Clinical Psychology and Pathopsychology in Healthcare

In this lecture, students acquire systematised theoretical knowledge of the historical development of the psychiatry sector in the context of the world and Latvia, the organisation of psychiatric assistance in modern Latvia, as well as the principles for the diagnosis of mental disorders in accordance with the International Classification of diseases (SSK-11).

A clinical case analysis will be performed during the practice session. The lesson aims to build students’ understanding of clinical description standards and terminology accuracy. The acquired skills will serve as the basis for future practice sessions where students will systematically apply this knowledge to the analysis of different clinical cases.

This section provides an in-depth insight into the biological basics of psychiatric disorders, the basic principles of their treatment and pharmacotherapy, and the understanding of psychosomatic disorders and diseases. neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive disorders, including neurological developmental disorders, neurocognitive impairment, and expression and diagnosis of sleep-wake disorders, are analyzed.

This section analyzes psychotic and mood disorders, including schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, mood disorders, emphasizing their principles of clinical expression and diagnosis.

The lesson is dedicated to practical clinical case studies in which students analyse complex pathopsychological scenes, integrating theoretical knowledge into symptom recognition and terminology; (Evaluation criteria: BPS wording (factors, mechanisms); risk factors and safety behaviour; occupational boundaries/dispatches; theory reasoning (SSK-11, etc.); structured case description.

The lecture analyzes personality disorders, highlighting their clinical manifestations, aetiological and maintenance factors, as well as diagnostic and differential diagnostic principles.

The lesson focuses on practical clinical case studies that analyze key assessment methods, including clinical interviews and standardized testing tools.

This lecture also analyses behavioural and sexual regulation disorders, substance use and addictive behavioural disorders, as well as eating disorders, highlighting their clinical picture, differential diagnosis and comorbidity. The lecture further looks at body distression disorder, integrating a biopsychosocial approach into symptom interpretation and clinical evaluation.

A clinical case analysis will be performed during the practice session. The lesson aims to build students’ understanding of clinical description standards and terminology accuracy. The acquired skills will serve as the basis for future practice sessions where students will systematically apply this knowledge to the analysis of different clinical cases.

Final examination Paper of the Psychiatry study course Module

The lecture provides a comprehensive insight into the subject of clinical psychology as a science, defining its strategic objectives and essential tasks in the context of modern healthcare and psychological assistance.

A clinical case analysis will be performed during the practice session. The lesson aims to build students’ understanding of clinical description standards and terminology accuracy. The acquired skills will serve as the basis for future practice sessions where students will systematically apply this knowledge to the analysis of different clinical cases.

This lecture addresses the concept of norm in clinical psychology by analysing its relative, socio-cultural and contextually defined nature, as well as the various criteria used to distinguish between norm and psychiatric pathology (statistical, functional, social, subjective wellbeing and clinical criteria). Particular attention is paid to clinical thinking and case formulation within the biopsychosocial framework, emphasising an integrated view of the patient rather than an isolated interpretation of symptoms. Students become acquainted with the practical application of the biopsychosocial model in clinical evaluation, treatment planning and multidisciplinary cooperation, as well as discuss the role of this model in professional boundaries and the role of psychologist in the healthcare system.

The lesson is dedicated to practical clinical case studies in which students analyse complex pathopsychological scenes, integrating theoretical knowledge into symptom recognition and terminology; (Evaluation criteria: BPS wording (factors, mechanisms); risk factors and safety behaviour; occupational boundaries/dispatches; theory reasoning (SSK-11, etc.); structured case description.

The lecture provides a comprehensive insight into the basics of psychiatry, clinical psychology and pathopsychology. In this lecture, students are presented with the objectives of the study course, the subject plan to be learned and the intended learning outcomes. The conditions for the successful completion of the study course, including the requirements for compulsory and supplementary literature, as well as the scope, content and execution procedures of the independent work, are detailed.

The lecture explores the suicidal phenomenon by analyzing suicide risk factors and options for intervention from a psychological and social perspective.

This section introduces students to stress as a psychological and physiological process, analyzing its main ways (acute, chronic, traumatic stress) and its effects on emotional, cognitive and somatic functioning. The lecture analyses individual and social adaptive resources (personality factors, social support, interpretation of events and psychological resilience), as well as the provision of psychological support and the promotion of adaptive coping strategies in the context of healthcare.

The lecture analyses the main clinical evaluation methods, from structured interviews to standardised testing instruments, as well as examines the spectrum of psychological assistance intervention, evaluating scientifically sound approaches and their role in improving patient/client functioning.

Final examination Paper of the Clinical Psychology study course Module

The lecture provides a comprehensive insight into the subject of pathopsychology as a sub-science of psychology, defining its strategic objectives and essential tasks in the context of modern healthcare and psychological assistance.

This lecture looks at consciousness as a psychopathological category, focusing on aspects of its clarity, continuity and orientation. Quantitative impairment of consciousness (e.g. consciousness, somnolence, sopors) and qualitative impairment (delirium, amentative condition, oneuroid, twilight conditions) are analysed, highlighting their phenomenological characteristics. A separate focus is on disorientation in time, space, situation and personality itself.

A clinical case analysis will be performed during the practice session. The lesson aims to build students’ understanding of clinical description standards and terminology accuracy. The acquired skills will serve as the basis for future practice sessions where students will systematically apply this knowledge to the analysis of different clinical cases.

The lecture analyses the main clinical evaluation methods, from structured interviews to standardised testing instruments, as well as examines the spectrum of psychological assistance intervention, evaluating scientifically sound approaches and their role in improving patient/client functioning.

The lecture looks at perceptual disorders as abnormal distortions of the perceptual process. Illusions (physiological, affective, pathological) and hallucinations are analysed, highlighting their differences in psychopathological criteria. Details look at the modalities of hallucinations (hearing, vision, tactile, smell, visceral), as well as the difference between actual hallucinations and pseudo-hallucinations. The emphasis is on characterizing a patient’s subjective experience and differentiating perceptual disorders from normal psychic processes such as fantasy or imagination.

The lesson is dedicated to practical clinical case studies in which students analyse complex pathopsychological scenes, integrating theoretical knowledge into symptom recognition and terminology; (Evaluation criteria: BPS wording (factors, mechanisms); risk factors and safety behaviour; occupational boundaries/dispatches; theory reasoning (SSK-11, etc.); structured case description.

The lecture analyzes thinking as a structured psychic process, the disorder of which can affect both form and content. Formal reasoning disorders such as changes in the pace of thinking, disintegration of logical structure, perseverations, resonation and disorganization of associations are all looked at. Similarly, disturbances in the content of thinking – MALDI, overrated ideas and obsessions – are analysed, highlighting their psychopathological traits, degree of criticism and differences between themselves. Lecture provides language and structure for accurately describing abnormal thinking.

The lesson is dedicated to practical clinical case studies in which students analyse complex pathopsychological scenes, integrating theoretical knowledge into symptom recognition and terminology; (Evaluation criteria: BPS wording (factors, mechanisms); risk factors and safety behaviour; occupational boundaries/dispatches; theory reasoning (SSK-11, etc.); structured case description.

Lecture is dedicated to psychopathological analysis of emotions, affectation and mood disorders. Quantitative emotional disorders (hypotymium, hypertimium, apathy) are looked at, as are qualitative disorders such as emotional lability, emotional numbness, ambivalence and dysphoria. Abnormal afective states and afecta mismatch are analyzed separately. The emphasis is on describing emotional outcomes rather than possibilities for their regulation or psychological correction.

The lecture looks at disorders of will and purposeful behaviour within the framework of psychopathology. Hypobulic disorders (abulation, passivity), hyperbulski disorders (impulsivity, psychomotor arousal), as well as parabulary phenomena including catatonic symptoms (negativism, mutism, echolaria, ehopraxia) are analysed. The lecture helps to understand how deliberate action, initiative and goal realisation are disrupted, focusing on describing symptoms rather than correcting behaviour.

The lecture analyzes memory and intelligence disorders as psychopathological syndromes. The quantitative impairment of memory (hypomnesia, forms of amnesia) as well as paramnesia (confabulation, pseudo-memory, cryptomnesia) are considered. Intelligence disorders, including dementia and intellectual development disorders, are also being analysed, highlighting their syndromological nature. Lecture clearly separates psychopathological description from neuropsychological research and testing.

The lesson is dedicated to practical clinical case studies in which students analyse complex pathopsychological scenes, integrating theoretical knowledge into symptom recognition and terminology; (Evaluation criteria: BPS wording (factors, mechanisms); risk factors and safety behaviour; occupational boundaries/dispatches; theory reasoning (SSK-11, etc.); structured case description.

Final examination Paper of the Pathopsychology study course Module

In this lecture, students acquire systematised theoretical knowledge of the historical development of the psychiatry sector in the context of the world and Latvia, the organisation of psychiatric assistance in modern Latvia, as well as the principles for the diagnosis of mental disorders in accordance with the International Classification of diseases (SSK-11).

This section provides an in-depth insight into the biological basics of psychiatric disorders, the basic principles of their treatment and pharmacotherapy, and the understanding of psychosomatic disorders and diseases. neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive disorders, including neurological developmental disorders, neurocognitive impairment, and expression and diagnosis of sleep-wake disorders, are analyzed.

This section analyzes psychotic and mood disorders, including schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, mood disorders, emphasizing their principles of clinical expression and diagnosis.

A clinical case analysis will be performed during the practice session. The lesson aims to build students’ understanding of clinical description standards and terminology accuracy. The acquired skills will serve as the basis for future practice sessions where students will systematically apply this knowledge to the analysis of different clinical cases.

The lecture analyzes personality disorders, highlighting their clinical manifestations, aetiological and maintenance factors, as well as diagnostic and differential diagnostic principles.

This lecture also analyses behavioural and sexual regulation disorders, substance use and addictive behavioural disorders, as well as eating disorders, highlighting their clinical picture, differential diagnosis and comorbidity. The lecture further looks at body distression disorder, integrating a biopsychosocial approach into symptom interpretation and clinical evaluation.

The lesson is dedicated to practical clinical case studies in which students analyse complex pathopsychological scenes, integrating theoretical knowledge into symptom recognition and terminology; (Evaluation criteria: BPS wording (factors, mechanisms); risk factors and safety behaviour; occupational boundaries/dispatches; theory reasoning (SSK-11, etc.); structured case description.

Final examination Paper of the Psychiatry study course Module

The lecture provides a comprehensive insight into the subject of clinical psychology as a science, defining its strategic objectives and essential tasks in the context of modern healthcare and psychological assistance.

This lecture addresses the concept of norm in clinical psychology by analysing its relative, socio-cultural and contextually defined nature, as well as the various criteria used to distinguish between norm and psychiatric pathology (statistical, functional, social, subjective wellbeing and clinical criteria). Particular attention is paid to clinical thinking and case formulation within the biopsychosocial framework, emphasising an integrated view of the patient rather than an isolated interpretation of symptoms. Students become acquainted with the practical application of the biopsychosocial model in clinical evaluation, treatment planning and multidisciplinary cooperation, as well as discuss the role of this model in professional boundaries and the role of psychologist in the healthcare system.

The lecture provides a comprehensive insight into the basics of psychiatry, clinical psychology and pathopsychology. In this lecture, students are presented with the objectives of the study course, the subject plan to be learned and the intended learning outcomes. The conditions for the successful completion of the study course, including the requirements for compulsory and supplementary literature, as well as the scope, content and execution procedures of the independent work, are detailed.

The lesson is dedicated to practical clinical case studies in which students analyse complex pathopsychological scenes, integrating theoretical knowledge into symptom recognition and terminology; (Evaluation criteria: BPS wording (factors, mechanisms); risk factors and safety behaviour; occupational boundaries/dispatches; theory reasoning (SSK-11, etc.); structured case description.

The lecture explores the suicidal phenomenon by analyzing suicide risk factors and options for intervention from a psychological and social perspective.

This section introduces students to stress as a psychological and physiological process, analyzing its main ways (acute, chronic, traumatic stress) and its effects on emotional, cognitive and somatic functioning. The lecture analyses individual and social adaptive resources (personality factors, social support, interpretation of events and psychological resilience), as well as the provision of psychological support and the promotion of adaptive coping strategies in the context of healthcare.

The lecture analyses the main clinical evaluation methods, from structured interviews to standardised testing instruments, as well as examines the spectrum of psychological assistance intervention, evaluating scientifically sound approaches and their role in improving patient/client functioning.

Final examination Paper of the Clinical Psychology study course Module

The lecture provides a comprehensive insight into the subject of pathopsychology as a sub-science of psychology, defining its strategic objectives and essential tasks in the context of modern healthcare and psychological assistance.

The lecture looks at perceptual disorders as abnormal distortions of the perceptual process. Illusions (physiological, affective, pathological) and hallucinations are analysed, highlighting their differences in psychopathological criteria. Details look at the modalities of hallucinations (hearing, vision, tactile, smell, visceral), as well as the difference between actual hallucinations and pseudo-hallucinations. The emphasis is on characterizing a patient’s subjective experience and differentiating perceptual disorders from normal psychic processes such as fantasy or imagination.

This lecture looks at consciousness as a psychopathological category, focusing on aspects of its clarity, continuity and orientation. Quantitative impairment of consciousness (e.g. consciousness, somnolence, sopors) and qualitative impairment (delirium, amentative condition, oneuroid, twilight conditions) are analysed, highlighting their phenomenological characteristics. A separate focus is on disorientation in time, space, situation and personality itself.

The lesson is dedicated to practical clinical case studies in which students analyse complex pathopsychological scenes, integrating theoretical knowledge into symptom recognition and terminology; (Evaluation criteria: BPS wording (factors, mechanisms); risk factors and safety behaviour; occupational boundaries/dispatches; theory reasoning (SSK-11, etc.); structured case description.

The lecture analyzes thinking as a structured psychic process, the disorder of which can affect both form and content. Formal reasoning disorders such as changes in the pace of thinking, disintegration of logical structure, perseverations, resonation and disorganization of associations are all looked at. Similarly, disturbances in the content of thinking – MALDI, overrated ideas and obsessions – are analysed, highlighting their psychopathological traits, degree of criticism and differences between themselves. Lecture provides language and structure for accurately describing abnormal thinking.

Lecture is dedicated to psychopathological analysis of emotions, affectation and mood disorders. Quantitative emotional disorders (hypotymium, hypertimium, apathy) are looked at, as are qualitative disorders such as emotional lability, emotional numbness, ambivalence and dysphoria. Abnormal afective states and afecta mismatch are analyzed separately. The emphasis is on describing emotional outcomes rather than possibilities for their regulation or psychological correction.

The lecture looks at disorders of will and purposeful behaviour within the framework of psychopathology. Hypobulic disorders (abulation, passivity), hyperbulski disorders (impulsivity, psychomotor arousal), as well as parabulary phenomena including catatonic symptoms (negativism, mutism, echolaria, ehopraxia) are analysed. The lecture helps to understand how deliberate action, initiative and goal realisation are disrupted, focusing on describing symptoms rather than correcting behaviour.

Final examination Paper of the Pathopsychology study course Module