Psychiatry and Narcology
Study Course Implementer
Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, mdak@rsu.lv, +371 67061568
About Study Course
Objective
Preliminary Knowledge
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Students recognise the psychiatric disorders, SUD; define them in ICD-10; analyse and arrange patient’s medical history; describe drugs and their side effects in psychiatry and SUD treatment; describe problems of communication and specific of care with psychiatric and SUD patients.
Skills
1.Students can apply adapted communication style to work with psychiatric and SUD patients; make interview and collect patient’s medical history; assess patient’s condition; make care plan.
Competences
1.Students will be able to differentiate the psychiatric disorders, SUD; interpret and analyse patient’s medical data; successfully carry out care plan of psychiatric and SUD patients.
Assessment
Individual work
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1.
Individual work |
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• Independently read the latest literature sources on psychiatry and SUD treatment;
• prepare for the test;
• fulfill independent tasks in e-studies (test development; selects the latest research and prepares a presentation on psychoactive substance dependence);
• interview patients, formulate a care diagnosis and prepare a care plan.
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Examination
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1.
Examination |
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After Substance use disorders lectures and classes the student selects one systematic review or meta-analysis on a drug topic, prepares a review of the study and submits it to the Turitin program.
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Examination |
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1) Activity in practical classes and lectures, analysis of anamnesis – 20%;
2) Theoretical knowledge assessment tests – 30%;
3) Practical knowledge test assessments (in small groups) – interview with a patient, making care diagnosis and care plan – 50%.
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Study Course Theme Plan
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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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Specialized room
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2
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Topics
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History of psychiatry. Basic principles of communication and ethic in the psychiatric care. Prevention of disorders of mental health.
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Lecture
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Contact hours
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Specialized room
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2
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Topics
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Basic principles of communications with psychiatric patients. Ethics and anti-discrimination role in the mental health care.
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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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Addiction as a disease. Bio-psycho-social model of addiction. Alcohol use disorder.
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Lecture
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Contact hours
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Drug abuse, its kinds, symptoms. Different psychoactive substances.
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Treatment of substance use disorders. Co-dependency.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Contact hours
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On site
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Specialized room
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2
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Topics
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Personality disorders, types of them. Neurotic, stress related, somatoform disorders.
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Specialized room
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2
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Topics
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Mood disorders – mania, depression: causes, clinic, treatment, care, rehabilitation.
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2
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Topics
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Perception disorders – schizophrenia: etiology, types of clinical manifestations, course, treatment, care, rehabilitation.
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Intellectual development disorders: classification, types of clinical manifestations, treatment, care, rehabilitation.
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2
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Topics
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Epilepsy, personality change, patients care. Classification of epileptic seizures, diagnostic methods, emergency care in case of epileptic seizures.
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2
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Topics
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Eating disorders – anorexia, bulimia: clinical manifestations, treatment, care, rehabilitation.
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Suicides, their characteristics, statistics, basic principles of care. Physical and medical restraint of patients: basic principles and documentation of care.
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Auditorium
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2
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Laboratory indicators of Substance use disorders (SUD). Tests for assesment SUD, analyse their.
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Otto Lesch typology. Types of drug addiction. Pregnancy and drugs.
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Co-dependency. Fetal development disorders, lactation disorders under the influence of substances.
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Class/Seminar
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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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Topics
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Basic principles of the mental health care process. Nursing care diagnoses and documentation in mental health care.
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Bibliography
Required Reading
Semple D., Smyth R. Oxford handbook of psychiatry. Oxford University press, 2019.
Lesch OM, Walter H, Wetschka Ch, Hesselbrock M, Hesselbrock V. Alcohol and Tobacco. Medical and Sociological Aspects of Use, Abuse and Addiction. SpringerWienNewYor; 2011. (akceptējams izdevums)
Deksters G., Vošs M. Rokasgrāmata psihiatrijas māsām. – Rīga: Jumava, 2006. (akceptējams izdevums)
Garīgās veselības aprūpes māsas pamatspecialitāte. Mācību materiāls. – Rīga: Nacionālais apgāds, 2009. (akceptējams izdevums)
Osis G. Narkoloģija vispārējās prakses ārstiem. Rīga: SIA”TRIO-J”; 2006. (akceptējams izdevums)
Additional Reading
Stirna A (red). Narkoloģija. Rīga: Medicīnas apgāds; 2008.
Eglītis I. Vispārīgā psihopatoloģija. Rīga: Zvaigzne, 1982.
Eglītis I. Psihiatrija. Rīga, Zvaigzne, 1989.
Eglītis I., Andrēziņa R., Jansons V., Kamjanovs I., Kazlovsko G., Psihiatrija ārstiem nepsihiatriem. – Rīga: Zvaigzne, 1985
Kulbergs J. Dinamiskā psihiatrija. Rīga, Jumava, 2001.