Dementia, organic (including symptomatic) mental disorders; mental retardation; neurodevelopmental disorders
The lecture describes mild cognitive impairment and specific types of dementia, with focus on Alzheimer´s dementia, Lewy body dementia, dementia in patients with Parkinson disease, frontotemporal dementia and vascular dementia. Students can find here informations regarding organic (including symptomatic) mental disorders, especially delirium, organic hallucinosis and depression induced by somatic illness. In the last part of lecture are informations abou stages of mental retardation; the very last part of lecture is dedicatde to specific neurodevelopmental disorders.
Emergency psychiatry, psychiatric symptoms in somatic diseases
We are going to talk about acute psychotic states, acute intoxications, withdrawal syndromes, acute mania, depression with suicidal thoughts, qualitative disorders of conscioussness, acute anxiety, affective reactions in personality disorders, acute adverse side effects caused by medication: serotonin syndrome, neuroleptic malignant sy, acute dystonia, akathizia.
Epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis of mental disorders, suicidality, prevention in psychiatry
The presentation describes the factores important in etiology, epidemiology and pathogenesis of mental disorders. There are present informations about suicidal behavior, parasuicidal behavior (how to differentiate between them). Informations regarding prevention in psychiatry (primary, secondary and tertiary) are included too.
History taking and clinical examination. Doctor - patient communication.
This presentation describes how to communicate with patient, how to obtain anamnestic data (family history, personal history, psychiatric anamnesis, abuse of/addiction to psychoactive substances), how to ask regarding history of present illness of and how to create relationship with patient, which is crucial in the field of psychiatry.
Clinical examination of patient. Diagnostic process in psychiatry. Mood and anxiety disorders
The lecture describes how to communicate with patient and which informations are especially important regarding anamnestic data of the patient with mental disorder. Basic informations how to create final diagnosis in psychiatry are mentioned (syndromology, diagnostic process, final diagnosis, treatment plan). Basic informations regarding anxiety and mood disorders are desribed as well.