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Psychosomatic Medicine
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:02.09.2024 09:08:48
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VPUPK_305 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Psychiatry | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Velga Sudraba | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 5 J. Asara Street, vppk rsu[pnkts]lv, +37167061587 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Biological basics of psyche, Personality psychology, Clinical psychology, Psychiatry and psychopharmacology, Developmental psychology, Individual consulting and psychotherapy | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop knowledge about psychosomatic processes and their effects to different human organ systems, to develop skills and competences to evaluate the dates of patient lives and illnesses, and dates from patient disease history, to develop skills and competences to evaluate difficulties to work with patients of psychosomatic disorders. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | History of psychosomatic medicine. Bio-psycho-social model in medicine, psychosomatic theories. Role of neurosciences in psychosomatic medicine. Alexitimia and psychosomatic vulnerability, psychosomatic relationships, psychosomatic family. Emotions, their role in somatisation process. Coping mechanisms. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Psychodynamic viewpoint to disorders of cardiovascular and respiratory systems. Psychodynamic viewpoint to disorders of gastrointestinal system and skin disorders. Eating disorders. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Psychodynamic viewpoint to disorders of gyneacological and endocrine systems. Psychosomatic aspects of infertility. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Migraine, tension headache, back pain. Somatoform disorders. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | The principles and structure of collection of anamnesis life and illnesses. Defenses and levels of functioning in the history of patients life. An analysis of psychosocial influence on patients' health. Psychodynamic viewpoint to patient’s disorders or illnesses. An analysis of studies about effect of emotions, alexitymia and and vulnerability to psychosomatic disorders and diseases. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | An analysis of studies about various psychosomatic disorders and diseases (cardiovascular, respiratory systems). An analysis of patient’s anamnesis. An analysis of studies about gastrointestinal and skin disorders and diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | An analysis of studies about various psychosomatic disorders and diseases (gyneacological and endocrine systems). An analysis of patient’s anamnesis. An analysis of studies about psychodynamic aspects of pain and psychosomatic disorders, they impact to psychosocial functioning. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independently read the sources of psychosomatic medicine. In small group look for studies of psychosomatic medicine, read them and make presentation for class. Make work in small groups, talk through patients history of diseases. Show results in big group. Finally, make analysis of patient’s life and illnesses according the scheme, present it. In the end of this course every student makes a assessment of study course. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1) Activity in practical classes and lectures, analysis of anamnesis – 30%; 2) An analysis of patient’s life and illnesses according to the scheme, and presentation – 40%; 3) independent work on the time – 30%; | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students explain the major theoretical concepts of psychosomatic medicine; explain the role of defenses in the process of illness; describe and assess data of anamnesis; recognize and analyse the psychodynamic processes of illnesses of various organ systems. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students collect data of anamnesis; evaluate interaction of social and psychic factors role for different psychosomatic disorders or illness; evaluate potential difficulties/problems at work with psychosomatic patients. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students analyse patient’s history of diseases from psychosomatic viewpoint; logically formulate and interpret the data, when describe patient's case. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Sudraba, V., Skaldere-Darmudasa, G. (2022). Psihosomatiskā medicīna. Rīga: RSU. | ||||||||
| 2 | Fritzsche, K., McDaniel, S.H., Wirsching, M. (eds.) (2014). Psychosomatic medicine. 2nd ed., Springer | ||||||||
| 3 | Philbrick K.L., Rundell J.R., Netzel P.J., Levenson J.L. (2012). Clinical manual of psychosomatic medicine: a guide to consultation-liaison psychiatry / Washington, DC. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Mārtinsone K., Miltuze A. (2015). Psiholoģija, II daļa. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC. 11.nodaļa “Personība”; 13.nodaļa “Veselība un slimība psiholoģijā”. | ||||||||
| 5 | Lapiņa K. (2006). Psihosomatiskās sakarības un mūsdienu cilvēks. Rīga: Librum. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Мак-Вильямс, Н. (2009). Психоаналитическая диагностика. – Москва: Класс. | ||||||||
| 2 | Lövheim H. (2012). A new three-dimensional model for emotions and monoamine neurotransmitters. Medical Hypotheses. 78(2): 341–348. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Periodiskie izdevumi: | ||||||||
| 2 | Psychosomatic Medicine | ||||||||
| 3 | Journal of Psychosomatic Research | ||||||||
| 4 | Psychosomatics | ||||||||
| 5 | Clinical Social Work Journal | ||||||||
| 6 | Psychosomatic Medicine. | ||||||||
| 7 | Journal of Psychosomatic Research | ||||||||
| 8 | Psychosomatics | ||||||||
