Clinical Psychopathology of Addictions (RPS_031)
About Study Course
Objective
To ensure the acquisition of knowledge about the symptoms, course, therapy and prevention of mental and behavioral disorders due to the use of psychoactive substances, in order to be able to diagnose and treat them. Emphasis on psychopathology.
Learning outcomes
1.Knowledge of the etiology, pathogenesis of mental and behavioral disorders due to the use of psychoactive substances, clinical manifestations, course and basic principles of treatment; prevention of diseases and disorders; psychoactive classification of substances; the basic principles of creating a motivational conversation.
1.Skills to collect drug anamnesis, diagnose addiction and perform differential diagnosis; to identify the psychoactive substance that caused the detected mental disorders; provide emergency narcological assistance; motivate the patient to develop abstinence; explain the need for preventive measures; explain the consequences of using psychoactive substances in an understandable way to the patient; draw up a treatment plan.
1.Competences to choose an appropriate investigation plan for establishing a diagnosis, order examinations; correctly diagnose narcological diseases; evaluates the impact of the addiction disease on the state of health; determine treatment according to evidence-based practice; provide information about addiction diseases diagnostic and treatment options for the patient and his relatives; create a motivational conversation with addicts disease patients; participate in a multiprofessional team.
