Course: Psychiatry

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Course title Psychiatry
Course code PSY/VA051
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 5
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction English
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)
  • Končelíková Dana, doc. MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Stárková Libuše, doc. MUDr. CSc.
  • Praško Pavlov Ján, prof. MUDr. CSc.
  • Látalová Klára, prof. MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Grambal Aleš, MUDr. Bc. Ph.D.
Course content
The programme is aimed to develop basic abilities of the students to understand main psychiatric disorders, and used skills in diagnose and treatment of the psychiatric patients. It consist of lectures about diagnoses and treatment and of practice and workshops which are targeted to teach practical skills.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Observation, Demonstration, Training in job and motor Skils
Learning outcomes
Provide basic overview of psychiatric diagnoses, their treatment and maintenance.
The student will be able to evaluate case histories from the psychiatric point of view, on the basis of psychiatric examination, evaluate correctly patients' diseases, propose therapy, and describe the attitude appropriate for emergency psychiatry.
Prerequisites
Sufficient level of personal maturity, friendliness, empathy, basic communication skills. Fundamentals of Pharmacology and Neurology and Medical Psychology.
CH0/VAB11
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CH0/VAB31 and MIK/VAA12
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MIK/VAB31 and FAR/VAA32
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FAR/VAB11 and IN2/VAA32
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IN2/VAB22
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IN2/VAB32 and PAT/VAA32
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PAT/VAB11 and PFY/VAA31
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PFY/VAB11 and KIM/VAB12 and CJA/VAB32
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CJA/VAB43 and IN0/VAA11
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IN0/VAA21

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam

Participation in the compulsory part of the course and passing the examination. The examination includes practical and theoretical part.
Recommended literature
  • Gelder, M.G. (2020). New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Hales, R.E., Yudofsky, S.C., Roberts, L.W. (2014). Textbook of Psychiatry. Arlington: American Psychiatric Publishing.
  • Sadock, B.J., Sadock, V.A., Belkin, G. (2010). Kaplan and Sadock's Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
  • Sadock, B.J., Sadock, V.A., Ruiz, P. (2014). Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Tasman, A., Kay, J., Lieberman, J.A., First, M.B., Maj, M. (2008). Psychiatry. Wiley-Blackwell.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2025) Category: Medical sciences 5 Recommended year of study:5, Recommended semester: -