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Nutritional Psychology and Neurotic Eating Disorders
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:13.03.2024 14:58:50
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LU_018 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology | Target Audience: | Psychology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Lolita Vija Neimane | ||||||||
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| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences | ||||||||
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| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 10 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 20 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | |||||||||
| Objective: | |||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to human eating disorders | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 2 | Predisposing factors for eating disorders | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 3 | Causes of eating disorders | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 4 | Diagnosis criteria for eating disorders | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||||
| 5 | Etiology and consequences of anorexia nervosa | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 6 | Treatment of anorexia nervosa | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 7 | Etiology and course of bulimia nervosa | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 8 | Treatment of bulimia nervosa | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 9 | Compulsive overeating disorders | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 10 | Prevention of eating disorders | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | The independent work of the students is organized individually. Student's independent work tasks: 1) acquire basic and scientific literature related to the topics of the course; 2) to prepare reports for seminars - using specialized scientific literature, describing and analyzing the situation or case of neurotic disorders. The individual tasks have to be done in accordance with deadlines specified by the professor. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | In accordance with Regulations No. 141, No. 512, No. 240 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia and the Decision of the Senate of the University of Latvia as of 29.06.2015. No. 211, at the end of the course, students' knowledge is evaluated on a 10-point scale according to the following criteria: the amount and the quality of the obtained knowledge, acquired skills and competence in compliance with the planned learning outcomes. Lecture attendance is not mandatory. Seminar attendance and active participation - mandatory. Intermediate tests: 1. Presentation at the seminar(20%); 2. Term paper (written report) - (30%); Final examination: 3. Written exam (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Understand, how obsession with body weight interacts with individual psychological factors to cause a range of eating disorders including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating and other disorders; Has an in - depth understanding of the latest findings and approaches on the professional medical methodology concerning eating disorder. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The ability to recognize signs and precicely evaluate disease stage. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Plāno pacientu ar ēšanas traucējumu klīnisko izmeklēšanu un speciālistu konsultācijas. At ēšanas traucējumus un iegūtās zināšanas pielieto pacienta ēšanas traucējumu novēršanai. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Costin, C. The Eating Disorder Sourcebook, 3rd ed. (2007) | ||||||||
| 2 | Levitt, J.L. et al. Self-Harm Behavior and Eating Disorders: Dynamics, Assessment and Treatment (2004) | ||||||||
| 3 | Walsh, T. et al. Handbook of Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders (2016); 4.Yager, J. et al. Practice Guidline for the Treatment of Patients with Eating Disorders, 3rd ed. (2012). | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Birmingham, C.L. et al. Medical Management of Eating Disorders: A Practical Handbook for Healthcare Professionals (2004); | ||||||||
| 2 | Introduction to Eating Disorders (2016) http://www.merckmanuals.com 3.Wonderlich, S. et al. AED Review of Eating Disorders (2005). | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | ClinicalKey.com (medicīniskās zinātniskās literatūras datu bāze) | ||||||||
| 2 | Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention | ||||||||
| 3 | International Journal of Eating Disorders | ||||||||
| 4 | http://www.parentsmedguide.org/physiciansmedguide.htm#17 (Parents MedGuide). | ||||||||
