Examination of patient, dostor-patient communication, mood and anxiety disorders
This lecture offers informations about communication with a patient in field of psychiatry, how to gain anamnestic data and how important non-verbal communication in psychiatry is. In the second part of lecture, you can find information about etiopathogenesis, clinical picture and treatment principles of mood and anxiety disorders.
History taking and clinical examination, patient/doctor communication
This lecture involves do’s and don’ts for effective patient-physician communication in the field of psychiatry and how important assessment of patient´s non-verbal communication is. Patient may come in non-standard situation, and some of them may lack insight. In the second part of lecture, you will find informations about history taking, how to gain anamnestic data, and how to create final diagnosis step by step.
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.