Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Public Mental Health Care and Social Work in Psychiatry
Course Code
PUNK_026
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Psychiatry
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Social Welfare and Social Work
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time; Part-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Marija Lazareva
Structure Unit Manager
Elmārs Rancāns
Structural Unit
Department of Psychiatry and Narcology
Contacts
Riga, 2 Tvaika Street, pnk@rsu.lv, +371 67080131
About Study Course
Objective
To develop an understanding of social psychiatry and the opportunities that can be provided in cases of mental disorders and illnesses. To provide knowledge about the impact of the social environment on mental health, its relation to the prevalence, occurrence, clinical manifestations and dynamics of mental disorders, as well as the impact of social factors in therapy, rehabilitation and prevention.
Preliminary Knowledge
• Anatomy (central nervous system structure, functions, synapse structure); • Psychology, developmental and medical psychology (crisis response phases, psychological defense mechanisms, personality structure); • Medical ethics (specifics of ethical issues in psychiatry); • Epidemiology (incidence of mental and behavioral disorders, prevalence, types of research); • Public health (risk factors, types of prevention, health promotion opportunities); • Basics of clinical care of patients (deontology, iatrogenicity, patient interview, examination methods); • Pharmacology (antidepressants, mood stabilizers, tranquilizers, antipsychotics); • Basic principles of psychotherapy (help in crisis situations, support, cognitive behavioral, psychodynamic, group and family therapies); • Rehabilitation; Social care; • Psychiatry and narcology.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Is able to explain the organization and operation of the psychiatric care service, ethical and legal principles of its operation, the role of social work in psychiatry. Understands social psychiatry. Describe how the prevention of mental illness can be ensured, how social conditions and the social environment can affect mental health, describes the relationship of social conditions with the prevalence, occurrence, clinical manifestations and development of mental disorders.
Skills
1.As a result of the study course students will be able to identify the risk factors of the client's mental health disorders, will be able to identify social problems for each nosological form of mental disorders, will be able to support, improve and promote the social functioning of the client and his family members; will be able to provide help and support to the client to solve social problems; will be able to plan and carry out social work activities at the community level; will be able to evaluate and identify the compliance of the environment with the client's needs and promote the person's interaction with the social environment by improving interpersonal support systems.
Competences
1.Using the acquired knowledge and competencies, students will be able to identify, define, analyze and solve social and mental problems, will be able to manage the problem-solving process and provide a social case. Will be able to plan, organize and manage social work with a mentally ill individual, family, group and community. Will be able to find alternative solutions to social problems and choose the appropriate strategy in cooperation with a client with mental disorders.
Assessment
Individual work
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1.
Individual work |
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Students independently acquire the theoretical part using RSU e-study materials, lectures and recommended literature. During the classes, the results of independent work in the group are checked and discussed. During the practical work, students evaluate the social problems of patients, which are analyzed in a group.
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Examination
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% from total grade
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Grade
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1.
Examination |
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10 points
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The final assessment of the course is cumulative, where 50% consists of assessments of independent work, 50% the result of an exam. Students will be required to submit 4 independent papers, which will be graded. The average mark of these works will be included in the final evaluation. The final exam is written. The exam ticket will consist of 3 randomly selected questions. Each exam question will be only a part of the exam questions available in E-studies. The length of each exam question will be adjusted so that it can be easily answered within 25 minutes and on no more than one A4 page on each side. The ticket for a particular exam will be drawn immediately before the exam. Each exam question will be assessed separately and the final assessment will consist of an average mark of 3 marks. If two of the three questions are unsatisfactory, the exam will not be passed. The final grade of the course will be formed from the average grade of independent work + percentage of the exam grade (both marks two decimal places) / 2 |
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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History of psychiatry in brief. Organization of psychiatric care in Latvia. Classification of mental disorders. General psychopathology
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Affective disorders
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Organic mental disorders
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation. Disorders of perception, thinking and will
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation. Anxiety disorders
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Mental development, behavioral and emotional disorders in children and adolescents
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Mental disorders caused by psychoactive substances: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
24 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
PART-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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History of psychiatry in brief. Organization of psychiatric care in Latvia. Classification of mental disorders. General psychopathology
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Affective disorders
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Organic mental disorders
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation. Disorders of perception, thinking and will
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-
Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation. Anxiety disorders
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-
Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Mental development, behavioral and emotional disorders in children and adolescents
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-
Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Mental disorders caused by psychoactive substances: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
24 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Caune M., Rancāns E., Andreziņa R. Sociālpsihiatrija. 2009.
2.
Harrison, Paul Geddes, John Sharpe. Michael Lecture Notes: Lecture Notes: Psychiatry (10th edition). Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ, USA, 2011. Available from: ProQuest Ebook Central
3.
Semple D, Smyth R. Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013.
4.
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: Children and Youth Version ICF-CY. World Health Organization Staff. Pieejams ProQuest Ebook Central
Additional Reading
1.
Davies, Craig T. ABC of Mental Health (2nd Edition). BMJ Books Hoboken, NJ, USA, 2009
2.
Katona, Cooper C., Robertson C. Psychiatry at a Glance (5th Edition). Publisher: Wiley. Somerset, NJ, USA. Date Published: 06/2012. Pieejams ProQuest Ebook Central
3.
Lloyd, Ch., Gournay K., Deane F. P. Clinical Management in Mental Health Services. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. Pieejams: ProQuest Ebook Central
4.
Tew, Foster J., at.al. Social Perspectives in Mental Health: Developing Social Models to Understand and Work with Mental Distress. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005
5.
The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioral Disorders, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1992. Pieejams: ProQuest Ebook Central, Pasaules Veslelības organizācijas oficiālajā mājas lapā
6.
Corcoran J, Walsh J. Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis in Social Work Practice. Oxford University Press, USA, 2006. Pieejams ProQuest Ebook Central
7.
Barrett N. M., Gill Kenneth J., et all. Psychiatric Rehabilitation. American press, 2006. Pieejams ProQuest Ebook Central
8.
Editors Craig Morgan, Dinesh Bhugra. Principles of Soial Psychiatry. (2nd Edition). Wiley-Blackwell
Other Information Sources
1.
E. Tērauds, E. Rancāns, R. Andrēziņa, B. Kupča, I. Ķiece, I. Zārde, Ņ. Bezborodovs. Šizofrēnijas diagnostikas un ārstēšanas vadlīnijas. 3. Izdevums. Latvijas psihiatru asociācija. Rīga, 2014.g., 43 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
2.
E. Tērauds, E. Rancāns, R. Andrēziņa, B. Kupča, G. Ancāne, I. Ķiece, Ņ. Bezborodovs. Depresijas diagnostikas un ārstēšanas vadlīnijas. 3. Izdevums. Latvijas psihiatru asociācija. Rīga, 2015.g., 52 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
3.
Rancāns E., Tērauds E., Zaļkalns J., Riževa I., Tirāns E., Taube M. Depresijas un neirotisko traucējumu diagnostikas un ārstēšanas rekomendācijas ģimenes ārstiem. RSU Psihiatrijas un narkoloģijas katedra. Rīga, 2012.g. 32 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
4.
Osis R (2006) Narkoloģija vispārējās prakses ārstiem, TRIO-J, Rīga.