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Psychosomatic Medicine
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:24.08.2022 09:05:47
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VPUPK_302 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Nursing Science; Midwifery | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Velga Sudraba | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 5 J. Asara Street, vppk rsu[pnkts]lv, +37167061587 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 11 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 22 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Interpersonal communication in health care, functional and pathological physiology, internal and surgical diseases. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop students' understanding based on the discoveries of psychology and medical sciences and to get an idea of the interaction of mental and somatic processes; to develop knowledge about psychosomatic processes and their impact on different human organ systems, to develop skills and competence to evaluate history data of patients' life and disease, as well as medical history data in case of psychosomatic disorders and diseases. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | History of sychosomatic medicine. Different theories. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Bio-psycho-social model. Alexithymia and psychosomatic vulnerability, psychosomatic relationships and alexithymic family. Emotions, their role in the somatization process. Personality and coping mechanisms. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Psychodynamic point of view in psychosomatic medicine in the process of cardiovascular and respiratory disorders and diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Psychodynamic point of view in psychosomatic medicine in the process of gastrointestinal and skin diseases. Eating disorders. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Psychodynamic point of view in psychosomatic medicine in the process of reproductive system and endocrine system disorders and diseases. Pain. Somatoform disorders. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | History of psychosomatic medicine. Bio-psycho-social model. Defense mechanisms. Principles and structure of life's and disease's history collection. Case studies. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Analysis of research on the role of emotions, alexitymia, neurotransmitters and vulnerability. Case study. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Analysis of research on the development of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and disorders. Case study. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Analysis of research on the development of diseases and disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and skin. Eating disorders. Case study. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Analysis of research on the occurrence of diseases and disorders of the genitourinary urogenital system and endocrine system. Psychosomatic aspects of infertility. Case study. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Analysis of research on psychodynamic aspects of pain, their affect on psycho-social functioning, on somatoform disorders. Case study. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independently read the indicated sources of psychosomatic medicine and literature on the topic of the lecture / class. Independently select research on the indicated topic in the scientific databases, prepare written reviews of research and present them in the lesson. Make the test on the topic of the class. Perform self-control tests. Finally, to make a presentation of the patient's anamnesis. In the end of study course everyone student makes assessment of this course. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1) activity in classes – 10%; 2) independent work (make the tests, make the self-examination tests, perform the research review and presentation) – 40%; 3) final work – analysis of the patient's anamnesis – 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The student explains the most important theoretical concepts of psychosomatic medicine; recognizes and theoretically explains the role of defense mechanisms in the process of development disorders and diseases; describes modern views on the origin of mental and psychosomatic disorders; recognizes the symptoms and disorders caused by the interaction of mental and somatic processes; describes and evaluates the patient's development in accordance with the principles of psychosomatic medicine; recognizes and analyzes the psycho dynamic processes of disorders and diseases of various organ systems. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The student evaluates the interaction of mental and somatic factors in case studies; explains the role of personality and family factors in the origin and development of psychosomatic diseases; collects the patient's life and medical history; evaluates the interaction of the patient's mental and somatic factors in the case of various psychosomatic diseases; evaluates possible difficulties / problems in care process. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The student, due to acquired knowledge, analyzes the patients' psychosomatic illness or disorders from a psychodynamic point of view; logically formulates and interprets the obtained data, describing the patient's case. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Sudraba, V., Skaldere-Darmudasa, G. (2022). Psihosomatiskā medicīna. Rīga: RSU. | ||||||||
| 2 | Fritzsche, K., McDaniel, S.H., Wirsching, M. (eds.) (2020). Psychosomatic medicine. 2nd ed. Springer | ||||||||
| 3 | Lapiņa K. (2006). Psihosomatiskās sakarības. Un mūsdienu cilvēks. Rīga: Librum. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | The American Psychiatric Publishing textbook of psychosomatic medicine. (2018). edited by James L. Levenson. - Washington, DC, London: American Psychiatric Publishing. | ||||||||
| 5 | Gabbard G. (2014). Psychodynamic psychiatry in Clinical Practice. 4th ed. American Psychiatric Press, Inc. | ||||||||
| 6 | Boschan, P. J. (2007). Body, mind and bonds. The American Journal of Psychoanalysis. 67: 235–248. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 7 | Gubb, K. (2013). Psychosomatics today: a review of contemporary theory and practice. Psychoanalytic Review, 100(1), 103–142. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kulbergs J. (2001). Dinamiskā psihiatrija. Rīga: Jumava. | ||||||||
| 2 | Lövheim H. (2012). A new three-dimensional model for emotions and monoamine neurotransmitters. Medical Hypotheses. 78: 341–348. | ||||||||
| 3 | Mārtinsone, K., Sudraba, V. (zin.red.). (2019). Veselības psiholoģija. Teorijas un prakses starpdisciplinārā perspektīva. Rīga: RSU. | ||||||||
| 4 | Mārtinsone K., Miltuze A. (2015). Psiholoģija, I daļa. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC. | ||||||||
| 5 | Mārtinsone K., Miltuze A. (2015). Psiholoģija, II daļa. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC. 11.nodaļa “Personība”; 13.nodaļa “Veselība un slimība psiholoģijā”. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://journals.lww.com/psychosomaticmedicine/ | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.jpsychores.com/ | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.psychosomaticsjournal.com/ | ||||||||
