.
Basics in Psychotherapy
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:01.08.2024 13:04:24
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PMUPK_027 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Anatomy | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Līva Mača | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 30 Kristapa Street, pmpk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67210989 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 30 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 30 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 30 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 30 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide knowledge of: a) Mental health criteria and their part in somatic disorders and in prophylaxis of disease; b) Main personality theories; personality functioning levels and structure of personality; c) Aetiology, diagnostic criteria and clinical presentation of eating and feeding disorders, relation to personality and emotional factors; d) Different types of psychotherapy, indications, contraindications; e) Therapeutic factors in nutritionist-patient relationship. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Biopsychosocial model. Psychosomatic medicine. Concept of personality. Various theories on development of personality. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Psychic defence mechanisms. Functioning levels of personality – neurotic, borderline, psychotic. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Structures of character organization – narcissistic, hysterical, depressive, obsessive-compulsive, shizoid. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Intermediate examination. Clinical case analysis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Concept of psychotherapy. Indications and contraindications of psychotherapy. Differences between psychotherapy and psychiatry and medical treatment. Methods of psychotherapy I. Psychodynamic psychotehrapy – process (evaluation phase, working-through and ending phase), transference, countertransference and resistance. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Methods of psychotherapy II. Supportive psychotherapy. Cognitive behavioral therapy. Individual, couples, family, group psychotherapy. Children and adolescents psychotherapy. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Eating and feeding disorders – etiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Therapeutic relationship between nutritionist and patient. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Analysis of clinical situations. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Analysis of clinical situations. Questions. Exam (written). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Biopsychosocial model. Psychosomatic medicine. Concept of personality. Various theories on development of personality. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Psychic defence mechanisms. Functioning levels of personality – neurotic, borderline, psychotic. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Structures of character organization – narcissistic, hysterical, depressive, obsessive-compulsive, shizoid. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Intermediate examination. Clinical case analysis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Concept of psychotherapy. Indications and contraindications of psychotherapy. Differences between psychotherapy and psychiatry and medical treatment. Methods of psychotherapy I. Psychodynamic psychotehrapy – process (evaluation phase, working-through and ending phase), transference, countertransference and resistance. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Methods of psychotherapy II. Supportive psychotherapy. Cognitive behavioral therapy. Individual, couples, family, group psychotherapy. Children and adolescents psychotherapy. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Eating and feeding disorders – etiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Therapeutic relationship between nutritionist and patient. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Analysis of clinical situations. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Analysis of clinical situations. Questions. Exam (written). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Prepare clinical case for discussion in a group, according to the topic of the class. 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. Knowledge: 60% – ability to define: 1. Patient’s mental health criteria, psychic defence mechanisms (20%) 2. Types of eating and feeding disorders, their relation to personality and emotional factors (20%) 3. Principles of building a therapeutic relationship between a nutrition specialist and a patient (20%). II. Skills: 40% 1. Basics of building a therapeutic relationship between nutrition specialist and patient (20%); 2. Elements of nutrition specialist – patient support psychotherapy (20%). 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 on e-studies or face-to-face multi-choice test on the topics covered within the course. It is possible to get automatic credit as the final grade if the following criteria are met: - Excelllent grade on intermediate examintation; - 100% attendance of classes and lectures; - Active participation in discussions and role plays OR a presentation on the topic of the class has been prepared: (a) literature review; (b) clinical case; (c) the latest research. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | To analyse emotional etiopathogenic factors in eating disorders, describe indications for psychotherapy for patients with eating disorders. | ||||||||
| Skills: | To be able to recognize indications for psychotherapy for patients with eating disorders and ability to form therapeutic nutritionist-patient relationship. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | To understand and analyse the need for psychotherapy for patients with eating disorders, understand diagnostic criteria and need for combined therapy. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | The therapeutic relationship between a client and dietitian: A systematic integrative review of empirical literature, 2022 | ||||||||
| 2 | Psychotherapies for eating disorders: findings from a rapid review, 2023 | ||||||||
| 3 | Managing eating disorders. Countertransference and other dynamic processes in the therapeutic milieu, 2013 | ||||||||
| 4 | Epigenetics, satiety, and predictive markers of obesity, 27.02.2023 | ||||||||
| 5 | Emotional eating tied to risk for diastolic dysfunction, 19.01.2023 | ||||||||
| 6 | Vegetarians suffer more depression than meat eaters, 27.12.2022 | ||||||||
| 7 | What happens when doctors and patients interrupt each other?, 23.11.2022 | ||||||||
| 8 | Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders,. 5th edition, 2013. | ||||||||
| 9 | Psychoanalytic Diagnosis. 2nd edition, 2011 | ||||||||
| 10 | Artūrs Utināns - Cilvēka psihe. Tās darbība, funkcionēšanas traucējumi un ārstēšanas iespējas. Nacionālais apgāds. 2005. 568 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 11 | B.Luban-Plozza, W.Poldinger, F.Kroger – Psych osomatic Disorders in General Practice. Springler – Verlag. 1992. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Nutritional psychiatry: the present state of the evidence, 2017 | ||||||||
| 2 | The association between personality traits and dietary choices: A Systematic Review, 2021 | ||||||||
| 3 | Association of Personality Traits with Dietary Habits and Food/Taste Preference, 2021 | ||||||||
| 4 | J.Kovel. A complete guide to therapy. From psychoanalysis to behaviour modification. Penguin Books. 1976. | ||||||||
| 5 | Dennis Brown, Jonathan Pedder, & Anthony Bateman. Introduction to Psychotherapy. Taylor and Francis, 2010. | ||||||||
| 6 | Gunta Ancāne. Hronisku sāpju stāvokļu psihosomatiska izpratne//Latvijas Ārsts.- 2004. Nr1.- 40- 43. | ||||||||
| 7 | Gunta Ancāne. Ķermeņa un psihes saistība//Psiholoģijas Pasaule.-2004.-Nr.1-38.-43.lpp. | ||||||||
| 8 | Gunta Ancāne. Psihosomatiskās medicīnas definīcija un īsa tās ideju attīstības vēsture// Psiholoģijas Pasaule. 2004. 2. 36- 40. | ||||||||
| 9 | Gunta 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. | ||||||||
| 10 | Gunta Ancāne, Andrejs Ancāns. Stress 21.gadsimtā. Kā palīdzēt sev un pacientiem. Latvijas Ārsts. 2, 2009, 10-15. | ||||||||
| 11 | Gunta Ancāne. Krīze, phenomenon ranularum un psihiskā veselība. Latvijas ārsts, 2009, 12, 10-13. | ||||||||
