Course: Nursing care for the patients with mental disorders

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Course title Nursing care for the patients with mental disorders
Course code KO/DPVK9
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Albrecht Jakub, MUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lecture topics: 1st consultation: Structure of psychiatric care in the Czech Republic; legal issues. Psychiatric examination - examination methods, symptoms of mental disorders. Treatment in psychiatry - pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, other methods (ECT). 2nd consultation: Mood disorders - depression, bipolar affective disorder. Personality disorders - overview. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia - diagnostic criteria and therapy. Seminar topics: 3rd consultation: Neurotic disorders - classification, case reports. Psychotic disorders - classification, diagnostic criteria Addiction to addictive substances. Mental health care in individual age groups of population. Self-study: Intensive nursing care - practical examples. Mental disorders in children and adolescents - specifics, case reports, diagnostic criteria. Organic mental disorders - case reports. Dependence on addictive substances - practical examples.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course is designed as theoretical. It acquaints students with general psychiatry, possibilities of diagnostics and therapy. It introduces the legal aspects related to mental disorders and points out the importance of nursing care as part of the treatment of mental disorders.
Expertise: Student can: - recognize clinical manifestations of mental disorders. - respect the specifics of mental disorders in old age and childhood. - describe basic examination and diagnostic methods in psychiatry. - list therapeutic options in psychiatry. Professional skills: Student can: - take into account legal aspects related to mental disorders.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active participation in lessons - 80%, successful completion of a written test with oral defense.
Recommended literature
  • OLEJÁROVÁ, Z. Psychiatrie pro Všeobecné sestry a Porodní asistentky. 1. vyd. skriptum. Ústí nad Labem: UJEP. 2017. 171 s. ISBN 978-80-7561-047-8. ISBN 978-80-7561-0478.
  • SVOBODOVÁ, J. Psychiatrie. 1.vyd. Ostrava: OU Ostrava, 2007.77s. ISBN 978-80-7368-235-4.
  • ZVOLSKÝ, P. Obecná psychiatrie. 2.vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2006. 193 s. ISBN 80-7184-494-2.
  • ZVOLSKÝ, P. Speciální psychiatrie. 2.vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2005. 207 s. ISBN 80-7184-4203-6.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): General Nurse (K19) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter