.
Basics in Psychotherapy
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:22.08.2023 11:04:27
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PMUPK_027 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Anatomy | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Gunta Ancāne | ||||||||
| 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) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 30 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 30 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 30 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 30 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide knowledge of: a) mental health criteria and their part in somatic disorders and in prophylaxis of disease. b) main personality theories; personality functioning levels and structure of personality. c) emotionally traumatizing aspects during treatment of eating disorders and personality effects on it. d) therapeutic factors in nutritionist - patient relationship. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Concept of personality. Topographic and structural model of psyche functioning. Basic principles of doctor- patient therapeutic relationship. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Development of personality depending from various theories. Psychic defence mechanisms. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Developmental levels of personality organization and structure of character organization. Psychotic level of functioning. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Neurotic level of functioning, defence mechanisms. Borderline level of the functioning defence mechanisms. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Concept of psychotherapy. Theories of psychotherapy. Differencies betwen psychotherapies, psychosomatic medicine psychiatry and medical treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Psychodynamic (psychoanalytic) psychotherapy. Goals, indications, contraindications. Notion of process of psychotherapy (evaluation phase, beginning of therapy, development phase, ending phase). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Psychodynamic (psychoanalytic) psychotherapy. Transference, Counter-transference and resistance and its use in psychotherapy and in therapeutic alliance. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Supportive psychotherapy and its use in different specialities of medicine. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Individual, couples, family, group psychotherapy. Children and adolescents psychotherapy. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Therapeutic relationship between nutritionist and patient. Patients with eating disorders and indications for psychotherapy. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Case study of patients with eating disturbancies. Questions. Exam (written). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Concept of personality. Topographic and structural model of psyche functioning. Basic principles of doctor- patient therapeutic relationship. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Development of personality depending from various theories. Psychic defence mechanisms. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Developmental levels of personality organization and structure of character organization. Psychotic level of functioning. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Neurotic level of functioning, defence mechanisms. Borderline level of the functioning defence mechanisms. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Concept of psychotherapy. Theories of psychotherapy. Differencies betwen psychotherapies, psychosomatic medicine psychiatry and medical treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Psychodynamic (psychoanalytic) psychotherapy. Goals, indications, contraindications. Notion of process of psychotherapy (evaluation phase, beginning of therapy, development phase, ending phase). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Psychodynamic (psychoanalytic) psychotherapy. Transference, Counter-transference and resistance and its use in psychotherapy and in therapeutic alliance. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Supportive psychotherapy and its use in different specialities of medicine. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Individual, couples, family, group psychotherapy. Children and adolescents psychotherapy. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Therapeutic relationship between nutritionist and patient. Patients with eating disorders and indications for psychotherapy. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Case study of patients with eating disturbancies. Questions. Exam (written). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | 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 – ability to define: 60%: 1. Patient's mental health criteria (20%) 2. Patient's mental defence mechanisms (20%) 3. Principles of building a therapeutic relationship between a nutrition specialist and a patient (20%). II. Skills: 40%: 1. Basics of building a therapeutic relationship between nutrition specialist and patient (20%) 2. Elements of nutrition specialist - patient support psychotherapy (20%). The exam grade is cumulative. It consists of: 1. Intermediate examination - 50%. At the choice of the lecturer: • Video analysis and / or • Clinical case description and / or • Open questions at the beginning of the lesson and / or • Multiple choice test and / or • Preparation of a presentation on the topic of the lesson. 2. Final exam (50%) - electronic, e-learning available or face-to-face multi-choice test on the topics covered within the course. It is possible to credit the automatic final test if the following criteria are met: -excellely passed mid-term examination; -100% attendance of classes and lectures; -active participation in discussions and role plays. OR A presentation on the topic of the cycle lesson has been prepared (literature review); (b) a clinical case; c) the latest research (according to the topic of the lesson). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | To analyse emotional etiopathogenic factors in eating disorders, describe indications for psychotherapy for patients with eating disorders. | ||||||||
| Skills: | To be able to recognize indications for psychotherapy for patients with eating disorders and ability to form therapeutic doctor-patient relationship. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | To understand and analyse the need for psychotherapy for patients with eating disorders, understand diagnostic criteria and need for combined therapy. | ||||||||
| 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 | What happens when doctors and patients interrupt each other?, 23.11.2022 | ||||||||
| 10 | Greater Handgrip Strength tied to lower risk for depression, 20.12.2022 | ||||||||
| 11 | Empathy fatigue in clinicians rises with latest COVID-19 surge, 16.09.2021 | ||||||||
| 12 | Why do we love sad music? Mourning our pain, 27.11.2018 | ||||||||
| 13 | The 8 things that end childhood too soon: what clinicians should know, 30.06.2017 | ||||||||
| 14 | Artūrs Utināns - Cilvēka psihe. Tās darbība, funkcionēšanas traucējumi un ārstēšanas iespējas. Nacionālais apgāds. 2005. 568 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 15 | B.Luban-Plozza, W.Poldinger, F.Kroger – Psych osomatic Disorders in General Practice. Springler – Verlag. 1992. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | J.Kovel. A complete guide to therapy. From psychoanalysis to behaviour modification. Penguin Books. 1976. | ||||||||
| 2 | Dennis Brown, Jonathan Pedder, & Anthony Bateman. Introduction to Psychotherapy. Taylor and Francis, 2010. | ||||||||
| 3 | Gunta Ancāne. Hronisku sāpju stāvokļu psihosomatiska izpratne//Latvijas Ārsts.- 2004. Nr1.- 40- 43. | ||||||||
| 4 | Gunta Ancāne. Ķermeņa un psihes saistība//Psiholoģijas Pasaule.-2004.-Nr.1-38.-43.lpp. | ||||||||
| 5 | Gunta Ancāne. Psihosomatiskās medicīnas definīcija un īsa tās ideju attīstības vēsture// Psiholoģijas Pasaule. 2004. 2. 36- 40. | ||||||||
| 6 | Gunta Ancāne, D.Šmite, A.Ancāns. Emocionāla distresa un muskuloskeletālas disfunkcijas mijiedarbība pacientiem ar hroniskām muguras lejasdaļas sāpēm/ /Zinātniskie raksti: 2006.g.medicīnas nozares pētnieciskā darba publikācijas. RSU.-Rīga, 2007. 86.-96.lpp. | ||||||||
| 7 | Gunta Ancāne, Andrejs Ancāns. Stress 21.gadsimtā. Kā palīdzēt sev un pacientiem. Latvijas Ārsts. 2, 2009, 10-15. | ||||||||
| 8 | Gunta Ancāne. Krīze, phenomenon ranularum un psihiskā veselība. Latvijas ārsts, 2009, 12, 10-13. | ||||||||
