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Psychiatry

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:18.08.2023 11:24:02
Study Course Information
Course Code:PUNK_023LQF level:Level 6
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:Clinical Medicine; PsychiatryTarget Audience:Social Welfare and Social Work
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Ļubova Renemane
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Department of Psychiatry and Narcology
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Riga, 2 Tvaika Street, pnkatrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67080131
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)4Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures8
Classes (count)6Class Length (academic hours)4Total Contact Hours of Classes24
Total Contact Hours32
Part-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)4Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures8
Classes (count)6Class Length (academic hours)4Total Contact Hours of Classes24
Total Contact Hours32
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
• Basic knowledge in physiology; • Psychology, developmental and medical psychology; • Neurology (disorders of central and peripheral nervous system, extra pyramidal syndromes); • Ethics in medicine (specific ethical issues in psychiatry).
Objective:
To give students knowledge about epidemiology, aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnostics and course of mental and behavioural disorders; to give knowledge about emergency case management in psychiatry. Give knowledge about organisation and practical work of metal health care; to give knowledge about ethical and legal principles in psychiatry; and distributions of competence between different specialists when it comes to planning and organising health care of mentally ill patients. To develop empathetic attitude towards patients and their family members. To reflect on and to improve their own attitudes towards mental health problems.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1A brief insight into the history of psychiatry. Organization of psychiatric care in Latvia. Classification of mental disorders. General psychopathology.Lectures1.00auditorium
2Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.Lectures1.00auditorium
3Mood disorders.Lectures1.00auditorium
4Organic mental disorders.Lectures1.00auditorium
5Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation. Disorders of perception, thinking and will.Classes1.00clinical base
6Etiology and classification of organic mental disorders. Dementia clinic, basic principles of care, treatment and rehabilitation. Clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation of symptomatic mental disorders.Classes1.00clinical base
7Affective (mood) disorders: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitationClasses1.00clinical base
8Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation. Anxiety disordersClasses1.00clinical base
9Disorders of psychological development, behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescenceClasses1.00clinical base
10Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitationClasses1.00clinical base
Topic Layout (Part-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1A brief insight into the history of psychiatry. Organization of psychiatric care in Latvia. Classification of mental disorders. General psychopathology.Lectures1.00auditorium
2Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.Lectures1.00auditorium
3Mood disorders.Lectures1.00auditorium
4Organic mental disorders.Lectures1.00auditorium
5Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation. Disorders of perception, thinking and will.Classes1.00clinical base
6Etiology and classification of organic mental disorders. Dementia clinic, basic principles of care, treatment and rehabilitation. Clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation of symptomatic mental disorders.Classes1.00clinical base
7Affective (mood) disorders: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitationClasses1.00clinical base
8Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation. Anxiety disordersClasses1.00clinical base
9Disorders of psychological development, behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescenceClasses1.00clinical base
10Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitationClasses1.00clinical base
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Students independently learn the theoretical part of practical work using RSU e-study materials, information given in the lecture and recommended literature. During the lessons, the results of independent work are checked and discussed in the group. In the course of practical work, students evaluate the mental state of the demonstrated patients and develop a rehabilitation plan, which is analyzed in the group. Preparation of clinical case descriptions. 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:
Students independently acquire the theoretical part, using RSU e-study materials, information given in the lecture and recommended additional literature. During the lessons, the results of independent work are checked and discussed in a group. The cumulative exam requires assessments in each lesson. Successful passing of the cumulative exam requires: 1. Successfully answer the multiple-choice test questions in each lesson; 2. submit in e-studies a description of the interpretation of clinical cases and / or a description of the patient's interpretation demonstrated during the lesson; receive an evaluation in 3 seminars (A total of two clinical cases per 1 lesson); 3. to prepare and successfully defend one thematic presentation, the topics of presentations are placed in e-studies. Each point is evaluated with a mark in a 10-point system, the exam evaluation is determined as the average evaluated mark of each point. A cumulative exam mark is formed: 70% average mark for three homework; 30% mark of a thematic presentation.
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):Exam (Written)
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:Knowledge about epidemiology, aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnostics and course (according to ICD-10) of mental and behavioural disorders; mental health promotion, formulates clinical symptoms and diagnosis and course of mental illness (according to ICD-10), ethical and legal aspects of mental illness care and rehabilitation can be defined.
Skills:Is able to recognize, assess and describe the basic psychiatric symptoms in general medical practice, evaluate and plan the type of patient care and rehabilitation. Able to form a purposeful conversation with the patient; recognize and describe the symptoms of the disease; justify the need for rehabilitation. Evaluate the dynamics of the disease during rehabilitation. Is able to create an emphatic interviewing style for working with patients with mental disorders, to be aware of the importance of therapeutic relationships in psychiatry.
Competencies:Able to take the responsibility appropriate to the profession for the patient's treatment and rehabilitation, cooperate with the patient's rehabilitation team, recommend and substantiate their views on the patient's condition and appropriate specialized rehabilitation methods.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Semple D, Smyth R. Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry. 3rd edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2019.
2Harrison, Paul Geddes, John Sharpe. Michael Lecture Notes : Lecture Notes : Psychiatry. 11th edition. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ, USA, 2014.
3E. Tērauds, E. Rancāns, R. Andrēziņa, B. Kupča, I. Ķiece, I. Zārde, Ņ. Bezborodovs. Šizofrēnijas diagnostikas un ārstēšanas vadlīnijas. 3. Izdevums. Latvijas psihiatru asociācija. Rīga, 2014., 43 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
4E. Tērauds, E. Rancāns, R. Andrēziņa, B. Kupča, G. Ancāne, I. Ķiece, Ņ. Bezborodovs. Depresijas diagnostikas un ārstēšanas vadlīnijas. 3. Izdevums. Latvijas psihiatru asociācija. Rīga, 2016., 52 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
5Rancāns E., Tērauds E., Zaļkalns J., Riževa I., Tirāns E., Taube M. Depresijas un neirotisko traucējumu diagnostikas un ārstēšanas rekomendācijas ģimenes ārstiem. RSU Psihiatrijas un narkoloģijas katedra. Rīga, 2012. 32 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
6The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioral Disorders, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1992. (izdevums akceptējams)
Additional Reading
1E. Tērauds, E. Rancāns, R. Andrēziņa, B. Kupča. Bipolāri afektīvo traucējumu diagnostikas un ārstešanas vadlīnijas. 2. Izdevums. Latvijas psihiatru asociācija. Rīga, 2016., 48 lpp.
2R. Andēziņa, E. Tērauds, L. Ķevere, Ņ. Bezborodovs. Uzmanības deficīta un hiperaktivitātes sindroma (UDHS) diagnostikas un korekcijas vadlīnijas bērniem un pusaudžiem. RSU Psihiatrijas un narkoloģijas katedra. Rīga 2014., 31 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
3Eglītis I. Vispārīgā psihopatoloģija. Zvaigzne, Rīga, 1982
Other Information Sources
1http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/index.shtml
2http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/schizophrenia.html#cat57