Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)

Study Course Description

Psychotherapy of Addictions II

Main Study Course Information

Course Code

RPH_031

Branch of Science

Anatomy; Clinical medicine

ECTS

10.05

Target Audience

Medicine

LQF

Level 8

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Artūrs Utināns

Residency Speciality

Speciality

Psychotherapist

Supervisor of Medical Speciality

Artūrs Utināns

Contacts

About Study Course

Objective

Provide knowledge and skills of addiction psychotherapy in compliance with the qualification of the psychotherapist. Provide knowledge on etiopathogenesis and psycho-dynamics of addiction and knowledge about possible methods of psychotherapeutic and psychiatric treatment.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Define etiopathogenesis different types of addiction.

Skills

1.Analyse the potential of different types of psychotherapy in treatment of addictions.

Competences

1.Example-based knowledge, skills and attitude essential for working at a hospital and for research, raising public awareness via media; understanding of a team-work (work in groups) and its functions, psycho-dynamics, crisis situations and their solution; as well as the ability to manage the work of a multi-disciplinary team and be part of such team, supervise doctors and medical staff.

Assessment

Individual work

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
Use clinical case studies. Essay.

Examination

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Examination	-	-
Resident expresses his/her knowledge and clinical/psychodynamic thinking in work with addictions.
2. Examination	-	-
Essay.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME

Part 1

Seminar

Modality	Location
On site	Auditorium

Topics

Minnesota Drug Program. Types and methods of psychotherapy for addiction disorders within the Minnesota program.

Seminar

Modality	Location
-	-

Topics

Diagnosis and treatment options for drug addiction.

Seminar

Modality	Location
-	-

Topics

Individual psychodynamic psychotherapy approaches for drug addicts.

Seminar

Modality	Location
-	-

Topics

Psychopharmacotherapy.

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

10.05

Number of Residency Seminars:

Length (weeks):

Final Examination:

Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

Cognitive therapy for addiction: motivation and change / Frank Ryan. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Dynamic Approaches to the Understanding and Treatment of Alcoholism / Margaret H. Bean, Edward J. Khantzian, John E. Mack, George Vaillant, and Norman E. Zinberg. 2014 International Psychotherapy Institute.

Sobell, Linda. Problem Drinkers:Guided Self-Change Treatment. e-Book 2015 International Psychotherapy Institute.

Christian Montag, Martin Reuter. Internet Addiction. Neuroscientific Approaches and Therapeutical Interventions. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015.

A cognitive behavioural therapy programme for problem gambling: therapist manual / Namrata Raylu & Tian Po Oei. 2010 by Routledge.

Marcantonio Spada. Cognitive behavioural therapy for problem drinking: a practitioner's guide. 2010 by Routledge.

Brief Interventions and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. E-Book 2015 International Psychotherapy Institute.

Additional Reading

Glen O. Gabbard. Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice. 4th Edition, 2005.

Treating Pornography Addiction / Kevin B. Skinner. GrowthClimate, Inc., 2005.

Mark B. Sobell Linda C. Sobell. Problem Drinkers. Guided Self-Change Treatment. e-Book 2015 International Psychotherapy Institute.

Internet addiction / editors, Hannah O. Price. 2011 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Internet addiction / Laura Perdew. 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group, Inc. International.

Internet and social media addiction / by Andrea C. Nakaya. 2015 ReferencePoint Press, Inc..

Qualitative research in gambling: exploring the production and consumption of risk / edited by Rebecca Cassidy, Andrea Pisac and Claire Loussouarn. 2013 by Routledge.

The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of disordered gambling / edited by David C. S. Richard, Alex Blaszczynski, Lia Nower. 2014, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Gary Wilson. Your Brain On Porn. Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction. 2017, Commonwealth Publishing.