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Mental Health and Occupational Therapy

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:15.03.2024 12:19:21
Study Course Information
Course Code:REK_286LQF level:Level 6
Credit Points:2.67ECTS:4.00
Branch of Science:Clinical Medicine; PsychiatryTarget Audience:Medical Services; Rehabilitation
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Ieva Rugina
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Department of Rehabilitation
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rkatrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)0Lecture Length (academic hours)0Total Contact Hours of Lectures0
Classes (count)12Class Length (academic hours)4Total Contact Hours of Classes48
Total Contact Hours48
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Psychiatry, basics of pharmacology, conceptual practice models, basics of psychology, medical ethics, creative activities in occupational therapy
Objective:
To develop clinical thinking before clinic studies in clinical placement. Understand and use conceptual models in psychiatry practice, raise awareness about the theoretical knowledge integration in occupational therapy process and activities dysfunction in patients/clients with mental health problems. Understand, analyse and apply the acquired knowledge and skills.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Historical aspects of occupational therapy in psychiatry. History of psychiatry in Latvia, forms of treatment and rehabilitation care. The role of the occupational therapist in psychiatric rehabilitation. Work in groups - prepare a report for discussion on mental health care in Latvia, regulatory acts, patients' rights, stigmatization.Classes1.00auditorium
2Communication in working with mentally ill people.Classes1.00auditorium
3Empathic interviewing skills.Classes1.00auditorium
4Occupational therapy methods of assessment, observation and standardized instruments for psychiatric practice.Classes1.00auditorium
5Interviewing and evaluating a patient with psychiatric disorders.Classes1.00auditorium
6Schizophrenia, affective disorders: depression, mania, bipolar disorders, eating disorders. Occupational therapist's tactics. Clinical case studies.Classes3.00auditorium
7Clinical case report: assessment methods, treatment plan and its implementation.Classes1.00auditorium
8Individual clinical cases analysis using The structure of the occupational therapy practice process.Classes1.00auditorium
9Seminar: psychiatric rehabilitation for people with mental health problems.Classes1.00auditorium
10Individual clinical case studies presentation. Feedback.Classes1.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Clinical case studies, according to the course theme of using problem-based learning method, preparation of presentations, group work. Clinical case preparing according to the course thematics – student's independent work with an individual evaluation/feedback. 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:
During the study course a student implements a client/patient interviewing, uses appropriate assessment tools, analyses assessment data and interpretation, plans treatment, selects appropriate methods of therapy and demonstrates them. Clinical case studies – theoretical and practical skills demonstration according to the theme of the course. Clinical case study 33%, presentation of a scientific article 33%, written test 34%.
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:A student will be able to describe the most frequent mental health problems, select and analyse appropriate conceptual practice models to define the role of the occupational therapist and tactics in psychiatric rehabilitation for persons with mental health problems, explain and justify using a standardised instruments as assessment tools, identify occupational performance dysfunctions, explain and justify the treatment plans and treatment methods.
Skills:A student will be able to use professional terminology, adhere to ethical aspects of communication, the use of appropriate conceptual practice models and therapeutic approaches to assess and analyse the activity dysfunction, demonstrate practical skills of the patient/client evaluation of the use of observation methods and standardized tools to justify treatment plan, critically evaluate and justify choice of therapy methods, to show therapy plan implementation, using a variety of methods to assess the effectiveness of treatment, to document the treatment process, to critically analyse literature.
Competencies:Using the acquired knowledge and skills a student will be able to identify occupation disfunction for clients/patients with mental health problems, to formulate activity dysfunction, analyse and interpret the information, to develop and apply effective evidence-based assessment and treatment.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Occupational Therapy in Mental Health : a Vision for Participation / editors, Catana Brown, Virginia C. Stoffel ; associate editor, Jaime Phillip Munõz. Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Company, 2019
2Jennifer Creek, Lesley Lougher. Occupational Therapy and Mental Health. 6th edition, Churchill Livingstone, 2022
3Crystal A.Gateley, Sherry Borcherding. Documentation Manual for Occupational Therapy writing SOAP Notes. 3rd edition, Slack incoroprated, 2012. (akceptējams izdevums)
4Ingrid Soderback International Handbook of Occupational Therapy Interventions. Springer, 2015. 2nd ed.
Additional Reading
1Gerald C. Davidson, Abnormal psychology, 8-th edition, John Wiley&Sons, Inc., 2022
2Barbara J.Hemphill-Pearson, Assessment in Occupational Therapy Mental Health, SLACK incorporated, 2020. 4th ed.
3Juhans Kulbergs, Dinamiskā psihiatrija, Jumava, 2001
4Willard & Spackman’s. Occupational Therapy. Lippincott Williams& Wilkins, 2014
Other Information Sources
1American Journal of Occupational Therapy, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Australian Journal of Occupational Therapy, RSU datu bāzes, elektroniskie informācijas avoti.