Psychiatry 2500-EN_S_13
The course will introduce the students into international systems of
classification of psychiatric disorders and the evolution of main concepts
in psychiatry. Major groups of psychiatric disorders, namely anxiety
disorders, affective disorders, eating disorders, sleep disorders, sexual
disorders, schizophrenia and related psychoses, disorders due to
substance misuse, personality disorders, impulse-control disorders will be
discussed in terms of epidemiology, etiological theories and hypotheses,
clinical manifestations and categories, differential diagnosis including
symptom overlapping, differentiation with somatic conditions, course,
prognosis and management, specific features in different age groups
(children and adolescents, elderly patients).
In each class students will become familiar with most important
issues concerning a specific topic, a discussion on given clinical examples
will help them incorporate obtained knowledge into understanding of the
nature of patients’ problems and become more confident in psychiatric
evaluation and decision-making (developing treatment plans, referring
patients to specialist care, etc.).
A lecture at the end of the course will be dedicated to additional
topics (like transcultural psychiatry, evolutionary perspective in
psychiatry, methods of treatment, etc), to an in-depth approach to
previously discussed problems or to a trial test – depending on the
students’ choice.
Students will be asked to prepare for each class by reading
specified chapters from the literature (assigned from class to class) and
their active participation (questions, doubts) in discussion is encouraged.
Three times during the course they will be asked to prepare a written
case study.
Type of course
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course students should:
- demonstrate working knowledge of the major concepts and
problems of psychiatric conditions
- be able to critically evaluate clinical data in terms of possible
diagnosis and to develop treatment plans including the role of
psychological methods of assessment and treatment
- be able to recognize specific risk factors and specificity of contact
with various groups of patients and of different clinical settings
- develop critical thinking about the burden and scope of mental
problems in the modern society
Assessment criteria
Written case studies (30% - 3 x 10% )
Three times during the course the students will be asked to prepare a
written case study based upon a presented material selected from a
number of possible ones.
Active participation in class discussion - 20%
Students will be asked to prepare for each class by reading specified
chapters from the literature (assigned from class to class) and their
active participation (raising questions, doubts, points of interest) in
discussion is encouraged
Final test - 15 multiple choice questions, 12 open questions (50%)
Attendance rules
Two absences are allowed without any consequences, for each absence
above the limit (maximum amount is four) the student will be asked to
complete a written assignment
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