Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Psychiatry
Course Code
PUNK_018
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Psychiatry
ECTS
4.50
Target Audience
Rehabilitation
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-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
Mental health care system in Latvia. Basic knowledge on the aetiology, pathogenesis and clinical symptoms of main mental illnesses – organic mental disorders, schizophrenia, substance use, affective, neurotic, physiological, personality disorders, mental retardation, child mental health problems. Pharmacological treatment options and application of ergotherapy in aforementioned conditions.
Preliminary Knowledge
• Psychology, developmental and medical psychology;
• Neurology (disorders of central and peripheral nervous system, extrapyramidal syndromes);
• Ethics in medicine (specific ethical issues in psychiatry).
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.About epidemiology, aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnostics and course (according to ICD-10) of mental and behavioural disorders; mental health promotion, mental and behavioural disorders and suicide prevention.
Skills
1.How to recognise and evaluate core symptoms of mental and behavioural disorders; to differentiate normal and pathological reactions in every-day life situations, to evaluate the possibility of self-harm to perform an interview, showing empathy, and to comprehend importance of therapeutic relationships in psychiatry; to plan mental health promotion and mental and behavioural disorders' prevention activities, how to distribute a competence between different professionals to communicate and collaborate with mentally ill people choosing appropriate type of ergotherapy and to lead classes of ergotherapy.
Competences
1.To obtain psychiatric status, to definite decision about psychiatric help distributions of competence between different physicians, to explain and apply principles of confidentiality and informed consent in psychiatry; to show understanding and empathy towards patients with psychiatric disorders.
Assessment
Individual work
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Students independently prepare theoretical part of practical class from lectures, RSU e-materials and recommended further reading. Patient cases description. Results of this work will be discussed in group.
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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 final exam is cumulative.
The cumulative exam requires assessments in each lesson. Successful passing of the cumulative exam requires:
1. To successfully answer the multiple-choice test questions in each lesson
2. to 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 a positive evaluation (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.
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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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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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General psychopathology.
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Lecture
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Modality
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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 schizoform disorders: clinical features and treatment.
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Lecture
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Modality
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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 (affective) disorders.
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Lecture
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Modality
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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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Childhood and adolescence psychiatry.
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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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5
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Topics
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Classification of mental disorders. Mental health care in Latvia. The specifics of interviewing a patient in psychiatry. Evaluation of mental state. Disorders of perception.
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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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5
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Topics
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Schizophrenia, schizotypal and schizoaffective disorders. Clinical features and treament.
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On site
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Specialized room
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5
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Topics
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Neurotic, stress related and somatoform disorders.
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Class/Seminar
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Contact hours
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On site
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Specialized room
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5
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Topics
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Clinical features and treatment of mood disorders.
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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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5
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Topics
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Organic, including symptomatic mental disorders.
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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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5
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Topics
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Mental retardation, behavioral and emotional disorders 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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5
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Topics
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Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use.
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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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5
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Topics
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Organic mental disorders.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
4.50
Contact hours:
48 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Semple D, Smyth R. Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry, third edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013.
2.
Harrison, Paul Geddes, John Sharpe, Michael Lecture Notes : Lecture Notes : Psychiatry (10th Edition). Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ, USA, 2011 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rsub/docDetail.action?docID=10518723
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.g., 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, 2015.g., 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.g. 32 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
6.
R. Andrēziņa, E. Tērauds. Praktiskā psihofarmakoterapija. Rīga, 2015.g. 40 lpp.
7.
The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioral Disorders, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1992. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rsub/docDetail.action?docID=10227094
Additional Reading
1.
Kaplan & Sadocks. Synopsis of Psychiatry, Editors B.J.Sadock, V.A.Sadock. – 10th ed. – Philadelphia; Williams & Wilkins, 2007.
2.
D. Goldberg, L. Gask, R. Moriss. Psychiatry in Medical Practice. 3rd edition. Routledge, 2008
3.
E. Tērauds, E. Rancāns, R. Andrēziņa, B. Kupča. Bipolāri afektīvo traucējumu diagnostikas un ārstešanas vadlīnijas. 2. Izdevums. Latvijas psihiatru asociācija. Rīga, 2016.g., 48 lpp.
4.
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.g., 31 lpp. (elektroniska kopija atrodama www.estudijas.rsu.lv)
5.
Eglītis I. (1982) Vispārīgā psihopatoloģija. Zvaigzne, Rīga.
Other Information Sources
3.
Latvijas Universitāte (2009) Garīgās veselības aprūpes māsas pamatspecialitāte. Pieejams no: http://talakizglitiba.lv/sites/default/userfiles/file/MPIC%2036.pdf
4.
Psihiskā veselība Latvijā 2016. gadā. Tematiskais ziņojums. SPKC. 17.izdevums Rīga. 2017.