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Mental Health and Patient Care
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:24.08.2022 09:18:13
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | MDAK_349 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Psychiatry | Target Audience: | Midwifery; Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Velga Sudraba | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Nursing and Obstetric Care | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, mdak rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061568 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology, Neurology, Pharmacology, Medical Ethics, Public Health, Patient Care, Rehabilitation. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide students with the opportunity to acquire knowledge of psychiatric disorders and psychoactive substance misuse; prevalence, causes, clinical symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, care and research-based rehabilitation. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The concept of mental health and the history of the development of psychiatry. Promoting mental health and prevention of disorders. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Basic principles of communication with patients having mental health disorders. Compliance with the principles of ethics and importance of anti-discrimination in care of patients with mental health disorders. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Basic principles of the care process in mental health care. Nursing documentation and diagnoses in mental health care. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Addiction as a disease. Bio-psycho-social model of addiction. Alcohol addiction. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Drug addiction, types and symptoms. Various psychoactive substances. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Treatment of patients with substance use disorders (SUD). Co-dependency. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Personality disorders, their types. Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Mood disorders – mania and depression: causes, clinical symptoms, treatment, care, rehabilitation. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Perception disorders – schizophrenia: causes, clinical symptoms, treatment, care, rehabilitation. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Disorders of intellectual development: classification, causes, clinical symptoms, treatment, care and rehabilitation. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Epilepsy and related personality changes: classification of epileptic seizures, diagnosis, emergency aid. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Eating disorders – anorexia, bulimia: causes, clinical symptoms, treatment, care and rehabilitation. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Suicides, their characteristics, statistics, basic principles of care. Physical and medical limitations of patients: basic principles of care and documentations. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Laboratory indicators of substance use disorders (SUD). Tests for assessment of SUD, their analysis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Researches of Lesch typology, different types of drug addictions, differences between gender. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | Researches of Co-dependency. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | To read materials on e-studies, to find the latest research on the topic of classes, to make a presentation on the latest research related to the topic of addiction; two presentations – on the subject matter of psychiatry; to present them in the class. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • Active participation in classes – 10%; • Presentations – 30%; • Theoretical test – 60%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students: • recognise psychiatric disorders, SUD and define them according to the ICD-10; • analyse and systematise the patient’s medical history; describe medication used in psychiatry and addiction and their side effects; • explain and describe specific nature of communication and care of patients with mental disorders and substance use disorders. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students are able to: • apply adapted communication style with patients having mental and substance use disorders; • assess the patient’s state of health; • collect the patient’s medical history and use the necessary data; • draw up a care plan on the basis of evidence-based practice. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Having acquired knowledge of mental disorders and substance use disorders and care of such patients, students will be able to: • differentiate between the mental disorders; • interpret and analyse patient's medical data; • successfully implement the care plan for patients with mental and substance use disorders. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Semple D., Smyth R. Oxford handbook of psychiatry. Oxford University press, 2013. | ||||||||
| 2 | Lesch O.M., Walter H., Wetschka Ch., Hesselbrock M., Hesselbrock V. Alcohol and Tobacco. Medical and Sociological Aspects of Use, Abuse and Addiction. Springer Wien New York, 2011. | ||||||||
| 3 | LĀB. Garīgā veselība un atkarīgo pacientu aprūpe multidisciplinārā komandā, 2010. | ||||||||
| 4 | Aprūpes diagnozes: Definīcijas un klasifikācija 2018 – 2020” 11.izdevums, SIA” Medicīnas apgāds”, 2020. | ||||||||
| 5 | LPA Šizofrēnijas diagnostikas un ārstēšanas vadlīnijas 3.izdevums, 2014. Pieejams no: https://www.rsu.lv/sites/default/files/imce/Dokumenti/pnk/L… | ||||||||
| 6 | LPA Depresijas diagnostikas un ārstēšanas vadlīnijas 3. izdevums, 2015. Pieejams no: https://www.rsu.lv/sites/default/files/imce/Dokumenti/pnk/L… | ||||||||
| 7 | Ārvalstu studentiem/ For international students: | ||||||||
| 8 | Semple D., Smyth R. Oxford handbook of psychiatry. Oxford University press, 2013. | ||||||||
| 9 | Lesch O.M., Walter H., Wetschka Ch., Hesselbrock M., Hesselbrock V. Alcohol and Tobacco. Medical and Sociological Aspects of Use, Abuse and Addiction. Springer Wien New York, 2011. | ||||||||
| 10 | Beidel, D.C, Turner, S.M., Hersen, M. (eds.). Adult psychopathology and diagnosis. 2014. Ebook Central | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Stirna A. (red). Atkarība no alkohola. Narkoloģija. Rīga: Medicīnas apgāds, 2008. | ||||||||
| 2 | Eglītis I. Psihiatrija. Rīga, Zvaigzne, 1989. | ||||||||
| 3 | Hersen M., Turner S.M., Beidel D.C. (eds.) Adult psychopatology and diagnosis, 5th ed., John Willey & Sons, Inc., 2007. | ||||||||
| 4 | Magnavita J.J. (ed.). Handbook of personality disorders. Theory and practice, John Willey & Sons, Inc., 2004. | ||||||||
| 5 | Deksters G., Vošs M. Rokasgrāmata psihiatrijas māsām. – Rīga: Jumava, 2006. | ||||||||
| 6 | Garīgās veselības aprūpes māsas pamatspecialitāte. Mācību materiāls. – Rīga: Nacionālais apgāds, 2009. | ||||||||
| 7 | Osis G. Narkoloģija vispārējās prakses ārstiem. Rīga: SIA”TRIO-J”; 2006. | ||||||||
| 8 | Ārvalstu studentiem/ For international students: | ||||||||
| 9 | Mattle, H., Mumenthaler, M. Fundamentals of Neurology: An Illustrated Guide. 2017. EBSCOhost | ||||||||
| 10 | Woodward, S., Waterhouse, C. Oxford Handbook of Neuroscience Nursing. 2021. EBSCOhost | ||||||||
| 11 | Hersen M., Turner S.M., Beidel D.C. (eds.) Adult psychopatology and diagnosis, 5th ed., John Willey & Sons, Inc., 2007. | ||||||||
| 12 | Magnavita J.J. (ed.). Handbook of personality disorders. Theory and practice. John Willey & Sons, Inc., 2004. | ||||||||
