Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Psychosomatic Medicine and Basics of Psychotherapy
Course Code
PMUPK_007
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Health care sciences and services
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Dentistry
LQF
Level 5
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Artūrs Utināns
Structure Unit Manager
Māris Taube
Structural Unit
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy
Contacts
Riga, 30 Kristapa Street, pmpk@rsu.lv, +371 67210989
About Study Course
Objective
To provide basic knowledge of human mental functioning and psychosomatic aspects in dentistry; skills in giving psychoemotional support; therapeutic hygienist -patient relationship differences within different personalities.
Preliminary Knowledge
The basic view of psyche in nature sciences and human sciences. Anatomy and physiology of nervous system.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Basic knowledge of interaction between personality structure, development and functioning; interaction between mental and somatic processes and psychosomatic aspects in practice.
Skills
1.Will develop skills to analyze different personality characteristics and relationship examples; develop skills to analyze clinical cases in practice from psychosomatic view. Skills in giving supportive therapy elements in therapeutic hygienist - patient relationship.
Competences
1.To recognize psychosomatic disorders in practice and recommend consultation with a psychotherapist. To give supportive therapy elements.
Assessment
Individual work
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Analysis of clinical cases. Review of scientific literature.
In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal.
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Examination
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I. Knowledge – ability to define: 60%:
1. Patient's mental health criteria (20%)
2. Patient's mental defence mechanisms (20%)
3. Principles of building a therapeutic relationship between dental hygienist and patient (20%)
II. Skills: 40%:
1. Basics of building a therapeutic relationship between dental hygienist and patient (20%)
2. Elements of dental hygienist - patient support psychotherapy (20%)
The exam grade is cumulative.
It consists of:
1. Intermediate examination - 50%. At the choice of the lecturer:
• Video analysis and / or
• Clinical case description and / or
• Open questions at the beginning of the lesson and / or
• Multiple choice test and / or
• Preparation of a presentation on the topic of the lesson.
2. Final exam (50%) - electronic, e-learning available or face-to-face multi-choice test on the topics covered within the course.
It is possible to credit the automatic final test if the following criteria are met:
-excellely passed mid-term examination;
-100% attendance of classes and lectures;
-active participation in discussions and role plays.
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A presentation on the topic of the cycle lesson has been prepared (literature review); (b) a clinical case; c) the latest research (according to the topic of the lesson).
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Concept of personality and mental health. Classification of emotions and their role in somatization process. Affect theory. Alexithymia. Stress and disstress. Biopsychosocial model in medicine. Therapeutic relationship between dental hygienist and a patient.
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Psychic defence mechanisms. Their role in medicine. Levels of personality functioning (neurotic, borderline, psychotic). Work and relationship with patients of different personality functioning level.
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Concept of psychotherapy. Goal, indications, contraindications. Process of psychotherapy, phases. Types and techniques of psychotherapy. Psychodynamic (psychoanalytic) psychotherapy, supportive psychotherapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy. Individual, couples, family, group psychotherapy. Child and adolescent psychotherapy.
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Emotional crisis, types, crisis intervention. Posttraumatic stress disorder, development, symptoms. Burnout syndrome, clinical presentation, diagnostics, differential diagnosis and therapy.
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Psychosomatic disorders and disease clinical presentation, diagnostics, differential diagnosis and therapy.
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Therapeutic relationship between dental hygienist and patient. Role play.
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Depressive personality organization. Patient case analysis. Work with a depressive patient. Manic personality organization. Patient case analysis. Work with a manic patient.
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Obsessive compulsive personality organization. Patient case analysis. Work with an obsessive compulsive patient.
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Narcissistic personality organization. Patient case analysis. Work with a narcissistic patient.
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Dependant personality organization. Patient case analysis. Work with a dependant patient.
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Hysterical personality organization. Patient case analysis. Work with a hysterical patient.
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Masochistic personality organization. Patient case analysis. Work with a masochistic patient.
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Schizoid personality organization. Patient case analysis. Work with a schizoid patient.
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Paranoid personality organization. Patient case analysis. Work with a paranoid patient.
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Antisocial personality organization. Patient case analysis. Work with an antisocial patient.
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Exam – written (test).
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Medical-level empathy? Yup, chatGPT can fake that, 4.05.2023
2.
Long- term impact of childhood trauma explained, 2.05.2023
3.
Anger in adults a red flag for childhood trauma, 5.04.2023
4.
Melatonin a new way to reduce self-harm, 27.03.2023
5.
Vegetarians suffer more depression than meat eaters, 27.12.2022
6.
Greater Handgrip Strength tied to lower risk for depression, 20.12.2022
7.
Empathy fatigue in clinicians rises with latest COVID-19 surge, 16.09.2021
8.
Daniels Goulmens. Tava emocionālā inteliģence. Apgāds Jumava. 2019.
9.
Why do we love sad music? Mourning our pain, 27.11.2018
10.
Nature, Niche, and nurture. The role of social experience in transforming genotype into phenotype, 11.10.2011
11.
Gunta Ancāne. Krīze, phenomenon ranularum un psihiskā veselība. Latvijas ārsts, 2009, 12, 10-13. (akceptējams izdevums)
12.
Artūrs Utināns. Cilvēka psihe. Tās darbība, funkcionēšanas traucējumi un ārstēšanas iespējas. Nacionālais apgāds. 2005. 568 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums)
13.
Džons Boulbijs. Drošais pamats. Rasa, ABC. 1998. (akceptējams izdevums)
Additional Reading
1.
Gunta Ancāne. Hronisku sāpju stāvokļu psihosomatiska izpratne//Latvijas Ārsts.- 2004. Nr1.- 40- 43
2.
Gunta Ancāne. Ķermeņa un psihes saistība//Psiholoģijas Pasaule.-2004.-Nr.1-38.-43.lpp
3.
Gunta Ancāne. Psihosomatiskās medicīnas definīcija un īsa tās ideju attīstības vēsture// Psiholoģijas Pasaule.2004.2. 36- 40.
4.
Gunta Ancāne. „Ārsta un pacienta terapeitisko attiecību psihoemocionālie aspekti.”//Latvijas Ārsts.-2005/6. 77.-79.
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Gunta Ancāne. “Psihosomatiskie traucējumi un slimības” //Psiholoģijas Pasaule.-2004/04; 44.-49.
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Gunta Ancāne. “21.gadsimta modernā slimība – izsīkuma jeb izdegšanas sindroms” //Psiholoģijas Pasaule.-2004/07; 26-31.
7.
Nancy McWilliams. Psychoanalytic diagnosis: Understanding personality structure in the clinical process. Guilford Press. 2011.