Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Psychiatry
Course Code
RSS_018
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
9.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Anatolijs Požarskis
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Sexologist, sex pathologist
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Anatolijs Požarskis
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
To ensure the acquisition and improvement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in psychiatry in order to prepare the doctor for certification in the specialty of sexologist, sexopathologist, in accordance with the regulatory documents of the Republic of Lithuania.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Show and systematize knowledge about the epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, clinic and diagnosis of mental and behavioral disorders (according to ISK-10); the basic principles of prevention, medicinal and psychotherapeutic treatment of mental diseases; the psychiatrist's role in the medical care system.
Skills
1.Perform full psychiatric diagnosis, detect, assess and describe basic psychiatric symptoms; differentiate the norm from mental pathology, assess the risk of suicide; to empathically and sensitively interview patients with mental disorders, to be aware of the importance of therapeutic relationships in psychiatry; evaluate and plan the type of patient care; be able to assess the impact of family relationships and social conditions on the patient; be aware of the basic principles of multidisciplinary team work and be able to participate in it.
Competences
1.Carry out care planning, organization and treatment of mentally ill patients; evaluation of treatment results. To observe the principles of medical deontology in psychiatric care; be sensitive to the patient and their family members; explain the nature of the disease to the patient and his family members; to be able to integrate the latest scientific achievements in psychiatry in daily work and research development.
Assessment
Individual work
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1. Independently studies the literature related to the course topics;
2. Independently prepares for seminars;
3. Independently collects data on the anamnesis of the disease, objectively examines the patient, formulates the primary diagnosis, which is discussed with the instructor;
4. Familiarizes with and analyzes medical documentation;
5. Completes medical documentation;
6. Independently executes the instructions of the certified specialist.
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Examination
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Practical works 90% (Performs clinical diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric diseases).
Final exam: oral assessment - 10%.
Attendance at seminars is mandatory. Absence of 20% of seminars is allowed for a valid reason. Late practical work must be completed.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Seminar
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Topics
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Schizophrenia. Schizotypal Disorder. Persistent nightmares. Schizoaffective disorder. Clinic, diagnostics. Symptoms of sexual disorders in schizophrenic patients.
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Seminar
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Mood [affective] disorders. A manic episode. Bipolar affective disorder. A depressive episode. Recurrent depressive disorder. Persistent mood [affective] disorders. Cyclothymia. Dysthymia. Clinic, diagnostics. Symptoms of sexual dysfunction in patients with mood [affective] disorders.
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Seminar
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Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders. Phobic anxiety: agarophobia, social phobias. Other types of anxiety: panic [episodic paroxysmal anxiety], generalized anxiety, anxiety with depression. Obsessive compulsive disorder. Dissociative [conversion] disorder. Clinic. Diagnostics.
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Reaction to severe stress and adaptation disorders: acute stress reaction, post-traumatic stress syndrome, adaptation disorders. Somatoform disorders: somatization, hypochondriacal disorder, somatoform autonomic dysfunction, persistent somatoform pain. Clinic. Diagnostics. Symptoms of sexual disorders in patients with neurotic disorders.
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Seminar
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Eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa. Non-organic sleep disorders: non-organic insomnia, non-organic hypersomnia, sleepwalking [somnambulism], nightmares, non-organic sleep-wake rhythm disorders. Disorders of habits and drives: pathological tendency to gambling, pyromania, kleptomania, trichotillomania. Clinic. Diagnostics.
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Seminar
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Dysmorphophobia and gender identity disorder as a symptom of mental illnesses (schizophrenia, schizotypal disorder).
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
9.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
6
Length (weeks):
7
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Gabbarrd, G. O. 1994. Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice. 4st ed.Washington, London: American Psychiatric Publishing.
2.
Gabbarrd, G. O. 2005. Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice. 4th ed.
3.
Kaplan, H.L. and Sadock, B.J. 2003. Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. 9th ed., 2 vol.
4.
Thibaut, F. et al. 2010. The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WESP), Guidelines for the biological treatment of paraphilias. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry. 11, 604 -655.
Additional Reading
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McWilliams, N. 1994. Psychoanalytic Diagnosis. Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process.
Other Information Sources
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WPATH. 2012. Standards of Carefor the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender –Nonconforming People, The World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Available from: https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc
2.
Praktizējošā ārsta rokasgrāmata. Rekomendācijas psihisko pacientu terapijā. Pieejams no: https://white-medicine.com/files/books/PSIHO_block_PRINT.pdf