Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Psychiatry
Course Code
PUNK_023
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Psychiatry
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Social Welfare and Social Work
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time; Part-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Ļubova Renemane
Structure Unit Manager
Elmārs Rancāns
Structural Unit
Department of Psychiatry and Narcology
Contacts
Riga, 2 Tvaika Street, pnk@rsu.lv, +371 67080131
About Study Course
Objective
To give students knowledge about epidemiology, aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnostics and course of mental and behavioural disorders; to give knowledge about emergency case management in psychiatry. Give knowledge about organisation and practical work of metal health care; to give knowledge about ethical and legal principles in psychiatry; and distributions of competence between different specialists when it comes to planning and organising health care of mentally ill patients.
To develop empathetic attitude towards patients and their family members. To reflect on and to improve their own attitudes towards mental health problems.
Preliminary Knowledge
• Basic knowledge in physiology;
• Psychology, developmental and medical psychology;
• Neurology (disorders of central and peripheral nervous system, extra pyramidal syndromes);
• Ethics in medicine (specific ethical issues in psychiatry).
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Knowledge about epidemiology, aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnostics and course (according to ICD-10) of mental and behavioural disorders; mental health promotion, formulates clinical symptoms and diagnosis and course of mental illness (according to ICD-10), ethical and legal aspects of mental illness care and rehabilitation can be defined.
Skills
1.Is able to recognize, assess and describe the basic psychiatric symptoms in general medical practice, evaluate and plan the type of patient care and rehabilitation. Able to form a purposeful conversation with the patient; recognize and describe the symptoms of the disease; justify the need for rehabilitation. Evaluate the dynamics of the disease during rehabilitation. Is able to create an emphatic interviewing style for working with patients with mental disorders, to be aware of the importance of therapeutic relationships in psychiatry.
Competences
1.Able to take the responsibility appropriate to the profession for the patient's treatment and rehabilitation, cooperate with the patient's rehabilitation team, recommend and substantiate their views on the patient's condition and appropriate specialized rehabilitation methods.
Assessment
Individual work
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Students independently learn the theoretical part of practical work using RSU e-study materials, information given in the lecture and recommended literature. During the lessons, the results of independent work are checked and discussed in the group. In the course of practical work, students evaluate the mental state of the demonstrated patients and develop a rehabilitation plan, which is analyzed in the group. Preparation of clinical case descriptions.
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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1.
Examination |
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Students independently acquire the theoretical part, using RSU e-study materials, information given in the lecture and recommended additional literature.
During the lessons, the results of independent work are checked and discussed in a group.
The cumulative exam requires assessments in each lesson. Successful passing of the cumulative exam requires:
1. Successfully answer the multiple-choice test questions in each lesson;
2. submit in e-studies a description of the interpretation of clinical cases and / or a description of the patient's interpretation demonstrated during the lesson; receive an evaluation in 3 seminars (A total of two clinical cases per 1 lesson);
3. to prepare and successfully defend one thematic presentation, the topics of presentations are placed in e-studies.
Each point is evaluated with a mark in a 10-point system, the exam evaluation is determined as the average evaluated mark of each point.
A cumulative exam mark is formed:
70% average mark for three homework;
30% mark of a thematic presentation.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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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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A brief insight into the history of psychiatry. Organization of psychiatric care in Latvia. Classification of mental disorders. General psychopathology.
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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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Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
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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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Mood disorders.
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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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Organic mental disorders.
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Class/Seminar
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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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4
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Topics
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Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation.
Disorders of perception, thinking and will.
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Class/Seminar
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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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4
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Topics
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Etiology and classification of organic mental disorders. Dementia clinic, basic principles of care, treatment and rehabilitation. Clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation of symptomatic mental disorders.
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Class/Seminar
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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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4
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Topics
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Affective (mood) disorders: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation
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Class/Seminar
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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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4
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Topics
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Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation. Anxiety disorders
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Class/Seminar
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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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4
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Topics
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Disorders of psychological development, behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence
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Class/Seminar
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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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4
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Topics
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Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
PART-TIME
Part 1
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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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A brief insight into the history of psychiatry. Organization of psychiatric care in Latvia. Classification of mental disorders. General psychopathology.
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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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|---|---|---|
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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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Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
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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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|---|---|---|
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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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Mood disorders.
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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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|---|---|---|
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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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Organic mental disorders.
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-
Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
|
Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation.
Disorders of perception, thinking and will.
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-
Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Etiology and classification of organic mental disorders. Dementia clinic, basic principles of care, treatment and rehabilitation. Clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation of symptomatic mental disorders.
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-
Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Affective (mood) disorders: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation
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-
Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation. Anxiety disorders
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-
Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
|
Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Disorders of psychological development, behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence
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-
Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use: etiology and classification, clinical manifestations, basic principles of treatment and rehabilitation
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Semple D, Smyth R. Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry. 3rd edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2019.
2.
Harrison, Paul Geddes, John Sharpe. Michael Lecture Notes : Lecture Notes : Psychiatry. 11th edition. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ, USA, 2014.
3.
E. Tērauds, E. Rancāns, R. Andrēziņa, B. Kupča, I. Ķiece, I. Zārde, Ņ. Bezborodovs. Šizofrēnijas diagnostikas un ārstēšanas vadlīnijas. 3. Izdevums. Latvijas psihiatru asociācija. Rīga, 2014., 43 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
4.
E. Tērauds, E. Rancāns, R. Andrēziņa, B. Kupča, G. Ancāne, I. Ķiece, Ņ. Bezborodovs. Depresijas diagnostikas un ārstēšanas vadlīnijas. 3. Izdevums. Latvijas psihiatru asociācija. Rīga, 2016., 52 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
5.
Rancāns E., Tērauds E., Zaļkalns J., Riževa I., Tirāns E., Taube M. Depresijas un neirotisko traucējumu diagnostikas un ārstēšanas rekomendācijas ģimenes ārstiem. RSU Psihiatrijas un narkoloģijas katedra. Rīga, 2012. 32 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
6.
The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioral Disorders, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1992. (izdevums akceptējams)
Additional Reading
1.
E. Tērauds, E. Rancāns, R. Andrēziņa, B. Kupča. Bipolāri afektīvo traucējumu diagnostikas un ārstešanas vadlīnijas. 2. Izdevums. Latvijas psihiatru asociācija. Rīga, 2016., 48 lpp.
2.
R. Andēziņa, E. Tērauds, L. Ķevere, Ņ. Bezborodovs. Uzmanības deficīta un hiperaktivitātes sindroma (UDHS) diagnostikas un korekcijas vadlīnijas bērniem un pusaudžiem. RSU Psihiatrijas un narkoloģijas katedra. Rīga 2014., 31 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
3.
Eglītis I. Vispārīgā psihopatoloģija. Zvaigzne, Rīga, 1982