PSY442 Special psychiatry

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. MUDr. Jan Roubal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. MUDr. Jan Roubal, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: doc. MUDr. Jan Roubal, Ph.D.
Timetable
Wed 25. 2. 14:00–15:40 exP24, Wed 11. 3. 14:00–15:40 exP24, Wed 8. 4. 14:00–15:40 exP24, Wed 22. 4. 14:00–15:40 exP24, Wed 6. 5. 14:00–15:40 exP24
Prerequisites (in Czech)
psy461 Introductory Neurosciences && psy450 Psychopatology
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is prepared for students of master degree study of psychology and psychotherapy and is finished by examination. Lecture will present to students basic foundations of psychiatric diagnostics, biological corelates of mental disorders and contemporary possibilities of treatment of mental disorders. The course is built not only on the theoretical and contextual knowledge of diagnostic categories, but also on skills needed in clinical practice. The lecture is followed by discussion.
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: brief information about history and development of psychiatry; information about models of mental disorders; information about diagnostic systems and their application to clinical practice; basic information about psychopharmacotherapy.
At the end of the course students will manifest their ability of transparent desription of a clinical case study, diagnostic thinking, independent clinical consideration and work with literature.
Syllabus
  • Main topics:
  • 1. history and development of psychiatry
  • 2. models of mental disorders
  • 3. diagnostic systems and their application in practice
  • 4. psychopharmakotherapy
  • 5. selected diagnostic categories - diagnostics, psychodynamics, biologicl corelates, treatment (Schizophrenia and psychotic symptoms. Mood disorders. Organic mental disorders.
Literature
  • HÖSCHL, Cyril, Jan LIBIGER and Jaromír ŠVESTKA. Psychiatrie. 2., doplněné a opravené vyd. Praha: Tigis, 2004, 883 pp. ISBN 80-900130-7-4. info
  • SMOLÍK, Petr. Duševní a behaviorální poruchy : průvodce klasifikací, nástin nozologie, diagnostika [Smolík, 2002]. 2. revid. vyd. Praha: Maxdorf, 2002, 506 s., [8. ISBN 80-85912-18-X. info
  • RABOCH, Jiří and Petr ZVOLSKÝ. Psychiatrie. 1st ed. Praha: Galén, 2002, 622 pp. ISBN 80-7262-140-8. info
  • RAHN, Ewald and Angela MAHNKOPF. Psychiatrie : učebnice pro studium a praxi. Translated by Jan Lorenc. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2000, 466 s. ISBN 8071699640. info
  • DÖRNER, Klaus and Ursula PLOG. Bláznit je lidské : učebnice psychiatrie a psychoterapie. Translated by Jan Lorenc. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 1999, 353 s. ISBN 8071696285. info
Assessment methods
Conditions for completing the course (examination):
Writing a final seminar paper.
Examination is in the written form of evalution of the final seminar paper.

Requirements for the final seminar paper:
Clinical case study of a person with mental disorder with description of the kontext (family an social situation, relationships, somatic deseases etc.), actual difficulties and their history, diagnostic and treatment considerations, literar references.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Pro otevření kurzu je potřeba minimálně 10 zapsaných studentů.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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