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Psychosomatic Medicine

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:01.08.2024 13:05:41
Study Course Information
Course Code:PMUPK_005LQF level:Level 7
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:Clinical MedicineTarget Audience:Medicine
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Annija Gabriela Roze
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Riga, 30 Kristapa Street, pmpkatrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67210989
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)2Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures4
Classes (count)3Class Length (academic hours)4Total Contact Hours of Classes12
Total Contact Hours16
Full-Time - Semester No.2
Lectures (count)2Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures4
Classes (count)3Class Length (academic hours)4Total Contact Hours of Classes12
Total Contact Hours16
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Knowledge of the central nervous system and brain anatomy, normal and pathological physiology.
Objective:
To promote the acquisition of knowledge about mental health criteria and their role in the prevention of physical disorders and diseases.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Mental health criteria. Salutogenesis.Lectures1.00auditorium
2Mental defense mechanisms. Coping strategies.Lectures1.00auditorium
3Mechanisms of somatization and chronic pain. Methods of psychotherapeutic treatment.Classes1.00auditorium
4Somatoform vegetative disorders. "Body distress syndrome". Methods of psychotherapeutic treatment.Classes1.00auditorium
5Psychosomatic disorders in internal medicine clinic. Psychosomatic diseases. Methods of psychotherapeutic treatment. Semester test.Classes1.00auditorium
6Object relations theory. Partnerships. Love from the perspective of different theories.Lectures1.00auditorium
7Lifestyle diseases and active aging. Methods of psychotherapeutic treatment.Lectures1.00auditorium
8Eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, binge eating). Diagnostic criteria. Methods of psychotherapeutic treatment.Classes1.00auditorium
9Personality disorders. Non-organic sexual disorders. Methods of psychotherapeutic treatment.Classes1.00auditorium
10Doctor-patient relationship. Role plays. ExamClasses1.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
1) patient case description analysis; 2) patient anamnesis collection technique analysis. 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:
I Theory – define: 60%: 1. Mental health criteria (10%) 2. Mental defence mechanisms (10%) 3. Levels of functioning (5%) 4. Basics of psychosomatic anamnesis (10%) 5. Principles of doctor-patient relationship (10%) 6. Psychosomatic disorders – diagnosis, somatisation theories, treatment strategies (10%) 7. Personality definition, development theories (5%) II Skills (40%; evaluation during classes): 1. Basics of establishing a therapeutic doctor-patient relationship, communication with patients of different functioning levels (10%) 2. Elements of supportive therapy in doctor-patient relationship 3. Basics of taking psychosomatic anamnesis (10%) 4. Psychosomatic disorders – diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment strategies, clinical case analysis (10%) The exam grade is cumulative. It consists of: 1. Intermediate examination - 50%. At the choice of the lecturer: • Video analysis and / or • Clinical case description and / or • Open questions at the beginning of the lesson and / or • Multiple choice test and / or • Preparation of a presentation on the topic of the lesson. 2. Final exam (50%) - electronic, e-learning available or face-to-face multi-choice test on the topics covered within the course. It is possible to credit the automatic final test if the following criteria are met: -excellely passed mid-term examination; -100% attendance of classes and lectures; -active participation in discussions and role plays. OR A presentation on the topic of the cycle lesson has been prepared (literature review); (b) a clinical case; c) the latest research (according to the topic of the lesson).
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:Students will understand and make description of ethiopathological process of somatisation, its main psychoemotional factors.
Skills:Students will be able to analyse somatical aspects of patient clinical cases.
Competencies:To understand and analyze the multi-factorial nature of disorders and diseases, diagnostic criteria, the need for combination therapy.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Women at higher risk for inflation-related stress, 24.05.2023
2Medical-level empathy? Yup, chatGPT can fake that, 4.05.2023
3Long- term impact of childhood trauma explained, 2.05.2023
4Physicians may retire en masse soon. What does that mean for medicine? 18.04.2023
5Anger in adults a red flag for childhood trauma, 5.04.2023
6A better lower-cost option for mild to moderate Depression?, 30.03.2023
7Is it time to stop treating high triglycerides?, 29.03.2023
8Melatonin a new way to reduce self-harm, 27.03.2023
9Treating depression in primary care: the latest guidelines, 21.03.2023
10Physician suicide: investigating its prevalence and cause, 15.03.2023
11Epigenetics, satiety, and predictive markers of obesity, 27.02.2023
12Beyond the psychedelic effect: ayahuasca as antidepressant, 10.02.2023
13Do doctors want their babies to Grow up to be Physicians?, 7.02.2023
14Emotional eating tied to risk for diastolic dysfunction, 19.01.2023
15Vegetarians suffer more depression than meat eaters, 27.12.2022
16Greater Handgrip Strength tied to lower risk for depression, 20.12.2022
17What happens when doctors and patients interrupt each other?, 23.11.2022
18German survey on assisted suicide: how to handle this? Where should caution be exercised?, 16.09.2022
19Social isolation, Loneliness tied to death, MI, stroke: AHA, 4.08.2022
20Physicians react: burnout rates are alarming, so who should drive change? 6.06.2022
21K. Abrahamsson. R. Ennals. Sustainable work in Europe. Concepts, Conditions, Challenges. 2022 Edited Collection. 342 Pages
22Empathy fatigue in clinicians rises with latest COVID-19 surge, 16.09.2021
23Borderline personality disorder diagnosis: to tell or not to tell patients?, 22.03.2021
24Why men need mind-body medicine now more than ever, 2.04.2020
25Doctor – Patient relationship, 20.06.2019
26Why do we love sad music? Mourning our pain, 27.11.2018
27Doctors, nurses give lifestyle advice but are skeptical it’s heeded, 29.03.2018
28The 8 things that end childhood too soon: what clinicians should know, 30.06.2017
29Why do depressed doctors suffer in silence? – 27.06.2017
30Silvano Arieti, Morton F. Reiser. American Handbook of Psychiatry. Volume Four. Organic Disorders and Psychosomatic Medicine. e-Book 2015 International Psychotherapy Institute.
31Stress and depression mediated by single brain protein, 20.11.2014
32How the brain responds to trauma, 24.09.2014
33Long work hours wreak havoc in MDs, Personal lives, 23.09.2013
34Nature, Niche, and nurture. The role of social experience in transforming genotype into phenotype, 11.10.2011
35Dreams in Jungian psychology: The use of dreams as an instrument for research, diagnosis and treatment of social phobia, 2009
36Gunta Ancāne, D.Šmite, A. Ancāns. Emocionāla distresa un muskuloskeletālas disfunkcijas mijiedarbība pacientiem ar hroniskām muguras lejasdaļas sāpēm/ /Zinātniskie raksti: 2006. g. medicīnas nozares pētnieciskā darba publikācijas. RSU.-Rīga, 2007. - 86. - 96. lpp. (akceptējams izdevums)
37Gunta Ancāne. „Ārsta un pacienta terapeitisko attiecību psihoemocionālie aspekti.”//Latvijas Ārsts.- 2005/6. 77. - 79. (akceptējams izdevums)
38The effects of physician empathy on patient satisfaction and compliance, 09.2004
39Gunta Ancāne. Hronisku sāpju stāvokļu psihosomatiska izpratne//Latvijas Ārsts.- 2004. Nr 1.- 40 - 43. (akceptējams izdevums)
40Gunta Ancāne. Ķermeņa un psihes saistība//Psiholoģijas Pasaule. - 2004. - Nr. 1 - 38. - 43. lpp. (akceptējams izdevums)
41Gunta Ancāne. Psihosomatiskās medicīnas definīcija un īsa tās ideju attīstības vēsture// Psiholoģijas Pasaule. 2004. 2. 36 - 40. (akceptējams izdevums)
42Gunta Ancāne. Sirds–asinsvadu sistēmas un elpošanas sistēmas psihosomatiska Psiholoģijas pasaule. 2004./6. 34 - 39. (akceptējams izdevums)
43Gunta. Ancāne. “Psihosomatiskie traucējumi un slimības” “Psiholoģijas Pasaule”; nr.2004/04; 44. - 49. (akceptējams izdevums)
44Gunta. Ancāne. “Ēšana kā komunikācija un ēšanas traucējumi” “Psiholoģijas Pasaule”; nr. 2004/05; 18. - 23. (akceptējams izdevums)
45Implementing the care programme approach in psychotherapeutics settings, 2004
46Post-traumatic stress disorder: symptom profiles in men and women, 2003
47Physical symptoms and physician-experienced difficulty in the physician –patient relationship, 1.05.2001
Additional Reading
1Dž. Boulbijs. Drošais pamats Rasa ABC. 1995.
2A. Utināns. Cilvēka psihe. Tās darbība, funkcionēšanas traucējumi un ārstēšanas iespējas. Nacionālais apgāds. 2005. 568 lpp.
3Katedrā izstrādātie studentu pētnieciskie darbi (2023)/ student research works developed in the department (2023):
41. Adelīna Nikitenko “Ģeneralizētas trauksmes izplatība Ogres pilsētas vidusskolēnu vidū un tās saistība ar vientulību.”
52. Aksel Darius Överlien Dalili “Burnout Syndrome in Medical Personnel During The Covid-19 Pandemic”
63. Ali Lavin “Changes of level of empathy in medical students during time of studies”
74. Ieva Kulša “Celikālijas psihosomatiskie aspekti.”
85. Jānis Kristpas Vasiļonoks “Ārstu-rezidentu spēja paziņot sliktas ziņas pacientam.”
96. Karīna Rudus “Saistība starp trauksmes simptomu smagumu un stresa pārvarēšanas stratēģijām RSU medicīnas fakultātes preklīnisko studiju gadu studentu vidū.”
107. Katrīna Liepiņa ”Adverse childhood experiences (ace) jeb nelabvēlīgas bērnības pieredzes saistībā ar gastrointestinālām sūdzībām āgenskalna ģimnāzijās”
118. Laura Gribuste “Saistība starp kritiskās domāšanas dispozīciju un ticību paranormālajam Rīgas Stradiņa Universitātes studentu vidū.”
129. Leonhard Francisco Schlichting “Borderline Personality Disorder as Comorbidity of Bulimia Nervosa in Adolescents”
1310. Linda Borskoviča “Pašcieņas, trauksmes, depresijas rādītāju saistība ar glikēmijas kontroli pacientiem ar 1. un 2. Tipa cukura diabētu”
1411. Linda Lumikki April Vainio “MDMA-assisted therapy in PTSD treatment”
1512. Megija Zunde “Trauksmes simptomu īpatsvara dinamika vidējam medicīnas personālam Covid-19 pandēmijas laikā Latvijā.”
1613. Miina-Maria Jyrälä “Depression as a risk factor for coronary artery disease, mechanisms behind it”
1714. Nika Kristiāna Meždreija “Somatizācijas un trauksmes simptomu salīdzinājums sesijas laikā un pēc tā RSU 1. un 6. kursa medicīnas fakultātes studentiem”
1815. Rebecca Abraham “The effect of parenting on the development of borderline personality disorder”
1916. Rebeka Beinaroviča “Sociāli ekonomiskā stāvokļa saistība ar izdegšanas sindromu medicīnas fakultātē studējošajiem.”
2017. Sima Shokouhi “The relationship between the belief in conspiracy theories and narcissistic personality traits in an individual.”
2118. Svetlana Redina “Ēšanas traucējumu saistība ar depresijas un trauksmes simptomiem starp 12. klašu skolniekiem piecās Rīgas Pārdaugavas rajona skolās: 71. vidusskolā, 96. vidusskolā, Anniņmuižas vidusskolā, Arkādijas vidusskolā, Imantas vidusskolā”
2219. Zanda Laura Šķiņķe “Trauksmes un depresijas simptomu korelācija ar un bez muguras lejasdaļas sāpēm RSU medicīnas fakultātes studentiem”