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Description of Study Subject Programme Psychiatry and psychopharmacology



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Description of Study Subject Programme Psychiatry and psychopharmacology



Title and category of study subject programme – Psychiatry and psychopharmacology, mandatory course
Structural unit involved in academic work –Department of psychiatry and Narcology

Manager of study subject programme - assoc. prof. B.Kupča
Readers involved in study subject programme - prof. R.Andrēziņa, assoc.prof. E.Rancāns, assoc. prof. B.Kupča
Audience (faculty, study programme, year of study) – Faculty of Communication, Professional higher education study programme for Bachelor’s degree in psychology „Psychology”, 3st year Bachelor’s degree students
Volume of study programme in credit points - 4 CP
Aim of study subject - The study course will give students basic knowledge of

mental health, with the special focus on psychology and pharmacotherapy.


Task of study programme –To provide students with knowledge of clinics of mental diseases and treatment possibilities. To acquaint with the system of care for mentally ill persons. To obtain skills in recognizing the most common mental disturbances and correspondingly communicate with patients.


Content of study subject - Mental health notion. Etiology of mental disorders. Mental health care system in Latvia.


Main clinical symptoms and syndromes of mental disorders. Classification of mental disorders according to ICD-10. Schizophrenia and delusional disorders. Clinical sings symptoms. Pharmacological treatments. Psychosocial care. Mood disorders. Bipolar affective disorders, recurrent depressive disorders. Pharmacological and other treatment possibilities suicide prevention. Neurotic and stress related disorders. Somatoform disorders. Clinical signs, course. Treatment.

Disorders of adult’s personality and behaviour. Behavioural syndromes associated with psychological disturbances and physical factors. Clinical signs, course. Specifics of treatment and care. Mental retardation. Symptoms, course. Diagnostic possibilities. Rehabilitation.Disorders due to psychoactive substance use. Pharmacological and psychosocial care. Preventive activities.Organic mental disorders – clinical sings. Treatment possibilities. Psychosocial care.Mental disorders and creative work.


Knowledge assessment: Examination
List of literature:

Anthony W., Cohen M., Farkas M. Psihiatriskā rehabilitācija. Tallinn, 1998. Page Nr. 362.

Eglītis I. Vispārīgā psihopatoloģija. Riga: Zvaigzne. 1986.

Eglītis I. Psihiatrija. Riga: Zvaigzne. 1989.

Kaplan H. J., M.D., Sadock B. J. ,M.D. Comprehensive textbook of Psychiatry. Volume one. Fifth edition. Baltimore. Hong Kong. London, Sydney. 2000.

Vetterbergs L. Psihiatrija. 1997. Page Nr. 71




Description of Study Subject Programme First aid



Title and category of study subject programme – First aid, mandatory course.

Structural unit involved in academic work – Academic School of Nursing
Manager of study subject programme – Mg.psych. Kristaps Circenis
Audience (faculty, study programme, year of study) –Faculty of Communication, Professional higher education study programme for Bachelor’s degree in psychology „Psychology”, 1.st year Bachelor’s degree students
Volume of study programme in credit points – 2 CP
Aim of study subject – ability to assess client’s health status and client’s need for emergency aid, ability to render a client first aid in health or life threatening situation, to be able, corresponding to the situation, to activise emergency care system in a stationary and outside it.
Task of study programme – to acquire theoretical knowledge and practical skills in assessment of client’s health status, need for emergency care, in rendering of first aid to the client in health and life threatening situation, in activisation of the system of emergency care.

Content of study subject

First aid, its content and regulating documents. General principles of first aid. Assessment of client’s health status according to the defined scheme. Evaluation of client’s need for medical aid. Types of accidents, principles of first aid. Assessment of client’s status and first aid in case of trauma, acute poisoning, acute illnesses and in case of deterioration of chronic diseases. First aid in psychiatry. First aid in extraordinary situations. Difference between assessment of client’s health status and first aid in a stationary and outside it. Assessment and first aid to unconscious patient.

BLS and ABC algorhythm.Artificial pulmonary ventilation. Indirect cardiac massage. Equipment used in first aid (gloves, masks, gauze bandages, etc.)
Knowledge assessmentexamination
List of literature:

commendatory literature

Pirmā palīdzība (no angļu val. tulkojis M. Baltiņš). Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2003

Pirmā palīdzība (no angļu val. tulkojusi A. Kalēja). Rīga: Jumava, 2002

Pirmā palīdzība praksē (no angļu val. tulkojusi K. Salte). Rīga, Zvaigzne ABC, 1997



additional literature

First aid pocket guide / The American National Red Cross. Portland, Oregon: American Red Cross, 1994

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus

http://www.medicinenet.com


Description of Study Subject Programme Health care and medical rehabilitation



Title and category of study subject programmeHealth care and medical rehabilitation, mandatory course.
Structural unit involved in academic work – Department of Rehabilitation
Manager of study subject programme - Jānis Zaļkalns , prof., Dr.med.
Audience (faculty, study programme, year of study) – Faculty of Communication, Professional higher education study programme for Bachelor’s degree in psychology „Psychology”, 4st year Bachelor’s degree students
Volume of study programme in credit points – 2 CP
Aim of study subject – to provide students with basic knowledge of health, reasons of origin of diseases, manifestations, possibilities for correction maintaining quality of life.
Task of study programme – to study analytically development of pathologic processes, changes in different organs and organ systems, to work out rational modern techniques for full social re-integration in society.
Content of study subject – nature of diseases, etiology and pathogenesis of diseases. Process of a disease. Prevention and dynamic observation. Methods of patient examination. Laboratory investigations. Functional data. Implementation of the conception of complex treatment in individual cases. Diet. Pharmacotherapy. Arts therapy in rehabilitation medicine. Objectives and tasks of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation team. Functional abilities, their assessment. Disturbances of CNS resulting from different diseases. Relation of imagination to cognitive abilities, movement control. Types of arts therapies and tasks in rehabilitation. Arts therapy with patients having movement, cognitive, vision and hearing disturbances..
Knowledge assessment - practical works; examination.
List of literature:

- commendatory literature

P.Apinis. Cilvēks. Anatomija, fizioloģija, patoloģijas pamati.2002.

I.Lazovskis. Klīniskie simptomi un sindromi. 2004.

A.Ward., M.Barness. Rehabilitation medicine. 1997.

DeLisa. Rehabilitation medicine. 1999.

Murray E.Brandstater. Stroke rehabilitation. 1987.



- additional literature

practice-focussed scientific periodicals in medicine and rehabilitation.


Description of Study Subject Programme Organisation of Health Care


Title and category of study subject programme – Organisation of Health Care, mandatory

Structural unit involved in academic work - Māszinības fakultāte
Manager of study subject program - Lect., Mg. paed., māszinības grāds, K.Circenis

Audience (faculty, study programme, year of study) – Faculty of Communication, Professional higher education study programme for Bacalaur’s degree in psychology „Psychology”, 3st year Bacalaur’s degree students
Volume of study programme in credit points – 2CP
Aim of study subject – to introduce students with organization of health-care system
Task of study programme

To give understanding for princips of health-care organization; to give understanding for functions of health-care institution, pacient droit and duty; to give understanding functions of treatment persons; to give understanding in low and normative acts, what belong on health-care.


Content of study subject – Functions of health-care institution. Personal and pacient droit and duty. Health-care utility. International classification of illness. Health-care system in Latvia. Profession standarts of health-care personal. Prevention and society health.

Knowledge assessment – exam
List of literature:
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