Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)

Study Course Description

Psychotherapy

Main Study Course Information

Course Code

RAD_014

Branch of Science

Clinical medicine

ECTS

14.00

Target Audience

Medicine

LQF

Level 8

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Juris Ērenpreiss

Residency Speciality

Speciality

Andrologist

Supervisor of Medical Speciality

Juris Ērenpreiss

Contacts

About Study Course

Objective

To ensure the acquisition and improvement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy, with an emphasis on the identification and correction of psychosomatic and psychological causes of andrological and reproductive diseases.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Upon completing the psychotherapy course, the medical resident explains the types, causes, signs, and treatment options of the most common psychosomatic health disorders (various types of psychotherapy).

Skills

1.Upon completing the psychotherapy course, the medical resident has acquired the skills to identify patients with psychosomatic health problems, basic skills in solving these problems, to see the indications for referring these patients to a psychotherapist.

Competences

1.Using the acquired knowledge and skills, the medical resident will be able to formulate a diagnosis, perform differential diagnosis, develop a structural treatment plan, logically formulate and explain the goals of treatment, evaluate the effectiveness thereof.

Assessment

Individual work

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
Getting acquainted with the recommended reading. Preparation of a presentation on the novelties of diagnosis and treatment of current psychosomatic pathology in andrology.

Examination

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Examination	-	-
Practical work – 90% (psychosomatic/psychotherapeutic diagnosis and treatment – mainly for patients with psychological reasons for infertility). Final examination: oral exam (analysis of 3 clinical cases) – 10%.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME

Part 1

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Levels of psychic functioning; psychotic, borderline, neurotic. Psychic defence mechanisms: primitive, mature. Protection mechanisms of psychotic personality functioning level, protection mechanisms of borderline personality functioning level, protection mechanisms of neurotic personality functioning level. Mental health criteria.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Manifestations of psychotic personality functioning level in psychopathology; manifestations of borderline personality functioning level in psychopathology; manifestations of neurotic personality functioning level in psychopathology. Possible sexual disorders in psychotic, borderline, neurotic functioning personalities.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Theories of personalities. Z. Freud’s theory of psychoanalysis. Z. Freud’s topographical and structural models of the psyche. Theory of psychosexual development, infantile sexuality. Phases of psychosexual development. Oedipus complex and the normal and pathological manifestation thereof. C. G. Jung’s analytical theory. The main concepts of the personality structure of C. G. Jung’s theory.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Theories of personalities. Theories of object relations: M. Klein’s theory on the formation of schizoid-paranoid and depressive positions, M. Mahler’s theory of separation-individuation. H. Kohut’s theory of “self” psychology.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Personality structures. Antisocial personality. Sexual disorders in patients with an antisocial personality structure. Narcissistic personality. Sexual disorders in patients with a narcissistic personality structure.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Personality structures. Paranoid personality. Sexual disorders in patients with a paranoid personality structure. Schizoid personality. Sexual disorders in patients with a schizoid personality structure.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Personality structures. Dependent personality. Sexual disorders in patients with a dependent personality structure. Obsessive-compulsive personality. Sexual disorders in patients with an obsessive-compulsive personality structure.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Personality structures. Depressive personality. Sexual disorders in patients with a depressive personality structure. Masochistic personality. Sexual disorders in patients with a masochistic personality structure. Hysterical personality. Sexual disorders in patients with a hysterical personality structure.

Seminar

Modality	Location
-	-

Topics

Psychodynamic processes of a family/couple and types of relationships that provoke sexual disorders and psychological, emotional infertility.

Seminar

Modality	Location
-	-

Topics

Types of psychotherapy: psychoanalysis, psychodynamic psychotherapy, supportive psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy. Specifics of psychotherapy with victims of sexual abuse – children and adults.

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

14.00

Number of Residency Seminars:

Length (weeks):

Final Examination:

Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

Sadock. B. J., Sadock V. A., Ruiz. P. 2017. Kaplan & Sadocks Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. 10th edition. LWW. EBSCOhost

Gabbard, G. O. 2005. Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice. 4th edition. Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc.

McWilliams, N. 2011. Psychoanalytic Diagnosis. Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process. 2nd edition. The Guilford Press.

Additional Reading

EAA Clinical Guidelines

Andrology: guidelines, reviews, epidemiology (Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with bordeline personality disorde

Resource Document on Psychiatric Aspects of Infertility

Generalised Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder in Adults: Management