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Study Course Description

Psychiatry and Narcology

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
MDAK_288
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Psychiatry
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Midwifery
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Structure Unit Manager
Structural Unit
Department of Nursing and Obstetric Care
Contacts

Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, mdak@rsu.lv, +371 67061568

About Study Course

Objective

To develop knowledge about psychiatric disorders and substance use disorders; their epidemiology, development, clinical symptoms, diagnostics, treatment, to develop skills and competences for patients care and social rehabilitation.

Preliminary Knowledge

Anatomy, Physiology, Pathological Anatomy, Psychology, Medical ethics, Public Health, Patients care, Neurology, Pharmacology.

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

Title
% from total grade
Grade
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.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
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.
2.

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%.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

History of psychiatry. Basic principles of communication and ethic in the psychiatric care. Prevention of disorders of mental health.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Basic principles of communications with psychiatric patients. Ethics and anti-discrimination role in the mental health care.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Addiction as a disease. Bio-psycho-social model of addiction. Alcohol use disorder.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drug abuse, its kinds, symptoms. Different psychoactive substances.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Treatment of substance use disorders. Co-dependency.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Personality disorders, types of them. Neurotic, stress related, somatoform disorders.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Mood disorders – mania, depression: causes, clinic, treatment, care, rehabilitation.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Perception disorders – schizophrenia: etiology, types of clinical manifestations, course, treatment, care, rehabilitation.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Intellectual development disorders: classification, types of clinical manifestations, treatment, care, rehabilitation.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Epilepsy, personality change, patients care. Classification of epileptic seizures, diagnostic methods, emergency care in case of epileptic seizures.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Eating disorders – anorexia, bulimia: clinical manifestations, treatment, care, rehabilitation.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Suicides, their characteristics, statistics, basic principles of care. Physical and medical restraint of patients: basic principles and documentation of care.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Laboratory indicators of Substance use disorders (SUD). Tests for assesment SUD, analyse their.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Otto Lesch typology. Types of drug addiction. Pregnancy and drugs.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Co-dependency. Fetal development disorders, lactation disorders under the influence of substances.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Basic principles of the mental health care process. Nursing care diagnoses and documentation in mental health care.
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Semple D., Smyth R. Oxford handbook of psychiatry. Oxford University press, 2019.

2.

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)

3.

Deksters G., Vošs M. Rokasgrāmata psihiatrijas māsām. – Rīga: Jumava, 2006. (akceptējams izdevums)

4.

Garīgās veselības aprūpes māsas pamatspecialitāte. Mācību materiāls. – Rīga: Nacionālais apgāds, 2009. (akceptējams izdevums)

5.

Osis G. Narkoloģija vispārējās prakses ārstiem. Rīga: SIA”TRIO-J”; 2006. (akceptējams izdevums)

Additional Reading

1.

Stirna A (red). Narkoloģija. Rīga: Medicīnas apgāds; 2008.

2.

Eglītis I. Vispārīgā psihopatoloģija. Rīga: Zvaigzne, 1982.

3.

Eglītis I. Psihiatrija. Rīga, Zvaigzne, 1989.

4.

Eglītis I., Andrēziņa R., Jansons V., Kamjanovs I., Kazlovsko G., Psihiatrija ārstiem nepsihiatriem. – Rīga: Zvaigzne, 1985

5.

Kulbergs J. Dinamiskā psihiatrija. Rīga, Jumava, 2001.

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