Course: Nursing care in Psychiatry

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Course title Nursing care in Psychiatry
Course code KSZD/POSP5
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Olejárová Zora, MUDr.
Course content
Seminar topics: 1st week: General psychiatry - diagnostics options, therapy options. Psychotherapy - cognitive behavioral and deep dynamic directions Week 2: Affective Disorders - Depression, Organic Mental Disorders - Secondary, Primary Week 3: Dementia, delirium. The acute state and legal aspects in psychiatry 4 weeks: Specifics of mental disorders in children and adolescents, child autism. Personality disorders - overview. Week 5: Mental anorexia and bulimia - resolution. Neurological disorders - classification, case studies, stress response. Week 6: Schizophrenia Group - Classification, Diagnostic Criteria. Bipolar affective disorders, case studies, diagnostic criteria Week 7: Case studies and specifics of mental health care in children. Case Reports and Specifics of Nursing Children with Autism

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The subject is theoretically-practical. It shows the students clinical states, mental disorders and the disorders of psychiatric nature which can appear during the life of a woman especially during the pregnancy, the birth and six-week period. Students are also introduced with the basics of psychohygiene and consulting in primary intervention in critical situations. The focus is put on the prevention and health care in the field of mental health.
Subject Knowledge: Student knows diagnosis and therapy possibilities for the patients with mental disorders, he knows the symptoms of selected mental disorders, he knows therapy specifics of the patients with mental disorders. Professional Skills: Students can recognize the clinical displays of mental disorders; they can respect the specifics of mental disorders in an old age and a child's age. They are able to describe basic diagnostic methods in psychiatry, name therapeutic possibilities in psychiatry. Students respect legal aspects related to mental disorders and explain the importance of physiotherapy as a part of a mental disorder treatment.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active class participation, a written test with 80% passing level, an oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • SVOBODOVÁ, J. Psychiatrie. 1.vyd. Ostrava: OU Ostrava, 2007.77s. ISBN 978-80-7368-235-4.
  • Zvolský, P. Obecná psychiatrie. Praha, 1994. ISBN 80-7184-494-2.
  • Zvolský, P. Speciální psychiatrie. Praha, 1996. ISBN 80-7184-203-6.


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