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Study Course Description

Psychotherapy Diagnosis II

Main Study Course Information

Course Code

RPH_015

Branch of Science

Anatomy; Clinical medicine

ECTS

4.05

Target Audience

Medicine

LQF

Level 8

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Artūrs Utināns

Residency Speciality

Speciality

Psychotherapist

Supervisor of Medical Speciality

Artūrs Utināns

Contacts

About Study Course

Objective

Acquire knowledge on the regularities of personality functioning and disorders and origin of symptoms from the perspective of psychotherapy and skills of diagnosis in compliance with the qualification of psychotherapist and psychosomatic medicine practitioner. 1. Introduce dominant effects of diverse types of personalities, most common internal conflicts, identity and method of maintaining self-confidence, most common mental safeguard mechanism, object relations, manifestations in diverse functional levels and consequences in doctor-patient relations; 2. Provide skills of diagnostics and differential diagnosis, work with psycho-dynamic formulation in compliance with the patient evaluation scheme.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.To describe the regularities of mental functioning of different structures of personality.

Skills

1.Analyse psychotherapy diagnosis (including psycho-dynamic formulation).

Competences

1.Example-based knowledge, skills and attitude essential for working at a hospital and for research, raising public awareness via media; understanding of a team-work (work in groups) and its functions, psycho-dynamics, crisis situations and their solution; as well as the ability to manage the work of a multi-disciplinary team and be part of such team, supervise doctors and medical staff.

Assessment

Individual work

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
Determination and analysis of type of personality organisation (1 patient per week).

Examination

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Examination	-	-
Resident expresses his/her knowledge and clinical/psychodynamic thinking in assessing patients for psychotherapy.
2. Examination	-	-
Written analysis and essay of clinical cases.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME

Part 1

Seminar

Modality	Location
On site	Auditorium

Topics

Diagnostic categories of ego psychology - neurosis of symptoms, neurotic nature, psychosis.

Seminar

Modality	Location
-	-

Topics

Neurotic, neurosis-like disorders. Obsessive compulsive disorder.

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

4.05

Number of Residency Seminars:

Length (weeks):

Final Examination:

Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

Psychodynamic formulation / by Deborah L. Cabaniss ... [et al.]. 2013, by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Psychoanalytic Diagnosis. Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process. Nancy McWilliams, 1994

Individuālā psihoterapija un psihodinamikas zinātne/Deivids Malans, 1997.

Merton M. Gill. The Analysis of the Transference. e-Book 2015 International Psychotherapy Institute.

Lester Luborsky, Paul Crits-Christoph. Understanding Transference. The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme method. e-Book 2019 International Psychotherapy Institute.

Jerold R. Gold. Levels of Depression. e-Book 2015 International Psychotherapy Institute.

Nancy McWilliams. Psychoanalytic case formulation. The Guilford Press, 1999.

Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual. PDM Task Force, 2006.

Handbook of psychotherapy case formulation / edited by Tracy D. Eells. 2nd ed. 2007, The Guilford Press.

10.

MYER MENDELSON. Psychoanalytic Views on Depression. e-Book 2015 International Psychotherapy Institute.

Additional Reading

Theatres of the Mind/Joyce/ McDougall. 1994.

Kulbergs “Dinamiskā psihiatrija”, Jumava, 2001

Ph. Tyson, R. Tyson. “Psychoanalytic theories of development”. Yale University Press,1990.