Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Family Health
Course Code
PMUPK_035
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Lelde Smilte-Breča
Structure Unit Manager
Māris Taube
Structural Unit
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy
Contacts
Riga, 30 Kristapa Street, pmpk@rsu.lv, +371 67210989
About Study Course
Objective
Provide students with basic knowledge of the functioning of the family, functional and dysfunctional family, the role of these concepts in the pathological and insular processes of diseases, as well as individual developments in the family context, the role of different family members in the physical and psychoemotional development of the child.
Preliminary Knowledge
Anatomy, physiology, embriology.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Students are able to define the concept and nature of the functional and dysfunctional family, the role of these concepts in the pathological and insular processes of diseases, and to define the role of the family in the physical and psychoemotional development of the child, to analyse the clinical relevance of all these concepts in the diagnostic and therapeutic processes of diseases and disorders.
Skills
1.As a result of learning a study course, students will be able to analyse basic processes for the functioning of the family, aspects of the individual psychoemotional development process, and use them in clinical case analysis.
Competences
1.Interpret functional and dysfunctional processes within the family, interpret the concepts of child psychoemotional development.
Assessment
Individual work
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Title
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Grade
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1.
Independent work - analysis of clinical case |
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10 points
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Analysis of a family case study. |
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Examination
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% from total grade
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Grade
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1.
Multiple Choice Questions |
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10 points
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In 4st seminar - a multiple-choice test on the topics of functional and dysfunctional families from the lectures and classes of the 1st semester. |
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2.
Examination |
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10 points
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I Knowledge - ability to define: 60% 1. Mechanisms for the functioning of the family, its role in the process of pathogenesis and saluogenesis of diseases (20%) 2. Functional family characteristics (5%) 3. Dysfunctional family characteristics (5%) 4. Child development based on different theories, special features of different ages (15%) 5. Role of different family members in the development of a child (15%) II Skills: 40% 1. Basic principles for collecting individual and family history (20%) 2. Family evaluation, clinical case analysis (10%) 3. Diagnosis of psychoemotional disorders, differential diagnosis, evaluation of treatment strategies, analysis of clinical cases (10%) The exam's assessment is cumulative. It shall comprise: 1. Intermediate test: 50%. At the choice of the lecturer: • analysis of video material and/or • a description of the clinical case and/or • open questions at the beginning of the lesson and/or • a lot of answers test and/or • Preparing a presentation about the topic of the lesson. 2. Final test (50%) — Electronised, accessible or on-site multi-compliance tests on topics under the course. Automatic passing of the final exam is possible if the following criteria are met: ·Intermediate exam score of at least 8 points; · No more than 25% of classes are missed; · 100% class attendance or class rework with justifiable reasons · Independent work at the discretion of the lecturer on: a) the topic of the cycle class (literature review); b) a clinical case; c) the latest research (in accordance with the class topic). |
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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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Family - concept, structure, functions. Meaning of anamnesis familiae.
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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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Family life cycle - homeostasis and change
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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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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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Family functioning - stories, assumptions, boundaries, rules, endurance. Family dynamics with mentally / physically ill family members. Functional family - main features. Analysis of clinical cases.
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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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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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Dysfunctional family I - main features, diversity. Analysis of clinical cases.
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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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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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Dysfunctional family II- main features, diversity. Analysis of clinical cases - independent work presentation.
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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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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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Test. Sexuality. Non-organic sexual disorders and their psycho-emotional aspects. Psycho-emotional aspects of infertility. Treatment options. Analysis of clinical cases.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
1.50
Contact hours:
16 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test (Semester)
Part 2
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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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Child's psycho-emotional development (stages of psychosexual development, stages of psychosocial development, object-relations theory)
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Lecture
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Modality
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Attachment theory. Parenting - infant theory.
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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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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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Maternal health (postpartum mental disorders).Dyad of the mother and child. The role of mother and father in the child's physical and psycho-emotional development. Analysis of clinical cases.
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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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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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Peculiarities of the sibling subsystem and its role in the child's development. The role of the grandparents' subsystem in the child's physical and psycho-emotional development. Analysis of clinical cases.
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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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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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Peculiarities of different stages of development: preschool, school. The role of play in a child's development. Traumatic situations in childhood (hospitalization, neglect). Disorders and options how to help. Analysis of clinical cases.
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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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3
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Topics
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Peculiarities of different stages of development: adolescence (separation from parents, sexual education, relationships with peers, bulling). Disorders and options how to help. Analysis of clinical cases. Exam.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
1.50
Contact hours:
16 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Goldenberg H., Goldenberg I. 2017. Family therapy, An Overview. 7th edition. Thomson Brooks/Cole.
2.
The Psychosomatic Assessment: Strategies to Improve Clinical Practice Edited by G.A. Fava; N. Sonino; T.N. Wise, 2011
3.
Walsh F. 2003. Family resilience: A Framework for Clinical Practice
4.
Egle U.T, Hardt J., Nickel R., Kappis B., Hoffmann S.O. 2002. Early Stress and its 9. Long-term Effects on health – State of the Art and Implication for Future research. Psychosom Med Psychother. 48(4). 411-34.
5.
Sudraba, V., & Skaldere-Darmudasa, G. (2022). Psihosomatiskā medicīna. Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte
6.
Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 22nd Edition, 2024
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Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, Fifth Edition, Feldman, Heidi M., 2023
Additional Reading
1.
McDougall J. 1989. Theatres of body
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Skynner R., Cleese J. 1994. Life and how to survive it, NN Norton and Company
3.
Thomas P.A., Liu H., Umberson D. 2017. Family Relationships and Well-Being. Innov Aging. 1(3)
4.
Vinikots V.V. 2004. Bērns un viņa māte. 101 lpp
5.
Vinikots V.V. 2004. Sarunas ar vecākiem. 112 lpp
6.
Walsh F. 2003. Family resilience: A Framework for Clinical Practice
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Ārvalstu studentiem/For International students:
8.
Egle U.T, Hardt J., Nickel R., Kappis B., Hoffmann S.O. 2002. Early Stress and its Long-term Effects on health – State of the Art and Implication for Future research. Z Psychosom Med Psychother. 48(4). 411-34.
9.
McDougall J. 1989. Theatres of body
10.
Adelīna Nikitenko “Ģeneralizētas trauksmes izplatība Ogres pilsētas vidusskolēnu vidū un tās saistība ar vientulību.”
11.
Aksel Darius Överlien Dalili “Burnout Syndrome in Medical Personnel During The Covid-19 Pandemic”
12.
Ali Lavin “Changes of level of empathy in medical students during time of studies”
13.
Ieva Kulša “Celikālijas psihosomatiskie aspekti.”
14.
Jānis Kristaps Vasiļonoks “Ārstu-rezidentu spēja paziņot sliktas ziņas pacientam.”
15.
Karīna Rudus “Saistība starp trauksmes simptomu smagumu un stresa pārvarēšanas stratēģijām RSU medicīnas fakultātes preklīnisko studiju gadu studentu vidū.”
16.
Katrīna Liepiņa ”Adverse childhood experiences (ace) jeb nelabvēlīgas bērnības pieredzes saistībā ar gastrointestinālām sūdzībām āgenskalna ģimnāzijās”
17.
Laura Gribuste “Saistība starp kritiskās domāšanas dispozīciju un ticību paranormālajam Rīgas Stradiņa Universitātes studentu vidū.”
18.
Leonhard Francisco Schlichting “Borderline Personality Disorder as Comorbidity of Bulimia Nervosa in Adolescents”
19.
Linda Borskoviča “Pašcieņas, trauksmes, depresijas rādītāju saistība ar glikēmijas kontroli pacientiem ar 1. un 2. Tipa cukura diabētu”
20.
Linda Lumikki April Vainio “MDMA-assisted therapy in PTSD treatment”
21.
Megija Zunde “Trauksmes simptomu īpatsvara dinamika vidējam medicīnas personālam Covid-19 pandēmijas laikā Latvijā.”
22.
Miina-Maria Jyrälä “Depression as a risk factor for coronary artery disease, mechanisms behind it”
23.
Nika Kristiāna Meždreija “Somatizācijas un trauksmes simptomu salīdzinājums sesijas laikā un pēc tā RSU 1. un 6. kursa medicīnas fakultātes studentiem”
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Rebecca Abraham “The effect of parenting on the development of borderline personality disorder”
25.
Rebeka Beinaroviča “Sociāli ekonomiskā stāvokļa saistība ar izdegšanas sindromu medicīnas fakultātē studējošajiem.”
26.
Sima Shokouhi “The relationship between the belief in conspiracy theories and narcissistic personality traits in an individual.”
27.
Svetlana Redina “Ēšanas traucējumu saistība ar depresijas un trauksmes simptomiem starp 12. klašu skolniekiem piecās Rīgas Pārdaugavas rajona skolās: 71. vidusskolā, 96. vidusskolā, Anniņmuižas vidusskolā, Arkādijas vidusskolā, Imantas vidusskolā”
28.
Zanda Laura Šķiņķe “Trauksmes un depresijas simptomu korelācija ar un bez muguras lejasdaļas sāpēm RSU medicīnas fakultātes studentiem”
29.
Physical symptoms and physician-experienced difficulty in the physician –patient relationship, 1.05.2001
30.
Women at higher risk for inflation-related stress, 24.05.2023
31.
Post-traumatic stress disorder: symptom profiles in men and women, 2003
32.
The effects of physician empathy on patient satisfaction and compliance, 09.2004
33.
Medical-level empathy? Yup, chatGPT can fake that, 4.05.2023
34.
Borderline personality disorder diagnosis: to tell or not to tell patients?, 22.03.2021
35.
Treating depression in primary care: the latest guidelines, 21.03.2023
36.
Physicians may retire en masse soon. What does that mean for medicine? 18.04.2023
37.
Empathy fatigue in clinicians rises with latest COVID-19 surge, 16.09.2021
38.
Social isolation, Loneliness tied to death, MI, stroke: AHA, 4.08.2022
39.
Stress and depression mediated by single brain protein, 20.11.2014
40.
Akhtar S. 2009. The Damaged Core. Jason Aronson. (akceptējams izdevums)
41.
Why do we love sad music? Mourning our pain, 27.11.2018
42.
Vegetarians suffer more depression than meat eaters, 27.12.2022
43.
Beyond the psychedelic effect: ayahuasca as antidepressant, 10.02.2023
44.
The 8 things that end childhood too soon: what clinicians should know, 30.06.2017
45.
Greater Handgrip Strength tied to lower risk for depression, 20.12.2022
46.
Epigenetics, satiety, and predictive markers of obesity, 27.02.2023
47.
Dreams in Jungian psychology: The use of dreams as an instrument for research, diagnosis and treatment of social phobia, 2009
48.
Implementing the care programme approach in psychotherapeutics settings, 2004
49.
A better lower-cost option for mild to moderate Depression?, 30.03.2023
50.
Is it time to stop treating high triglycerides?, 29.03.2023
51.
Emotional eating tied to risk for diastolic dysfunction, 19.01.2023
52.
German survey on assisted suicide: how to handle this? Where should caution be exercised?, 16.09.2022
53.
Physician suicide: investigating its prevalence and cause, 15.03.2023
54.
Nature, Niche, and nurture. The role of social experience in transforming genotype into phenotype, 11.10.2011
55.
Do doctors want their babies to Grow up to be Physicians?, 7.02.2023
56.
Long work hours wreak havoc in MDs, Personal lives, 23.09.2013
57.
Why do depressed doctors suffer in silence? – 27.06.2017
58.
Doctors, nurses give lifestyle advice but are skeptical it’s heeded, 29.03.2018
59.
John Bowlby. A Secure Base
60.
How the brain responds to trauma, 24.09.2014
61.
Why men need mind-body medicine now more than ever, 2.04.2020
62.
Brummers M., Enckells H. 2011. Bērnu un jauniešu psihoterapija, 280 lpp (akceptējams izdevums)
63.
Long- term impact of childhood trauma explained, 2.05.2023
64.
Anger in adults a red flag for childhood trauma, 5.04.2023
65.
Melatonin a new way to reduce self-harm, 27.03.2023
66.
What happens when doctors and patients interrupt each other?, 23.11.2022
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Physicians react: burnout rates are alarming, so who should drive change? 6.06.2022
68.
K. Abrahamsson. R. Ennals. Sustainable work in Europe. Concepts, Conditions, Challenges. 2022 Edited Collection. 342 Pages
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Erikson E.H. 1995. Childhood and Society. (akceptējams izdevums)
70.
Boulbijs Dž. 1998. Drošais pamats. 198 lpp (akceptējams izdevums)
71.
Minuchin S., Fishman H.C. 2009. Family therapy techniques. Harward university press (akceptējams izdevums)
72.
Sharma R. 2013.The Family and Family Structure Classification Redefined for the Current Times. J Family Med Prim Care. 2(4). 306–310.
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Barker P., Chang J. 2013. Basic family therapy. 6th edition. Willey Blackwell.
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75.
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