Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)

Study Course Description

Medical Examination in Assessment of Impairment and Functional Capacity in Neurology and Psychiatry

Main Study Course Information

Course Code

REX_032

Branch of Science

Clinical medicine; Neurology

ECTS

4.00

Target Audience

Medicine

LQF

Level 8

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Sandra Ausekle

Residency Speciality

Speciality

Expert

Supervisor of Medical Speciality

Sandra Ausekle

Contacts

About Study Course

Objective

To provide the student with theoretical knowledge and practical skills for the assessment of disabilities and limitations of functioning in neurology and psychiatry.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.The resident has acquired the theoretical knowledge for the assessment of capacity and limitations of functioning in neurology and psychiatry.

Skills

1.The resident is able to understand disease-related disorders and to assess limitations of ability and function in neurology and psychiatry.

Competences

1.The resident has acquired the competence to analyse and find correlations based on theoretical knowledge and the newly acquired skills in neurology and psychiatry.

Assessment

Individual work

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
To learn theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary for the assessment of capacity and limitation of functioning in neurology and psychiatry. Independent work with literature.

Examination

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Examination	-	-
Theoretical and practical examination at the end of the course.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME

Part 1

Seminar

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system. Circulatory disorders of the brain and spinal cord, tumours. Diagnostic and treatment guidelines. Risks of surgical and conservative therapy. Limitations in ability and functioning caused by diseases and trauma, quality of life.

Seminar

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Aetiology and pathogenesis of mental and behavioural disorders, diagnostic and treatment guidelines. Limitations in ability and functioning caused by diseases, quality of life.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Congenital and congestive spinal diseases. Functional and ability impairments caused by disease and traumas.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Aetiology and pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of neurological diseases.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Circulatory disorders of the brain and spinal cord. Types of stroke. Common surgical and conservative treatment risks, limitations of ability and function due to diseases.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Spondylosis, spondylarthrosis and spondylolisthesis of the spine. Disease-induced limitation of work capacity and function.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Common diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system leading to loss of work capacity and disability.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Myasthenia gravis and paroxysmal myoplegia. Multiple sclerosis. Disease-induced limitation of work capacity and function.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Infectious disease-induced nervous system damages causing loss of work ability and disability.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Infectious diseases of the nervous system (meningitis, encephalitis, arachnoid, myelitis, epiduritis, and polyradiculoneuritis). Common options for treatment and rehabilitation. Disease-induced limitation of work capacity and function.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Cerebral circulatory disorders. Transient circulatory disorders. Cerebral infarction. Haemorrhagic stroke. Aneurysm. Subarachnoid haemorrhage. Common options and risks of surgical and conservative treatment. Disease-related limitations of ability and function.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Spinal cord circulatory disorders. Spinal circulatory disorders. Disease-related limitations of ability and function.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Migraine. Epilepsy. Parkinson's disease. Intracranial hypotension and hypertension. Cerebral dislocation syndrome.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Medical examination procedure for a person with mental disorders.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Depression and its types. Burnout syndrome and risk groups. Disease-induced limitation of work capacity and function.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Head and spinal cord injuries. Common surgical and conservative treatment risks, limitations of ability and function due to diseases.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Organic and mental personality disorders. Types of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia with acquired and congenital dementia. Disease-induced limitation of work capacity and function.

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

4.00

Number of Residency Seminars:

Length (weeks):

Final Examination:

Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

Rancāns, E. u.c. 2012. Depresijas un neirotisko traucējumu diagnostikas un ārstēšanas rekomendācijas ģimenes ārstiem. Latvija: RSU Psihiatrijas un narkoloģijas katedra.

Tērauds, E., Andrēziņa, R. un Zārde, I. 2013. Rekomendācijas psihiatrisko pacientu ārstēšanā. Praktizējošā ārsta rokasgrāmata. Latvija: SIA PS Media.

Tērauds, E. u.c. 2014. Šizofrēnijas diagnostikas un ārstēšanas vadlīnijas. Latvijas psihiatru asociācija. 3. izd. Latvija: Rīga.

Tērauds, E. u.c. 2015. Depresijas norise un ārstēšanas iespējas. Vadlīnijas. Latvijas psihiatru asociācija.

Kulbergs, J. 2001. Dinamiskā psihiatrija, Latvija: Jumava.

Salaspuro, M., Kīanmā, K. un Sepe K. 1998. Narkoloģija. Tulkota A. Stirnas redakcijā. Latvija: Nacionālais apgāds.

Malans, D. H. 1997. Individuālā psihoterapija un psihodinamikas zinātne. Latvija: RaKa.

Bazire, S. 2011. Psychotropic Drug Direktory 2010. The profesionals packet handbook and aide memories. Healthcomm.

Bolda, R., Verduin, M. and Ruiz, P. 2021. Kaplan & Sadocks. Synopsis of Psychiatry. 12th ed. LWW

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Semple, D. and Smyth, R. 2009. Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry. 4th ed. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

11.

Sadock, B.J., Sadock, V.A. 2008. Kaplan & Sadock’s Concise Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. LWW.

12.

Stahl, S. 2008. Prescriber's Guide: Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology. 7rd ed. Cambridge university press.

13.

Friedman L.S. a.o. Sourse Book of substance Abuse and Addiction. Williams a. Wilkins, 1996.

14.

Murray R., P. Hill, P. M.c. Gulfin. The Essentials of Postgraduate Psychiatry. Third Edition. Cambrige University Press, 1997.

15.

The ICD –10 Classifications of Mental and Behavioral Disorders. Clinical description and diagnostic guidelines. WHO. Geneva, 1992.

16.

Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, Ninth Edition (Adams & Victor's Principles of Neurology) [Hardcover] 2009

17.

Neurology in Clinical Practice E-dition: v. 1-2 Edition: 5th Revised edition 2009, Author/s: Bradley, Walter G.; Daroff, Robert B.; Fenichel, Gerald M.; Jankovic, Joseph Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

18.

Supe, I. 2004. Rokasgrāmata neiroloģijā. Latvija: Nacionālais apgāds.

19.

Logina, I. un Smeltere, E. 2009. Neiroloģija shēmās. Latvija: Avots.

20.

Logina, I. 2006. Muguras sāpes. Latviaj: Nacionālais apgāds.

21.

Logina, I., Smeltere, E. un Millers, A. 2009. Kraniālo nervu bojājuma sindromi un to izmeklēšana: Med.rek. studentiem un ārstiem rezidentiem. Latvija: RSU Neiroloģijas katedra.

22.

Logina, I., Smeltere, E., Labinska, Ž. 2006. Galvas smadzeņu pusložu bojājuma un kairinājuma sindromi. Latvija: RSU Neiroloģijas katedra.

23.

Glen O. Gabbard. Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice (4th Edition). American Psychiatric Publishing, 2005

24.

MacKinnon, Roger A., Michels, Robert, Buckley, Peter J. The psychiatric interview in clinical pracrice. Second Edition, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2006.

25.

Segal, Hanna, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, First published by Routledge. 2007. Fonagy, Peter. Attachment theory and psychoanalysis. Other Press. New York. 2001.

26.

Sandler, Joseph, Freud's models of the mind. First published by H. Karnac (books) Ltd., London, 1997.

27.

Kulbergs, J. Krīze un attīstība. Liepāja LPA, 1998.

28.

Gilliland, B.E., & James, R.K. Crisis intervention strategies. New York: Brooks/ Cole, 1997

29.

Patterson J.E. et al. Essential Skills in Family Therapy. Guliford Press, 1998.

30.

Karen V., Harpen- Darton M. H. Working with Children and their Famillies. Lyceum Books, 2001

31.

Manual for Forensic Psychiatry/Ed. By T.B. Dmitrijeva, B.V. Shostakovich, A.A. Tkachenko.- Moscow: Medicine Publishers, 2004 – 592.p. .

32.

Stern Th.A., Herman I.B., Glavin P.L., Guide to primary care Psychiatry MC Grow Hill companies, USA, 2004

33.

Wyszynski A., Wyszunsky B., Manual of Psychiatric Care for the Medicaly IU, American Psychiatric Publishing 2004

34.

McWilliams, Nancy. Psychoanalytical diagnosis: understanding personality structure in the clinical process. The Guilford Press. New York, 1994.

35.

Dobson, K.S. Handbook of cognitive behavioural therapies. NY: Guilford, 2009.

36.

Reinecke, M.A., Clark, D.A, & Beck, A.t (eds). Cognitive Therapy across the Lifespan: Evidence and Practice. NY: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

37.

J. Scott Rutan, Walter N. Stone and Joseph Shay. Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy, 4th ed, Guilford Press, 2007

Additional Reading

Caune, M. 2003. Sertifikācija psihiatrijā. Uzdevumu krājums. Latvija: Latvijas Psihiatru asociācija

Войтенко А. Социальная психиатрия с основами медико-социальной экспертизы и реабилиталогии. Ст.-Петербург.-2002

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Medical Examination in Assessment of Impairment and Functional Capacity in Neurology and Psychiatry

Main Study Course Information

Study Course Implementer

Residency Speciality

About Study Course

Objective

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

Skills

Competences

Assessment

Individual work

Examination

Study Course Theme Plan

Seminar

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Bibliography

Required Reading

Additional Reading

Other Information Sources