Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)

Course Description Status: Approved

Course Description Version: 25/26.R.1.00

Description Period: 2025./26 academic year rudens semestris

Study Course Accepted: -

Study Course Description

Psychiatry and Patient Care

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
MDAK_342
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Psychiatry
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Nursing Science
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Vita Reidemane
Structure Unit Manager
Kristaps Circenis
Structural Unit
Department of Nursing and Obstetric Care
Contacts

Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, mdak@rsu.lv, +371 67061568

About Study Course

Objective

To provide students with knowledge on the history of mental disorders, their prevalence, causes, development, clinical features, diagnosis, medical treatment, nursing care and social rehabilitation.

Preliminary Knowledge

Human anatomy, normal and pathological physiology, medical ethics, nursing process and nursing theory, interpersonal communication in health care, public health and epidemiology, psychiatry, narcology, geriatrics, pharmacology, rehabilitation.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.The student will be able to recognize mental disorders, define them according to the ICD 10 classification, assess the patient's condition, systematize the patient's medical history, will be able to describe medications and their side effects, explain and describe the specifics of communication and care.

Skills

1.The student will be able to use the correct type of communication, conduct an interview, assess the patient's condition. Select and use the necessary data, create a model of care plan.

Competences

1.The student, using the acquired knowledge about psychotic disorders and their care, is able to differentiate psychotic disorders, interpret and analyze the obtained data in the care documentation, assess the patient's condition, formulate care diagnoses and develop a care plan.

Assessment

Individual work

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Individual work
-
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Reading of scientific literature, analysis, work in small groups, creation of care plans, presentation.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Examination
-
-
Test
2.

Examination
-
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Test. Active participation in classes, seminars, independent works of the study course prepared and presented. The exam has to be taken in mental health nurse specialisation module – MDAK_281.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1

  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

The concept of psychiatry and history of the development of psychiatry. The concept of mental health and prevention, mental health prevention and maintenance. Basic principles of communication for patients with mental health problems. Compliance with ethics and role of anti-discrimination in the care of mentally ill patients.

  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

The basic principles of care process in mental health care. Nursing care diagnoses in psychiatry. Nursing care documentation in mental health care. Acute conditions in mental health care.

  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Symptoms of mental disorders. Syndromes of mental disorders. Psycho-pharmacotherapy and its side effects in psychiatry.

  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders. Personality disorders and their types. Suicide and its prevention. Psychosomatic disorders.

  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Schizophrenia – etiology, types, clinical manifestations, treatment and prevention. Affective disorders: depression and mania – etiology, types, clinical manifestations, treatment and prevention.

  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Psycho-pharmacotherapy and its side effects in psychiatry, nursing care peculiarities.

  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Nursing documentation peculiarities in psychiatry.

  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Schizophrenia – patient care diagnosis, diagnosis objectives, activities, evaluation. Schizophrenia – patient care peculiarities: interview, history collection, drug therapy.

  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Affective disorders: depression – patient care peculiarities: interview, history collection, drug therapy. Depression – patient care diagnosis, diagnosis objectives, activities, evaluation.

  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Affective disorders: mania – patient care peculiarities in the case of the different types of mania. Mania – patient care diagnosis, diagnosis objectives, activities, evaluation.

  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Intellectual development disorders – patient care peculiarities: interview, history collection, drug therapy. Intellectual development disorders – patient care diagnosis, diagnosis objectives, activities, evaluation.

  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Epilepsy, related personality disorders – interview, history collection, drug therapy. Epilepsy, related personality disorders – patient care diagnosis, diagnosis objectives, activities, evaluation.

  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Dementia, related personality disorders – interview, history collection, drug therapy. Dementia – patient care diagnosis, diagnosis objectives, activities, evaluation.

  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Eating disorders – interview, history collection and drug therapy. Eating disorders – patient care diagnosis, diagnosis objectives, activities, evaluation and education.

  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Inpatient and outpatient treatment continuity, its importance.

  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Aggression – physical restraint types and application. Patient care during physical restraint and its documentation.
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test (Semester)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

• Wetterberg L. Psihiatrijas rokasgrāmata. Rīga, 1993.

2.

• Deksters G., Vošs M. Rokasgrāmata psihiatrijas māsām. – Rīga: Jumava, 2006.

3.

• Garīgās veselības aprūpes māsas pamatspecialitāte. Mācību materiāls. – Rīga: Nacionālais apgāds, 2009.

4.

• Kulbergs J. Dinamiskā psihiatrija. Rīga, Jumava, 2001.

5.

• Medicīniskās aprūpes rokasgrāmata. Rīga, Jumava, 2001.

6.

• Cohen A., Farkas M. Psihiatriskā rehabilitācija. Tallina, Raamatutrukikoda, 1998.

7.

• Townsed M.C. Nursing Diagnosis in Psychiatric Nursing. F.A. DavisCompany, Philadelphia, 1994.

8.

• Biksone G. Medikamentozā ārstēšana un aprūpe. SIA Kerena, 2002.

9.

• Andrējevs N., Andrējeva T. Praktiskā geriatrija. Iekšķīgās slimības vecāka gadagājuma pacientiem. R. 2006.

10.

• Krēgere S., Normāls novecošanas process. Psihogeriatrija, Rīga, 2001.

11.

• Alcheimera slimības agrīno formu diagnostika un ārstēšana. Vadlīnijas neirologiem un vispārējās prakses ārstiem; Rīga, 2004.

12.

• Pavasare K.,Skrule J.,Štāle M.,Rozentāle G.(2012)Latvijas gados vecu iedzīvotāju veselības stāvoklis un to ietekmējošie faktori.Tematiskais ziņojums, Slimību profilakses un kontroles centrs, Latvija

13.

• Humphrey P. Vascular Dementia. Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry (Second Edition), 2002. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

14.

• MacKenzie J. M. Pathology of Vascular Dementia. Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry (Second Edition), 2002. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Additional Reading

1.

• Eglītis I. Vispārīgā psihopatoloģija. Rīga: Zvaigzne.1986.

2.

• Eglītis I. Psihiatrija. Rīga, Zvaigzne, 1989.

3.

• Eglītis I., Andrēziņa R., Jansons V., Kamjanovs I., Kazlovsko G.,Psihiatrija ārstiem nepsihiatriem. – Rīga: Zvaigzne, 1985

4.

• Тиганов А. Руководство по психиатрии. Москва, Медицина, 1999.

5.

• Kalnciema I. Mentālās veselības un psihiatrijas aprūpe. Rīga, Latvijas Sarkanā Krusta Rīgas Māsu skola, 1994.

6.

• Webster's New World Medical Dictionary. Indianapolis, Wiley Publishing Inc., 2003.

7.

• Kaplan HI, Sadock BJ, Sadock VA. SynopsisofPsychiatry. BehavioralSciences/ ClinicalPsychiatry, 10thed. Philadelphia: LippincottWilliams&Wilkins; 2007.

8.

• Praktiskā psihofarmakoterapija. Rīga, 2009. Metodiskas rekomendācijas ģimenes ārstiem, rezidentiem un kursantiem.

9.

• Latvijas Psihiatru asociācija. Depresijas diagnostikas un ārstēšanas vadlīnijas. 3. Izdevums.Rīga, 2015.

10.

• Kaupužs, A., Fiziskās aktivitātes gados veciem cilvēkiem, Rēzekne, 2009

11.

• Slokenberga A., Zepa D., Vecums – liktenis, izaicinājums, dāvana, RAKUS, fonds, 2013.

12.

• Liepiņa S. Gerantoloģijas psiholoģiskie aspekti. R.: RaKa, 1998.

13.

• BoumaH. Professional ethics in gerontechnology: A pragmatic approach. Gerontechnology 2010; 9(4):429-432

14.

• Cannon KT, Choi MM, Zuniga MA (June 2006). "Potentially inappropriate medication use in elderly patients receiving home health care: a retrospective data analysis". Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 4 (2): 134–43.

15.

• Piau A1, Campo E, Rumeau P, Vellas B, Nourhashémi F. Aging society and gerontechnology: a solution for an independent living? J Nutr Health Aging. 2014 Jan;18(1):97-112.

16.

• International Society for Gerontechnology: www.gerontechnology.org

17.

• The relationship between severity of Alzheimer’s disease and prevalence of comorbid depressive symptoms and depression: a systematic review. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Volume 22, Issue 11 (November 2007); 1063-1086.

Other Information Sources

1.

• Germanavicius A., Rimšaite E., Pilta E., Puras D., Juodkaite D., Leimane-Veldmeijere I. Cilvēktiesības garīgās veselības aprūpē Baltijas valstīs. Latvijas Cilvēktiesību centrs, Rīga.

2.

• PVO - AIMSziņojums par Garīgās veselības aprūpes sistēmu Latvijā. World Health Orgazation, Latvijas Republikas Veselības Ministrija, Pasaules Veselības organizācijas pārstāvniecība Latvijā. Rīga, 2006.

3.

• Lopez-Ibor J. The pover of stigma. World Psychiatry. Official journal of the world psychiatric association, 2002, February.

4.

• Каннабих, Ю.В. История психиатрии. - Государственное медицинское издательство [Tiešsaiste] Pieejams: http://psylib.org.ua/books/kanny01/index.htm

5.

• http://app1.unmc.edu/intmed/geriatrics/index.cfm?conref=104

6.

• http://ltcmentalhealth.forumcircle.com/portal.php

7.

• http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=2781&langId=lv

8.

• http://vec.gov.lv/uploads/files/4d00e15e003bc.pdf