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Fundamentals of Mental Health (PMUPK_032)

About Study Course

Department: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy
ECTS:3
Course supervisor:Laura Valaine
Study type:Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Public Health
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Clinical medicine

Objective

To promote the acquisition of knowledge about the regularities of human psychic functioning, the interaction of social and psychic processes, the mechanisms of crisis development and crisis management, as well as to gain an idea of the psychodynamic processes taking place in communication.

Prerequisites

Anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.Students will be able to describe the structure, development and regularities of functioning of human personality, as well as the influence of emotional and social factors on human psychological development and functioning; crisis development mechanisms, their impact on human psychosocial functioning and crisis management options.

Skills

1.Students will be able to resolve conflicts and use crisis management techniques in practical exercises.

Competence

1.Students will analyse different types of examples of personality traits and relationships, analyse different group processes and conflict situations in clinical examples.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2025, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Public Health4BachelorRequiredMargarita Birkena, Laura Valaine
About Study CourseObjectivePrerequisitesLearning outcomesStudy course planning
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