABILITY AND HEMISPHERIC ASYMMETRY
6.3 COGNITION AS THREAT AVOIDANCE
7. LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR
7.1 HABITS
7.2 REINFORCEMENT AND CONDITIONING IN DEPRESSION
8. REWARD SYSTEM
8.1 DOPAMINE, MOTIVATION, AND GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR
8.2 PLEASURE EXPERIENCE: VENTRAL STRIA and ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX
8.3 REWARD EVALUATION, COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS, AND DECISION-MAKING: PREFRONTAL CORTEX
8.4 PREDICTION, ANTICIPATION, AND MOTIVATION
8.5 ANHEDONIA AND AVOLITION
9. NEUROBIOLOGY OF DEPRESSION
9.1 MOST IMPORTANT MONOAMINERGIC PROJECTIONS
9.2 EXERCISE
9.3 THE SEROTONIN HYPOTHESIS
9.4 ELEVATED SEROTONIN
9.5 PRODEPRESSANTS
10. DEPRESSION, DRUGS, AND ROCK AND ROLL
10.1 OPIOIDS
10.2 GLUTAMATE AND NMDA RECEPTORS
11. ANXIETY
11.1 EVOLUTION
11.2 ANHEDONIA, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION
11.3 CLINICAL
11.4 NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF ANXIETY
12. NEUROBIOLOGY AND ANXIETY
12.1 ENDOCRINOLOGY
13. CONCLUSION

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SUN. 28 ENE 2010 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Alfonso Bordallo
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1. INTRODUCTION
2. EVOLUTION OF DEPRESSION
3. DIAGNOSIS AND PREVALENCE
4. ANATOMY OF DEPRESSION
4.1 TOP-DOWN CONTROL
5. COGNITION AND DEPRESSION
5.1 CONCERN, OBSESSIONS, AND COMPULSIONS
5.2 ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE
5.3 DEPRESSION AS A COGNITIVE AND EXECUTIVE PROBLEM
6. EMOTIONS
6.1 POSITIVE AFFECT, ATTENTION, AND RUMINATION
6.2 INTERHEMISPHERIC VARIABILITY AND HEMISPHERIC ASYMMETRY
6.3 COGNITION AS THREAT AVOIDANCE
7. LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR
7.1 HABITS
7.2 REINFORCEMENT AND CONDITIONING IN DEPRESSION
8. REWARD SYSTEM
8.1 DOPAMINE, MOTIVATION, AND GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR
8.2 PLEASURE EXPERIENCE: VENTRAL STRIA and ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX
8.3 REWARD EVALUATION, COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS, AND DECISION-MAKING: PREFRONTAL CORTEX
8.4 PREDICTION, ANTICIPATION, AND MOTIVATION
8.5 ANHEDONIA AND AVOLITION
9. NEUROBIOLOGY OF DEPRESSION
9.1 MOST IMPORTANT MONOAMINERGIC PROJECTIONS
9.2 EXERCISE
9.3 THE SEROTONIN HYPOTHESIS
9.4 ELEVATED SEROTONIN
9.5 PRODEPRESSANTS
10. DEPRESSION, DRUGS, AND ROCK AND ROLL
10.1 OPIOIDS
10.2 GLUTAMATE AND NMDA RECEPTORS
11. ANXIETY
11.1 EVOLUTION
11.2 ANHEDONIA, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION
11.3 CLINICAL
11.4 NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF ANXIETY
12. NEUROBIOLOGY AND ANXIETY
12.1 ENDOCRINOLOGY
13. CONCLUSION

I. PAIN
1. INTRODUCTION
1.2 EVOLUTION OF PAIN
2. PAIN THROUGHOUT HISTORY
3. CLASSIFICATION OF PAIN
3.1. TYPES OF PAIN
4. ANATOMY OF PAIN
4.1 ASCENDING PATHWAYS
4.2 HIGHER CENTERS
4.3 DESCENDING PATHWAYS
4.4 NOCICEPTORS
5. NEUROBIOLOGY
6. TREATMENT
6.1 PAIN AND LEARNING
6.2 SENSITIVIZATION: THE PATH TO CHRONIC PAIN
6.3 THERAPEUTIC PAIN EDUCATION
6.4 MEMORY
6.5 PERCEPTION
6.6 COGNITION AND PAIN
6.7 PAIN AND EMOTIONS
6.8 PAIN AND MOTOR CONTROL
6.9 FUNCTIONALITY
6.10 SEX DIFFERENCES
6.11 EFFECTS ON FUNCTIONALITY AND DAILY LIFE ACTIVITIES
6.12 MYOFASCIAL PAIN
6.13 FIBROMYALGIA
7. PHARMACOLOGY
7.1 PHARMACOLOGICAL MECHANISMS
7.2 PAIN MANAGEMENT AND AN EPIDEMIC OF PREVENTABLE DEATHS
8. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET AND CHRONIC PAIN
8.1 OBESITY AND PAIN
9. INJURIES
9.1 PRINCIPLES OF REHABILITATION
9.2 LUMBAR PAIN
II. PLACEBO
10. INTRODUCTION
11. EVOLUTION
12. DEFINITION
13. MECHANISMS OF ACTION
12.1 CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
12.2 EXPECTATIONS
14. REWARD SYSTEMS AND THE PLACEBO EFFECT
15. PLACEBO ETHICS
16. CLINICAL TRIALS
17. ANATOMY OF THE PLACEBO EFFECT
18. NEUROBIOLOGY
19. CONCLUSION

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SUN. 7 ABR 2010 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Alfonso Bordallo
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I. PAIN
1. INTRODUCTION
1.2 EVOLUTION OF PAIN
2. PAIN THROUGHOUT HISTORY
3. CLASSIFICATION OF PAIN
3.1. TYPES OF PAIN
4. ANATOMY OF PAIN
4.1 ASCENDING PATHWAYS
4.2 HIGHER CENTERS
4.3 DESCENDING PATHWAYS
4.4 NOCICEPTORS
5. NEUROBIOLOGY
6. TREATMENT
6.1 PAIN AND LEARNING
6.2 SENSITIVIZATION: THE PATH TO CHRONIC PAIN
6.3 THERAPEUTIC PAIN EDUCATION
6.4 MEMORY
6.5 PERCEPTION
6.6 COGNITION AND PAIN
6.7 PAIN AND EMOTIONS
6.8 PAIN AND MOTOR CONTROL
6.9 FUNCTIONALITY
6.10 SEX DIFFERENCES
6.11 EFFECTS ON FUNCTIONALITY AND DAILY LIFE ACTIVITIES
6.12 MYOFASCIAL PAIN
6.13 FIBROMYALGIA
7. PHARMACOLOGY
7.1 PHARMACOLOGICAL MECHANISMS
7.2 PAIN MANAGEMENT AND AN EPIDEMIC OF PREVENTABLE DEATHS
8. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET AND CHRONIC PAIN
8.1 OBESITY AND PAIN
9. INJURIES
9.1 PRINCIPLES OF REHABILITATION
9.2 LUMBAR PAIN
II. PLACEBO
10. INTRODUCTION
11. EVOLUTION
12. DEFINITION
13. MECHANISMS OF ACTION
12.1 CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
12.2 EXPECTATIONS
14. REWARD SYSTEMS AND THE PLACEBO EFFECT
15. PLACEBO ETHICS
16. CLINICAL TRIALS
17. ANATOMY OF THE PLACEBO EFFECT
18. NEUROBIOLOGY
19. CONCLUSION

1. INTRODUCTION
2. PROHIBITION
3 PHARMACEUTICAL REGULATION
4. MEDICALIZATION OF ADDICTION. "TOXIC DRUGS" VS "THERAPEUTIC DRUGS"
5 THE "WAR ON DRUGS": RESULTS
6. NEUROBIOLOGY AND ADDICTION
6.1 ADDICTION AND THERAPY
6.2 REWARD
6.3 SOCIAL STRESS, ALTERNATIVE REINFORCEMENTS, AND CONTINGENCY PROGRAMS
6.4 NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND ADDICTION
6.5 PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPY
7. THERAPEUTIC DRUGS
7.1 TOXIC DRUGS
8. CONCLUSIONS

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SUN. 21 ABR 2010 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Alfonso Bordallo
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1. INTRODUCTION
2. PROHIBITION
3 PHARMACEUTICAL REGULATION
4. MEDICALIZATION OF ADDICTION. "TOXIC DRUGS" VS "THERAPEUTIC DRUGS"
5 THE "WAR ON DRUGS": RESULTS
6. NEUROBIOLOGY AND ADDICTION
6.1 ADDICTION AND THERAPY
6.2 REWARD
6.3 SOCIAL STRESS, ALTERNATIVE REINFORCEMENTS, AND CONTINGENCY PROGRAMS
6.4 NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND ADDICTION
6.5 PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPY
7. THERAPEUTIC DRUGS
7.1 TOXIC DRUGS
8. CONCLUSIONS


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SUN. 14 ENE 2010 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Alfonso Bordallo
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MASTER'S IN CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE (10 ECTS)

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SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2026
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The Master's Final Project at ICNS is designed to provide the student with genuine scientific competence. For this reason, the module includes several classes on searching for and interpreting scientific articles, giving the student real skills to search for and address clinical practice questions using the available scientific evidence. Additionally, a guided project is carried out, with different submissions that progressively develop the work in parts. The Master?s Final Project therefore follows a logical learning process throughout the different classes and assignments. The classes begin with the most basic concepts, so no prior knowledge is required. The project is developed in the form of continuous assessment over approximately 3 months.
- To be eligible for the Master's Final Project, students must have passed the 2 Specialist Diploma courses and hold a university degree listed in the admission requirements.
- students must formally request access to the Master's Final Project in order to qualify for the Master's Degree, (60 ECTS), which requires an additional payment of €.
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· Introduction to PubMed
· Search terms
· Search criteria and filters
· Clinical trials
· Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
· Narrative reviews
· Boolean operators and search strings
· Citation and export
- Evaluation: the first work to be done by the student consists of carrying out different searches of scientific articles, and answering different questions on various issues. The student is corrected and given feedback.
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· Objectives of narrative reviews
· Objectives of clinical trials
· Objectives of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
· Guided reading of a clinical trial
· Key points of a clinical trial
· Forest plot and meta-analysis
· Key points for interpreting a meta-analysis
- Evaluation: in the second assignment, the student chooses a research topic from those proposed by the professors to focus on. Several exercises must be submitted, including conducting a search for relevant articles for the chosen research, presenting key points of physiology and pathophysiology, and describing key aspects of some relevant clinical trials, among others. The work is reviewed, and a video tutoring session is held to provide guidance to the student.
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· Structure of the final paper
· Abstract
· Introduction (physiology, pathophysiology, therapeutic mechanisms)
· Discussion (clinical trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, clinical application)
· Conclusions
· Searches conducted
· References
- Evaluation: the third assignment is the final submission. It must expand on what has been developed in the previous submission and integrate it into a single document organized into the proposed sections.
Finally, the student must present and defend their work before the professors on the platform through videoconference. The professors may ask questions about the work.
The student must comply with the specific requirements and regulations of each edition, which will be provided to them. Completing this module requires a minimum level of dedication and effort. If the assignments required for each module are not submitted, the evaluation will be failed and the student will not be able to move on to the next module.
Track Master's in Therapeutic Neuroscience
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25 ECTS
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25 ECTS
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10 ECTS
SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2026
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Students who do not wish to do the Master's Final Project or who do not pass the 2 Specialist Diplomas do not have to make this payment and can apply for the approved Specialist Diplomas..
The degrees are exclusive; if you receive the Master's degree you cannot receive the Specialist Diplomas and vice versa.
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25 ECTS
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25 ECTS
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10 ECTS
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SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2026
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Students who do not wish to do the Master's Final Project or who do not pass the 2 Specialist Diplomas do not have to make this payment and can apply for the approved Specialist Diplomas..
The degrees are exclusive; if you receive the Master's degree you cannot receive the Specialist Diplomas and vice versa.
WORKBOOK
In this practical workbook we have developed hundreds of resources and key points that can be used as an orientation manual in consultation, aspects of motivational interviewing, evaluations and key points, essential reflections on different traits and transdiagnostic useful in disorders such as ACTs, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, etc.
Also as a book adapted to the course to work on personal growth individually by the student.
Objectives of the Master's Program
- Understand the neurobiology of behavior.
- Understand neuroanatomy at a structural and functional level.
- Understand personality as a trait, process, and context.
- Understand learning and motivated behavior.
- Understand emotions, affective state mapping, and cortical integration.
- Understand human thought and cognitive regulation.
- Understand motivation and know how to apply it to people with chronic conditions.
- Understand the reinforcement of procedures (habits, reinforcement, addictions).
- Understand individual differences.
- Understand stress, the determinants of self-esteem, and mood.
- Understand behavioral regulation in different behaviors (at the operant, psychosocial level, etc.).
- Promote self-knowledge, self-regulation, and goal coping.
- Understand behavioral and affective disorders.
- Understand the determinants of happiness and psychosocial well-being.
- Understand neurocognitive and cognitive regulation.
- Understand the neurobiology of the reward system.
- Understand the neurobiology of anxiety.
- Understand behavior functionally at the operant level.
- Study mood disorders.
- Study specific conditions such as pain, insomnia, addictions, etc.
- Etc.
Access requirements
Other professions such as social workers, sociologists, teaching (teachers), law enforcement and security forces, business and marketing, political and legal sciences, biology, and research. Professions in the fields of telecommunications, IT, robotics, and artificial intelligence. Other professions interested in understanding the brain and the behavior of individuals, groups, and societies.
Access to the final module (TFM 10 ECTS) to qualify for the Master's degree is free. Students who wish to qualify for the Master's degree must pay the tuition fees for the TFM credits upon completion of the Expert degrees.
Online Format
- The asynchronous online program follows a continuous learning methodology.
- All training is carried out through the virtual classroom, combining video lectures with reading the coursebook.
- Each class lasts 3-4 hours, and a new topic with its corresponding classes is released every two weeks.
- Each class includes a multiple-choice test, which must generally be completed within 30 days of the release of that topic.
- Students can ask the professors any questions through the virtual platform. A dedicated discussion thread is opened for each class topic.
University-Specific Master's Degree
Validity: both permanent training master's degrees and regulated master's degrees are eligible for scoring in public administration competitive exams and selection processes. The scoring of the training depends on the specific rules of each public process or employment pool.
Proprietary master's degrees have been renamed as permanent training master's degrees following the implementation of Royal Decree 822/2021.
Permanent training master's degrees and master's degrees leading to a PhD have different purposes, and both have advantages and disadvantages. The ICNS-UCAM permanent training master's degrees have 60-90 ECTS credits, are issued by universities, and are eligible for scoring. Their main advantage is having more flexible regulations, which allow the design of curricula more oriented toward clinical practice, a more dynamic methodology, a greater variety of topics covered, and a design more focused on student needs. Permanent training master's degrees allow students to be trained in competencies aimed at clinical practice that are often not sufficiently addressed in regulated education.
Thanks to this, there is a greater variety of permanent training degrees that make it possible to offer more specific and comprehensive curricula. Master's degrees leading to a PhD have more structured programs, which limits flexibility in their design. For this reason, universities offer both types of programs to address different needs - whether the goal is to pursue a doctoral and research program in a specific area, or to expand professional competencies, in our case more oriented toward clinical practice.
Therefore, no master's degree is intrinsically better than another; rather, the choice depends on the competencies the student needs, the quality of the institution offering the program, the methodology, the curriculum, the level of updating, the clinical orientation of the subjects, the faculty, and the quality-price ratio.
Student reviews
I liked Coaching so much that when they proposed repeating it to make it a Master's, I didn't hesitate for a moment.
Alfonso is simply wonderful. The Master's takes off the blindfold, opens your mind, and fills your heart (and it works your prefrontal cortex really well xD).
You have to work hard; it's not an easy master's. You have to study and read a lot, but the effort you have to make is proportional to the effort they make in giving high-quality tools. They do provide evidence—unlike many courses out there that are biased to the hilt. The classes are very enjoyable (my life will no longer make sense without Sundays xD) and it will definitely be worth doing.
Fortunately (or unfortunately) I have quite a few trainings under my belt, and this has been by far the most enriching at the professional and personal levels.
I will miss you all; you are an awesome team at ICNS.
Thank you for the master's, for teaching me so much! Studying sets you free!!
It is not a typical theoretical or distance course; there is a strong focus on personal and professional growth, with totally truthful and updated information.
In addition, in the forum there is constant interaction between classmates and the teacher, who always clarifies all doubts and expands on what was covered in class with the latest studies on the topics and very useful additional material to the book.
Several very practical assignments are done that encourage deep reflection and analysis of the topics covered. I would not change a thing; it has completely exceeded my expectations. The academic level and knowledge are far above average; it has been a before and after in my personal and professional life. I could not be more grateful.
It is impossible to convey in a few words what I have learned, but I believe it will be a reference course for me for many years, to revisit from time to time, not only to refresh concepts, ideas, and resources, but to reconnect with realities that are ignored and relegated to oblivion in our daily lives and that are worth keeping in mind to live a little more in line with my values, being less self-centered, less likely to be deceived, and once again inspired by an example of courage and honesty that is currently little recognized and rare.
My thanks to all the teachers, especially to Alfonso Bordallo, for his patience, generosity, and enthusiasm in teaching the course as if it were the first time :)
I would also like to highlight Alfonso’s work—very professional and a great teacher—who makes you reflect on many aspects of life and conveys it very well.
This Master's offers very complete learning.
I could say it is the best training I have done so far.
In addition to showing enormous knowledge about the topics they cover, they know how to link it so that it is useful in real life, both personally and professionally. Many courses stay theoretical, going through slides in a boring way, repeating the same concepts. ICNS is nothing like that. Each class, in addition to teaching you knowledge, teaches you something rarely taught: how to think.
Another very important point is that they are totally honest in their opinions, tell the truth, and have no conflicts of interest. This is very hard to find today and one of the reasons why it is worth choosing them.
If you are interested, even in just some of the topics covered, I would not hesitate to take the training, as I doubt there is any other like it, and it will undoubtedly mark a before and after, both personally and professionally.
It far exceeded all my expectations. Totally recommended if you have an intellectual curiosity about the proposed topics and want to open your mind to other perspectives.
In my opinion, it is an institute that stands out for its independence, critical and scientific thinking, and strong commitment to ethical and social values. I highlight their courage in daring to share the knowledge that formal education, in general, denies and hides from us despite the evidence. The ICNS team has taken a step forward and marked a before and after in the transmission of knowledge. ICNS students learn to reflect and create knowledge, not just to repeat and memorize syllabuses. Last year, I took the Obesity course; now I am enrolled in the Coaching course, and I can assure you my life has changed, as I now have many tools that help me understand my life and that of other human beings. I find myself positioned in the world in a more conscious, understanding, accepting, and conciliatory way. I also feel prepared to make many valuable contributions to society through my work and the new knowledge I have gained thanks to my active role as an ICNS student.
I want to highlight the high academic and personal quality of the instructors.
Thanks to this course, I have started making very important decisions in my own life, which has radically improved since I started. That was my main goal when I enrolled, so the course has met and exceeded my expectations.
By applying everything I learned, I have been able to modulate my behavior (at work, personally, socially, etc.), to reinforce myself; when I fall, I don’t stay there—now I get up (I know how to identify what I have too much of and what I’m missing to keep surviving in this world). It has helped me lower my level of fighting against everything, partly because I have learned something that I believe has been the most important: not to judge myself and not to judge others, which has freed me from a lot of guilt and criticism.
I am proud of myself, of what I know, how I apply it (not only to myself), and how I explain it :)
Thank you, Mireia, for answering the phone that day, and thank you, Alfonso, for making me reflect in the comments on my grades. If you notice, I have already applied one of them, which was “THANK THOSE WHO CARE FOR YOU AND DO THINGS FOR YOU.”
I must say it’s not a master’s that makes you feel comfortable at all times—rather, it stirs you up wherever you’re sitting while reading the syllabus or watching Alfonso’s classes. No one said that what feels pleasant and good is necessarily beneficial in the long term.
They say that to mature you need to live different experiences, and it’s amazing how this master’s lets you travel to different places in your mind (and beyond) and is indeed a personal journey that, for those who enjoy it, will be a true adventure.
One of the aspects I liked most was having the physical support of two books and a workbook. This always allows you to expand and read more carefully everything covered during the class.
In short, I attended this master’s for therapeutic reasons and ended up finding much more than I was looking for.
Many thanks to Alfonso and to the whole team behind the scenes.
It’s been a pleasure, and I’m sure I’ll return to ICNS at some point. For now, I’ll take some time to digest and explore on my own everything covered in the course—in one year my neuroplasticity hasn’t caught up with the speed of the master’s haha. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt that sensation of learning—and not just knowledge!
What I liked most is the teaching system—completely different from traditional classes we are used to. Here, the syllabus is taught so that you reason and think for yourself, making it much more engaging. It is designed to ensure that we absorb and understand everything being explained.
The organization and coordination of the course is excellent, with a team fully committed to making everything run smoothly.
I recommend the Master's regardless of your profession, as it is a tool for self-knowledge, applicable to everyone around you, and very useful for life.
In short, doubting whether to enroll in this Master's is like doubting whether to live knowing the world we live in or not. If I had to choose between all my previous education or this Master's, I wouldn’t hesitate for a second. This Master's.
At the academic level, I have no doubt it has been the best action I have taken. I have been a student in another master's—the one in clinical nutrition and endocrinology—and although I loved it and have a very good opinion of that master's, the experience of the Therapeutic Neuroscience Master's has been unforgettable.
I recommend it 100%. And if I can give one suggestion, it is that people who want to enter this Master's should not go with the intention of getting a title, but to learn and internalize everything Alfonso says.
Personally, it has helped me deconstruct ideas and beliefs on many topics, build new thoughts, question things, reflect and make better decisions, and think more critically. It has allowed me to better understand my environment and also myself, and above all to set aside what is not important, putting what is relevant front and center.
Regarding the methodology, it is nothing like other types of distance learning: the classes are dynamic; there is a forum where you can interact both to resolve doubts and to debate with classmates. The assignments you have to do during the course require deep reflection, allowing better assimilation of the theoretical concepts presented during the classes.
It has been an incredible experience that has greatly changed me, and I recommend it to anyone regardless of their profession. All my gratitude to Alfonso and ICNS.
During the course of the master's, many of my beliefs have changed and my mind has opened up, developing a more critical view of many aspects of life. Even if sometimes the syllabus clashes with your point of view, as the topics progress everything starts to make sense.
It should be noted that this is a master's where you have to submit assignments, take tests, and sometimes the readings are extensive, but this is the way I have truly learned and integrated the information, in addition to the live classes. In the end, the effort is worth it, and they give you plenty of time to do everything.
I also want to highlight and thank Alfonso, who teaches the classes and wrote the lecture notes (pure gold). You can feel his enthusiasm, patience, curiosity, and his purpose of helping you develop critical thinking about all aspects of life. He makes you want to learn more and expand everything studied in class.
This course has been a before and after for me.
I could not be more grateful for life, for everything I learned and experienced; it could not have been more enriching.
On a personal level, it allows you to know yourself internally in many aspects you would never have explored on your own, to monitor your life, and to change aspects that don’t bring you closer to your goals, focusing effort on actions you can take and leaving victimhood behind.
Drugs, sex, criminology… are taboo topics in universities, but also subjects like public health, obesity, or psychopathology hide even more conflicts. And nowhere will they tell you about them like here.
A great opportunity for any healthcare professional who wants to improve their relationship with patients, understand them better, and provide real solutions. Also for those who want personal development and to improve day by day—although the first 3 or 4 topics may feel a bit uphill without prior knowledge, once assimilated, the rest of the Master's is very enjoyable.
Another point I love is that ICNS sends the study material to your home, no matter where in the world you live, and the staff is always attentive in resolving your issues, answering doubts, or responding to messages you send via Instagram, WhatsApp, or email—they are very kind.
I feel happy and grateful to be part of the student community. Since I learned about ICNS, one of my goals was to study this master’s, and today I finally achieved it. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
It forces you to think, and above all, to rethink yourself, on a personal level. It makes you connect with yourself and reconsider and deconstruct many of the things you had built.
In short, it’s a whole learning journey.
I don’t think there’s any other training like it.
My experience at ICNS has been very positive and above all enriching. The materials are top-notch, the classes with Alfonso have been enjoyable, engaging, and above all a source of wisdom. Regarding the platform, I must point out that it is very intuitive and easy to use.
And last but not least, I would like to thank the human team that is part of ICNS, because they are without a doubt the ones who make all this work perfectly.
Thanks again for giving me the opportunity to grow as a person and as a professional. I will study with ICNS again and recommend it 100%.
It’s like a book you don’t want to finish. A journey where the destination doesn’t matter much; it’s an end in itself. But you must want to walk that path and know there’s no turning back. Not everyone wants to, or is at a point in life where they feel like reflecting deeply. There are uncomfortable moments: a certain innocence is lost, there’s a bittersweet taste when you realize the kings are the parents. But it’s worth it—at least for me. You learn to detach from certain situations, thoughts, and dichotomies. You learn to take yourself less seriously. You learn to adopt an observer’s perspective and never see the world the same way again.
You also gain colleagues you can talk to about topics that are hard to bring up in other contexts.
However, I don’t think you’d enjoy it as much if it’s just a formality to get a diploma to look good on your resume or to hang on the wall (although I won’t deny that having a master’s in Neuroscience sounds good :)).
I don’t think your profession or background matters much. It’s true that some concepts at the beginning might be harder without a base in biology and physiology. But if you really want to learn how your brain works and the brains of those around you, and have the capacity to reflect, read, and understand deep texts, from the very first classes you will take away lessons applicable to life in general—whether you’re a psychologist, nutritionist, nurse, truck driver, shopkeeper, hairdresser, teacher, trainer, dog educator, or cook.
It has been one of the best investments of time, energy, and money in my life (nothing to envy to those who invested in crypto in 2010—well, maybe just a little ;)).
It has also allowed me to grow in my ability to handle, understand, and relate information from different topics, as well as to make decisions and make changes toward greater well-being and development in my life, both personally and professionally.
In short, I find it extremely enriching and useful. I recommend it 100%.
At first, I enrolled because I thought it would help me better understand, know, and treat my patients in consultations, with the goal of improving the services I offer. But I must say that it not only helped me with that, it was therapy first for myself and then applicable to others. Besides opening your eyes in many aspects of daily life, it helps you reflect on yourself, get to know yourself, and be more critical of what surrounds us.
Totally recommended, but if you decide to join, I advise you to start with a (very) open mind and a strong desire to learn and work throughout the course.
The teacher is amazing, providing an alternative vision to the foundations we have established: arguing, respecting contrary opinions, and transmitting his extensive knowledge in a close way. His level of training is high, and he knows how to share his wisdom with his students. Both he and his team exceed the expectations I had for the Master's.
The chosen subject matter is very interesting and practical.
The amount of knowledge and Alfonso’s critical vision can be overwhelming at times, always in a good way.
I believe this Master's is not for everyone. It is important to have an open mind and be willing to accept that you have been wrong many times in your life to be able to make the most of it. Or perhaps that degree of open-mindedness is provided by the Master's itself.
In any case, I dare say it is the best training I have ever taken.
I will always be grateful.
I had been wanting to take a course on neuroscience for some time, but I never decided. When the Therapeutic Neuroscience Master's program from ICNS appeared before my eyes, I fell in love with its content. There wasn’t a single detail I disliked.
It is absolutely true that from the first classes you feel capable of applying the syllabus reflections to real life, so the knowledge acquired about the world becomes personal development—general culture that places you in a privileged position, for your own benefit and through the wisdom masterfully transmitted by the exceptional teacher Alfonso Bordallo.
The content taught is the closest to truth and authenticity I have ever found, and I dare say the motivation I feel with this Master's is unmatched in all my years as a student. Doing this Master's has undoubtedly been one of the best decisions of my life. I knew I had to do it because its program captivated me from the start, but the best part is that its orientation perfectly resonates with my vision of life and the world; so I am enjoying it to the fullest. And, in addition to what you learn, you laugh a lot in class. What more could you ask for?
Of course, you have to work, but the deadlines are quite reasonable, and the activities are attractive and practical.
Impeccable too is the support received from the student assistance staff.
Psychology, neuroscience, sociology, and philosophy—four disciplines together that have always attracted and fascinated me. Three raw ingredients cooked by the best chef every two Sundays result in exquisite dishes that satisfy all palates. The notes are pure gold, a treasure to always keep at hand. I have applied the Master's teachings with my students and in my private life.
What was once a goal is now making me very happy. I recommend this Master's to anyone who wants to see the world from a privileged position and enjoy a unique existential learning experience.
I feel freer, with all the knowledge I now feel I have.
Now I see people with more empathy and less judgment. And most importantly, it completely changed the way I perceive myself. I feel that much of what caused anxiety (and many other related issues) is gone.
I hope there will soon be a Coaching II!!!!!
My goal was to better understand health in order to help people, and this course will also (and even more so) help us reflect on ourselves so we can then help others. “One must first learn what they want to teach,” and in this course, I assure you that you will.
It’s a course no one tells you to study; your own curiosity will take you further—at least it did for me. I thank all the ICNS professors, especially Alfonso, for giving me the desire to keep learning, to question things, and to keep my curiosity alive.
I also want to stress that IT’S NOT JUST FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS—in fact, I “am” an early childhood educator, and it has helped me immensely. I would fight to bring these kinds of courses and content to more places and empower citizens with the resources WE ALREADY HAVE. Together, we can change things. Let’s educate ourselves with ICNS or professionals of their caliber who care about education without conflicts of interest, and let’s be the change we want to see!
You learn to think, to have criteria, to be a better person by judging yourself and others less. This is why it is of great importance for healthcare personnel. This way, you can understand the person asking you for help and give them the best tools.
The Master's is much more than anyone could imagine. Excellent attention from the teaching staff and all the personnel to help you learn. I will spend years integrating the information.
Assessment criteria
- Specialist Diploma in Neuroscience and Behavior: accounting for 25 ECTS on the final grade
·Multiple-choice exams for each module and written assignments.
·Maximum number of failures: 1
- Specialist Diploma in Therapeutic Neuroscience: accounting for 25 ECTS on the final grade
·Multiple-choice exams for each module and written assignments.
·Maximum number of failures: 1
- Master's Final Project: accounting for 10 ECTS on the final grade
If you do not take an exam, it will count as a 0. The average grade must be at least a 5 to pass.
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