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Basics of Psychiatry
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:21.08.2023 09:25:55
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PUNK_024 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Psychiatry | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Jeļena Vrubļevska | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Psychiatry and Narcology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 2 Tvaika Street, pnk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67080131 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | • Psychology; developmental and medical psychology; • Ethics in medicine; • Epidemiology (types of research); • Public health (risk factors, types of prevention, health promotion opportunities); • Basic pharmacology; • Basic principles of clinical care (deontology, iatrogeny, patient interview). | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire knowledge about the prevalence, etiology, pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, diagnosis and course of mental disorders (according to the ICD-10), medicinal and psychological basic principles of treatment, prevention of mental diseases and possibilities of rehabilitation; to gain the knowledge about the organization and operation of the psychiatric services, including ethical and legal principles, the distribution of competences among different specialists, the competences of the art therapist and the planning and organization of the care of mentally ill patients. To acquire the skills to communicate with patients in a gentle, supportive and educational manner. To teach to assess the mental state of patients, to understand its dynamics during therapy. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | A brief insight into the history of psychiatry. Organization of psychiatric care in Latvia. Classification of mental disorders (ICD-10) | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | General psychopathology | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Organic including symptomatic mental disorders | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Affective disorders | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Behavioral and emotional disorders that usually manifest in childhood and puberty | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Main principles of pharmacotherapy of mental disorders | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Classification of mental disorders, epidemiology. Organization of psychiatric care in Latvia, legislation and legal aspects. Perception and thinking disorders. Obsessions and compulsions, emotional disorders. Disorders of the will and movement sphere. Memory impairment. States of clouded consciousness | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Schizophrenia, other psychotic disorders (persistent delusional disorder, acute transient psychotic disorder, schizoaffective disorder, schizotypal disorder. Classification, diagnosis, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | Etiology and classification of organic mental disorders. Alzheimer's and Vascular dementia – clinical picture, basic principles of care, treatment and rehabilitation. Basic principles of clinical manifestations, treatment and rehabilitation of symptomatic mental disorders | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 12 | Affective disorders – clinical presentation and treatment | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 13 | Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 14 | Personality and behavioral disorders in adults. Eating disorders: neurotic anorexia, atypical neurotic anorexia, treatment options; neurotic bulimia, atypical neurotic bulimia, treatment options. Other eating disorders | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 15 | Mental development, behavioral and emotional disorders in children and adolescents. Intellectual retardation. Autism spectrum disorders in children and adolescents' practice | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 16 | Mental disorders due to psychoactive substances | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students independently acquire the theoretical part of practical work 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. Students assess the mental state of the patients demonstrated during practical work (video demonstrations or patients in the clinic) and develop an aspect of art therapy, which is analyzed in a group. Preparation of clinical case descriptions. Prepare a 10-minute presentation on one of the proposed topics, which will be presented in one of the classes. 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: | The final exam is cumulative. 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 cumulative exam requires assessments in each lesson. To successfully pass the cumulative exam, it is necessary to: 1. pass the multiple-choice test questions in each lesson; 2. 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 (3 clinical descriptions in total); 3. to prepare and successfully defend one thematic presentation, the topics of the presentations are placed in e-studies. Each task is evaluated with a mark in a 10-point system; cumulative exam mark is formed: 50% average mark for three homework 50% mark for thematic presentation. If the independent works are not prepared or submitted on time, as well as in the case of unjustified missed classes, a written examination is provided at the end of the cycle, where 50% is made up of the examination mark and 50% of the independent work. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Knows the prevalence of mental disorders, etiological factors, and clinical course. Can formulate psychiatric symptoms and syndromes and understands the concepts of major mental disorders. Is able to name the most important treatment methods for various psychiatric diseases, to recognize the most commonly used psychopharmacological means, and understands the role of art therapist in the treatment of mental disorders | ||||||||
| Skills: | Able to recognize, assess and describe basic psychiatric symptoms, evaluate and plan the type of patient care, ensuring the correct selection of the patient for art therapy classes. Can create an emphatic interviewing style for work with patients with mental disorders, be aware of the importance of therapeutic relationships in psychiatry. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Is able to assess the dynamics of the patient's mental disorder during art therapy and is able to explain it to the patient. Able to defend their views to other members of the patient care team. Is able to promote a healthy lifestyle in society within the competence of his / her speciality. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Semple, D., Smyth, R. Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2019. | ||||||||
| 2 | Gulati, Gautam. Lecture notes. Psychiatry. 11th edition. Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2014 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1992. | ||||||||
| 2 | Tērauds, E., Rancāns, E., Andrēziņa, R., Kupča, B. Bipolāri afektīvo traucējumu diagnostikas un ārstēšanas vadlīnijas. 2. izdevums. Latvijas Psihiatru asociācija. Apstiprināts valdes sēdē 09.11.2016. | ||||||||
| 3 | Rancāns, 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, 2012. | ||||||||
| 4 | Tērauds, E, Rancāns, E., Andrēziņa, R., Kupča, B., u.c. Depresijas diagnostikas un ārstēšanas vadlīnijas. 3. izdevums. Latvijas Psihiatru asociācija. Apstiprināts valdes sēdē 10.02.2015. | ||||||||
| 5 | Tērauds, E., Rancāns, E., Andrēziņa, R., u.c. Šizofrēnijas diagnostikas un ārstēšanas vadlīnijas. 3. izdevums. Latvijas Psihiatru asociācija. Apstiprināts valdes sēdē 14.10.2014. | ||||||||
| 6 | Andrēziņa, R., Tērauds, E. Praktiskā psihofarmakoterapija. 3.izdevums. Rīga, 2015. | ||||||||
| 7 | Andrēziņa, R., Tērauds, E., Ķevere, L., Bezborodovs, Ņ. Uzmanības deficīta un hiperaktivitātes sindroma (UDHS) diagnostikas un korekcijas vadlīnijas bērniem uN pusaudžiem. BKUS Bērnu psihiatrijas klīnika, RSU Psihiatrijas un narkoloģijas katedra, 2014. | ||||||||
