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/PDPV9
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
Lecturer(s)
  • Albrecht Jakub, MUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lecture Topics: (2 hours / week) 1. Structure of psychiatric care in the Czech Republic; legal issues. 2. Psychiatric examination - examination methods, symptoms of mental disorders. 3. Mood disorders - depression, bipolar affective disorder. 4. Personality disorders - overview. 5. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia - diagnostic criteria and therapy. 6. Psychotic disorders - classification, diagnostic criteria Dependence on addictive substances. Mental health care. in individual age groups of the population. Seminar topics: 1. Intensive nursing care - practical examples. 2. Treatment in psychiatry - pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, other methods (ECT). 3. Mental disorders in children and adolescents - specifics, case reports, diagnostic criteria. 4. Neurotic disorders - classification, case reports. 5. Organic mental disorders - case reports. 6. Addiction to addictive substances - practical examples.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The subject 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: o recognize clinical manifestations of mental disorders. o respect the specifics of mental disorders in old age and childhood. o describe basic examination and diagnostic methods in psychiatry. o list therapeutic options in psychiatry. Professional skills: Student can: o take into account legal aspects related to mental disorders. o to justify the importance of nursing care as part of the treatment of mental disorders.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active participation in lessons - 80%, successful passing of the written test with oral advocacy
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 (P19) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter