Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Public Mental Health Care and Social Work in Psychiatry
Course Code
PUNK_025
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Psychiatry
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Public Health; Social Welfare and Social Work
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time; Part-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Silvija Cīpare
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 raise awareness of public health, public mental health, promotion and prevention of mental illness, social psychiatry and the opportunities that can be provided in cases of mental disorders and illnesses. To provide knowledge about how public health promotion and prevention of mental illness can prevent the development of mental illness, as well as knowledge about the impact of the social environment on mental health, its relationship to the prevalence, occurrence, clinical manifestations and dynamics of mental disorders and social factors effects in therapy, rehabilitation and prevention
Preliminary Knowledge
• CNS structure, functions, synapse structure); • Psychology, developmental and medical psychology (crisis response phases, psychological defense mechanisms, personality structure); • Medical ethics (specifics of ethical issues in psychiatry); • Epidemiology (incidence of mental and behavioral disorders, prevalence, types of research); • Public health (risk factors, types of prevention, health promotion opportunities); • Basics of clinical care of patients (deontology, iatrogenicity, patient interview, examination methods); • Pharmacology (antidepressants, mood stabilizers, tranquilizers, antipsychotics); • Basic principles of psychotherapy (help in crisis situations, support, cognitive behavioral, psychodynamic, group and family therapies); • Rehabilitation; Social care; • Psychiatry and narcology.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Is able to explain the organization, operation, ethical and legal principles of the psychiatric care service, the role of public health and social work in psychiatry. Understands public health issues and social psychiatry. Describes how the prevention of mental illness, the promotion of mental health, how social conditions and the social environment can affect mental health, describes the relationship between public health and social conditions and the prevalence, occurrence, clinical manifestations and development of mental disorders.
Skills
1.As a result of the study course students will be able to identify the risk factors for the development of the client's mental health disorders, will be able to determine the most appropriate health promotion or disease prevention measure for each psychological form of mental disorders, will be able to identify social problems, support, improve and promote social functioning of the client and his family members; will be able to provide help and support to the client for the prevention of diseases and solving social problems; will be able to plan and carry out public health and social work activities at the community level; will be able to evaluate and identify the compliance of the environment with the client's needs and promote the person's interaction with the social environment by improving interpersonal support systems.
Competences
1.Using the acquired knowledge and competencies, students will be able to identify, define, analyze and solve society's mental health, social and mental problems, will be able to manage the problem-solving process and provide a social case. Will be able to plan, organize and manage public health, disease prevention and social work with the mentally ill individual, family, group and community. Will be able to find alternative solutions to health promotion, disease prevention and social problems and choose the appropriate strategy in cooperation with the client with mental disorders.
Assessment
Individual work
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1.
Individual work |
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Students independently acquire the theoretical part using RSU e-study materials, lectures and recommended literature. During the classes, the results of independent work in the group are checked and discussed. During the practical work, students evaluate the social problems of patients, which are analyzed in a group.
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Examination
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% from total grade
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Grade
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1.
Examination |
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10 points
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The final assessment of the course is cumulative, where 50% consists of assessments of independent work, 50% the result of an exam. Students will be required to submit 4 independent papers, which will be graded. The average mark of these works will be included in the final evaluation. The final exam is written. The exam ticket will consist of 3 randomly selected questions. Each exam question will be only a part of the exam questions available in E-studies. The length of each exam question will be adjusted so that it can be easily answered within 25 minutes and on no more than one A4 page on each side. The ticket for a particular exam will be drawn immediately before the exam. Each exam question will be assessed separately and the final assessment will consist of an average mark of 3 marks. If two of the three questions are unsatisfactory, the exam will not be passed. The final grade of the course will be formed from the average grade of independent work + percentage of the exam grade (both marks two decimal places) / 2 |
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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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The history of psychiatry in brief. 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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Affective 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. Basic principles of clinical manifestations, treatment and rehabilitation of symptomatic mental disorders. Intellectual development 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 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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Mental development, behavioral and emotional disorders in children and adolescents
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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 disorders caused by psychoactive substances: 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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The history of psychiatry in brief. 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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Affective 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
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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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|---|---|---|
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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. Basic principles of clinical manifestations, treatment and rehabilitation of symptomatic mental disorders. Intellectual development 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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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Affective 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
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Mental development, behavioral and emotional disorders in children and adolescents
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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 disorders caused by psychoactive substances: 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.
Corcoran J, Walsh J. Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis in Social Work Practice. Oxford University Press, USA, 2022.
2.
Gill K. J., Barrett N.M., Roberts M.M. Psychiatric Rehabilitation. American press, 2016.
3.
Harrison, Paul Geddes, John Sharpe, Michael Lecture Notes: Lecture Notes: Psychiatry. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ, USA, 2014.
4.
Semple D, Smyth R. Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2019.
5.
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: Children and Youth Version ICF-CY. World Health Organization Staff.
Additional Reading
1.
Davies, Craig T. ABC of Mental Health (2nd Edition). BMJ Books Hoboken, NJ, USA, 2009
2.
Katona, Cooper C., Robertson C. Psychiatry at a Glance (5th Edition). Publisher: Wiley. Somerset, NJ, USA. Date Published: 06/2012. P.: 129
3.
Lightburn, Sessions A., at.al. Handbook of Community-Based Clinical Practice. Oxford University Press, 2005.
4.
Lloyd, Ch., Gournay K., Deane F. P. Clinical Management in Mental Health Services. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. p i.
5.
Tew, Foster J., at.al. Social Perspectives in Mental Health: Developing Social Models to Understand and Work with Mental Distress. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005.
6.
The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioral Disorders, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1992.
7.
Caune M., Rancāns E., Andrēziņa R. Sociālpsihiatrija. 2009.
8.
Editors Craig Morgan, Dinesh Bhugra. Principles of Social Psychiatry. (2nd Edition) Wiley-Blackwell
Other Information Sources
1.
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.g., 43 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
2.
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, 2015.g., 52 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
3.
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.g. 32 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
4.
Latvijas Universitāte (2009) Garīgās veselības aprūpes māsas pamatspecialitāte
5.
Osis R (2006) Narkoloģija vispārējās prakses ārstiem, TRIO-J, Rīga.