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Basics in Psychotherapy
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:21.08.2023 08:48:23
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PMUPK_010 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Laura Valaine | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 30 Kristapa Street, pmpk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67210989 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 1 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 2 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 30 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 1 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 2 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 30 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Prior knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of nervous system. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Promote the acquisition of knowledge about criteria of mental health and the role of prevention of physical disorders and diseases. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Biopsychological model. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Concept of psychotherapy. Types of psychotherapy Psychotherapy goals. Theories of psychotherapy. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Principles of psychodynamic psychotherapy: indications and contra-indications. Transference, counter-transference, resistance. Clinical cases. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Cognitive behavioral therapy. Techniques of cognitive behavioral therapy. Group discussion. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Therapeutic relationship and its establishment in a physiotherapists practice. Practical part – role playing. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Individual, couples, family and group psychotherapy. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Child and adolescent psychotherapy – indications and contra-indications. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Overview of personality functioning levels. How to build a relationships with patients of different developmental levels of personality organization. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Psychosomatic disorders and diseases – symptoms, diagnostics, differential diagnostics, therapy options. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Burnout syndrome – signs and symptoms, diagnostics, differential diagnostics, therapy options. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Final Q&A. Exam – multichoice test (written). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Biopsychological model. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Concept of psychotherapy. Types of psychotherapy Psychotherapy goals. Theories of psychotherapy. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Principles of psychodynamic psychotherapy: indications and contra-indications. Transference, counter-transference, resistance. Clinical cases. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Cognitive behavioral therapy. Techniques of cognitive behavioral therapy. Group discussion. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Therapeutic relationship and its establishment in a physiotherapists practice. Practical part – role playing. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Individual, couples, family and group psychotherapy. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Child and adolescent psychotherapy – indications and contra-indications. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Overview of personality functioning levels. How to build a relationships with patients of different developmental levels of personality organization. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Psychosomatic disorders and diseases – symptoms, diagnostics, differential diagnostics, therapy options. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Burnout syndrome – signs and symptoms, diagnostics, differential diagnostics, therapy options. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Final Q&A. Exam – multichoice test (written). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | To get acquainted with the recommended literature before each class, to prepare questions. Prepare clinical case presentations of patients from their practices, according to the topic of the class. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | I. Knowledge – the ability to define: 60%: 1. Patient's mental health criteria (10%) 2. Mental protection mechanisms of the patient (10%) 3. Personality functioning levels of the patients (5%) 4. Basics of collecting psychosomatic history (anamnesis) (10%) 5. Principles of building a therapeutic physiotherapist - patient relationship (10%) 6. Diagnosis of psychosomatic disorders, theories of somatization, principles of treatment (10%) 7. Definitions of personality, development theories (5%). II. Skills: 40%: 1. Basics of building a therapeutic physiotherapist - patient relationship, communication with patients with different functioning levels (10%) 2. Physiotherapist - patient support therapy elements (10%) 3. Basics of collecting psychosomatic history (anamnesis) (10%) 4. Diagnosis of psychosomatic disorders, differential diagnosis, evaluation of treatment strategies, analysis of clinical cases (10%). Automatic exam credit: 1. 100% attendance of classes AND 2. The student is an active participant in discussions and role plays. 3. According to the lecturer's instructions – prepares an essay in the amount of 5 – 6 pages, with the analysis of the questions asked by the lecturer. OR Prepares a presentation about: a) lesson topics (literature review); b) clinical case; c) latest research (according to the topic of the lesson). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On completion of the study course students will acquire basic knowledge of psychotherapy, techniques of supportive psychotherapy and competence in building therapeutic physiotherapist - patient relationship. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On course completion students will develop skills in building a therapeutic physiotherapist - patient relationship and also to provide emotional support. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will be able to understand and analyze the need for psychotherapy in patients with emotional disorders, understand the diagnostic criteria and the need for combination of therapies. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Women at higher risk for inflation-related stress, 24.05.2023 | ||||||||
| 2 | Medical-level empathy? Yup, chatGPT can fake that, 4.05.2023 | ||||||||
| 3 | Long- term impact of childhood trauma explained, 2.05.2023 | ||||||||
| 4 | Anger in adults a red flag for childhood trauma, 5.04.2023 | ||||||||
| 5 | Melatonin a new way to reduce self-harm, 27.03.2023 | ||||||||
| 6 | Epigenetics, satiety, and predictive markers of obesity, 27.02.2023 | ||||||||
| 7 | Emotional eating tied to risk for diastolic dysfunction, 19.01.2023 | ||||||||
| 8 | Vegetarians suffer more depression than meat eaters, 27.12.2022 | ||||||||
| 9 | Greater Handgrip Strength tied to lower risk for depression, 20.12.2022 | ||||||||
| 10 | What happens when doctors and patients interrupt each other?, 23.11.2022 | ||||||||
| 11 | German survey on assisted suicide: how to handle this? Where should caution be exercised?, 16.09.2022 | ||||||||
| 12 | Social isolation, Loneliness tied to death, MI, stroke: AHA, 4.08.2022 | ||||||||
| 13 | Empathy fatigue in clinicians rises with latest COVID-19 surge, 16.09.2021 | ||||||||
| 14 | Why men need mind-body medicine now more than ever, 2.04.2020 | ||||||||
| 15 | Doctor – Patient relationship, 20.06.2019 | ||||||||
| 16 | Why do we love sad music? Mourning our pain, 27.11.2018 | ||||||||
| 17 | The 8 things that end childhood too soon: what clinicians should know, 30.06.2017 | ||||||||
| 18 | Stress and depression mediated by single brain protein, 20.11.2014 | ||||||||
| 19 | How the brain responds to trauma, 24.09.2014 | ||||||||
| 20 | Artūrs Utināns. Cilvēka psihe. Tās darbība, funkcionēšanas traucējumi un ārstēšanas iespējas. Nacionālais apgāds. 2005. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 21 | Gunta Ancāne. Hronisku sāpju stāvokļu psihosomatiska izpratne//Latvijas Ārsts.- 2004. Nr1.- 40- 43; (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 22 | Gunta Ancāne. Ķermeņa un psihes saistība//Psiholoģijas Pasaule.-2004.-Nr.1-38.-43.lpp.; (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 23 | Gunta Ancāne. Psihosomatiskās medicīnas definīcija un īsa tās ideju attīstības vēsture// Psiholoģijas Pasaule.-2004.2. 36- 40. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 24 | Post-traumatic stress disorder: symptom profiles in men and women, 2003 | ||||||||
| 25 | Physical symptoms and physician-experienced difficulty in the physician –patient relationship, 1.05.2001 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Gunta Ancane, Daina Smite. Die Bedeutung emotionaler Belastung für das Schmerz- syndrom bei Patienten mit chronischem Kreuzschmerz. Ärztliche Psychotherapie 1/2011., 49.-54. | ||||||||
| 2 | D.Brown, J.Pedder. Introduction to psychotherapy. Routlege. 2010. | ||||||||
| 3 | J.Kovel. A complete guide to therapy. From psychoanalysis to behaviour modification. Penguin Books. 1976. | ||||||||
| 4 | B.Luban- Plozza, W Poldinger, F. Kroger. Psychosomatic disorders in General practice. Springer-Verlag. 1992. | ||||||||
