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Psychiatry

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:04.03.2021 15:57:22
Study Course Information
Course Code:PUNK_018LQF level:Level 6
Credit Points:3.00ECTS:4.50
Branch of Science:Clinical Medicine; PsychiatryTarget Audience:Rehabilitation
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Ļubova Renemane
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Department of Psychiatry and Narcology
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Riga, 2 Tvaika Street, pnkatrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67080131
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)4Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures8
Classes (count)8Class Length (academic hours)5Total Contact Hours of Classes40
Total Contact Hours48
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
• Psychology, developmental and medical psychology; • Neurology (disorders of central and peripheral nervous system, extrapyramidal syndromes); • Ethics in medicine (specific ethical issues in psychiatry).
Objective:
Mental health care system in Latvia. Basic knowledge on the aetiology, pathogenesis and clinical symptoms of main mental illnesses – organic mental disorders, schizophrenia, substance use, affective, neurotic, physiological, personality disorders, mental retardation, child mental health problems. Pharmacological treatment options and application of ergotherapy in aforementioned conditions.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1General psychopathology.Lectures1.00auditorium
2Schizophrenia and schizoform disorders: clinical features and treatment.Lectures1.00auditorium
3Mood (affective) disorders.Lectures1.00auditorium
4Childhood and adolescence psychiatry.Lectures1.00auditorium
5Classification of mental disorders. Mental health care in Latvia. The specifics of interviewing a patient in psychiatry. Evaluation of mental state. Disorders of perception.Classes1.00clinical base
6Schizophrenia, schizotypal and schizoaffective disorders. Clinical features and treament.Classes1.00clinical base
7Neurotic, stress related and somatoform disorders.Classes1.00clinical base
8Clinical features and treatment of mood disorders.Classes1.00clinical base
9Organic, including symptomatic mental disorders.Classes1.00clinical base
10Mental retardation, behavioral and emotional disorders in childhood and adolescence.Classes1.00clinical base
11Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use.Classes1.00clinical base
12Organic mental disorders.Classes1.00clinical base
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Students independently prepare theoretical part of practical class from lectures, RSU e-materials and recommended further reading. Patient cases description. Results of this work will be discussed in group.
Assessment Criteria:
Students independently acquire the theoretical part, using RSU e-study materials, information given in the lecture and recommended additional literature. During the lessons, the results of independent work are checked and discussed in a group. The final exam is cumulative. The cumulative exam requires assessments in each lesson. Successful passing of the cumulative exam requires: 1. To successfully answer the multiple-choice test questions in each lesson 2. to submit in e-studies a description of the interpretation of clinical cases and / or a description of the patient's interpretation demonstrated during the lesson; receive a positive evaluation (A total of two clinical cases per 1 lesson). 3. to prepare and successfully defend one thematic presentation, the topics of presentations are placed in e-studies. Each point is evaluated with a mark in a 10-point system, the exam evaluation is determined as the average evaluated mark of each point.
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:About epidemiology, aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnostics and course (according to ICD-10) of mental and behavioural disorders; mental health promotion, mental and behavioural disorders and suicide prevention.
Skills:How to recognise and evaluate core symptoms of mental and behavioural disorders; to differentiate normal and pathological reactions in every-day life situations, to evaluate the possibility of self-harm to perform an interview, showing empathy, and to comprehend importance of therapeutic relationships in psychiatry; to plan mental health promotion and mental and behavioural disorders' prevention activities, how to distribute a competence between different professionals to communicate and collaborate with mentally ill people choosing appropriate type of ergotherapy and to lead classes of ergotherapy.
Competencies:To obtain psychiatric status, to definite decision about psychiatric help distributions of competence between different physicians, to explain and apply principles of confidentiality and informed consent in psychiatry; to show understanding and empathy towards patients with psychiatric disorders.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Semple D, Smyth R. Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry, third edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013.
2Harrison, Paul Geddes, John Sharpe, Michael Lecture Notes : Lecture Notes : Psychiatry (10th Edition). Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ, USA, 2011 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rsub/docDetail.action?docID=1051…
3E. Tērauds, E. Rancāns, R. Andrēziņa, B. Kupča, I. Ķiece, I. Zārde, Ņ. Bezborodovs. Šizofrēnijas diagnostikas un ārstēšanas vadlīnijas. 3. Izdevums. Latvijas psihiatru asociācija. Rīga, 2014.g., 43 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
4E. Tērauds, E. Rancāns, R. Andrēziņa, B. Kupča, G. Ancāne, I. Ķiece, Ņ. Bezborodovs. Depresijas diagnostikas un ārstēšanas vadlīnijas. 3. Izdevums. Latvijas psihiatru asociācija. Rīga, 2015.g., 52 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
5Rancāns E., Tērauds E., Zaļkalns J., Riževa I., Tirāns E., Taube M. Depresijas un neirotisko traucējumu diagnostikas un ārstēšanas rekomendācijas ģimenes ārstiem. RSU Psihiatrijas un narkoloģijas katedra. Rīga, 2012.g. 32 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
6R. Andrēziņa, E. Tērauds. Praktiskā psihofarmakoterapija. Rīga, 2015.g. 40 lpp.
7The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioral Disorders, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1992. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rsub/docDetail.action?docID=1022…
Additional Reading
1Kaplan & Sadocks. Synopsis of Psychiatry, Editors B.J.Sadock, V.A.Sadock. – 10th ed. – Philadelphia; Williams & Wilkins, 2007.
2D. Goldberg, L. Gask, R. Moriss. Psychiatry in Medical Practice. 3rd edition. Routledge, 2008
3E. Tērauds, E. Rancāns, R. Andrēziņa, B. Kupča. Bipolāri afektīvo traucējumu diagnostikas un ārstešanas vadlīnijas. 2. Izdevums. Latvijas psihiatru asociācija. Rīga, 2016.g., 48 lpp.
4R. Andēziņa, E. Tērauds, L. Ķevere, Ņ. Bezborodovs. Uzmanības deficīta un hiperaktivitātes sindroma (UDHS) diagnostikas un korekcijas vadlīnijas bērniem un pusaudžiem. RSU Psihiatrijas un narkoloģijas katedra. Rīga 2014.g., 31 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
5Eglītis I. (1982) Vispārīgā psihopatoloģija. Zvaigzne, Rīga.
Other Information Sources
1http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/index.shtml
2http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/schizophrenia.html#cat57
3Latvijas Universitāte (2009) Garīgās veselības aprūpes māsas pamatspecialitāte. Pieejams no: http://talakizglitiba.lv/sites/default/userfiles/file/MPIC%…
4Psihiskā veselība Latvijā 2016. gadā. Tematiskais ziņojums. SPKC. 17.izdevums Rīga. 2017.