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About Study Course

ECTS:3
Course supervisor:Sandra Mihailova
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Psychology
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Clinical medicine; Health care sciences and services

Objective

Create an opportunity to gain knowledge of the regulation of bodily functions and health, the role of the central nervous system in ensuring the unity of functional functioning of the body and mechanisms of homeostasis, the impact of stress on bodily functions and health, as well as psychological help to overcome stress.

Prerequisites

Biological basis of psyche, neuropsychology.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.Students describe the basic principles of psychoneuroimmunology, the impact of stress on body functions and health, explain the basic functional principles of neuroscience, systematise the bodily functions and health, evaluate the role of the central nervous system in ensuring the functional integrity of the body and mechanisms of homeostasis. Describe stress management interventions.

Skills

1.Students reasonably discuss the regulation of body functions and health, the role of the central nervous system in ensuring the unity of the bodily functioning, theoretical approaches to psychoneuroimmunology and recent research in the field of neuroscience. Apply stress reduction strategies.

Competence

1.Students explain the basic principles of psychoneuroimmunology, the effects of stress on body functions and health.