UPPVMP012 Introduction to Psychiatry for Special Educators

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
13/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Jana Blagová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
MUDr. Jana Blagová
Institute of Special Education – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Eva Zezulková, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P) && ROCNIK(1)
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
During the study, students will be provided with the necessary knowledge of general psychiatry. Students will become familiar with basic categorization of psychological disorders and terminology used in psychiatry. Attention will be paid to the basic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and the most common psychiatric symptoms, syndromes and conditions. Students will be introduced to the issue of ethics and law in relation to the mentally ill.
Learning outcomes
Professional knowledge:
- students are familiar with the basic terminology used in psychiatry
- students have basic knowledge of the categorization of mental disorders, the basic symptoms and syndromes, the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
- students are familiar with the problems of acute conditions in psychiatry, with mental disorders associated with the puerperium and issues of psychosomatic conditions
- students have a basic knowledge of ethical and legal issues in relation to the mentally ill
Professional skills:
- students recognize and describe symptoms of a psychic disorder which they can distinguished from the norm
- students can propose appropriate solutions in conjunction with the health status of the client
- students can provide specific advice and support to the patient
- students can advise as to where to seek professional help
General qualification:
- students can independently choose an appropriate, productive approach in contact with a mentally ill individual and apply it to regular practice
- students can choose an effective strategy of providing help
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to psychiatry. Organization of psychiatric care.
  • 2. Classification of mental disorders.
  • 3. Basic terminology in psychiatry.
  • 4. The main syndromes in psychiatry.
  • 5. Diagnostics. Interview with a psychiatric patient.
  • 6. Therapeutic approaches in psychiatry.
  • 7. Resocialization and rehabilitation in psychiatry.
  • 8. Acute conditions in psychiatry.
  • 9. Psychic disorders and behavioural disorders associated with the puerperium.
  • 10. Psychosomatic medicine. Psychiatric issues in somatic patients.
  • 11. Legal issues in psychiatry.
  • 12. Ethics and stigmatization of psychiatry.
Literature
    required literature
  • ČEŠKOVÁ, E., KUČEROVÁ, H. Psychopatologie a psychiatrie: pro psychology a speciální pedagogy. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-262-0216-5.
  • HOSÁK, L., HRDLIČKA, M., LIBIGER, J. a kol. Psychiatrie a pedopsychiatrie. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 2015. ISBN 978-80-246-2998-8.
  • LÁTALOVÁ, K. Agresivita v psychiatrii. Praha: Grada Publishing a.s., 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4454-4.
  • OCISKOVÁ, M., PRAŠKO, J. Stigmatizace a sebestigmatizace. Praha: Grada Publishing, a.s., 2015. ISBN 978-80- 47-5199-3.
  • PETR, T., MARKOVÁ, E. a kol. Ošetřovatelství v psychiatrii. Praha: Grada Publishing, a.s., 2014. ISBN 978-80- 247-4236-6.
    recommended literature
  • BAŠTECKÝ, J. Psychiatrie, právo a společnost: postavení duševně nemocného ve společnosti a v právních předpisech. Praha: Galén, 1997. ISBN 80-85824-45-0.
  • JANOUŠKOVÁ, M., WINKLER, P. Stigma a psychiatrie. Psychiatrie. 2015, roč. 19, č. 1, s. 30-36. ISSN 1211-7579.
  • JUŘÍČKOVÁ, L., IVANOVÁ, K., FILKA J. Opatrovnictví osob s duševní poruchou. Praga: Grada a.s., 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4786-6.
    not specified
  • BAUDIŠ, J., LIBIGER, J. Psychiatrie a etika. Praha: Galén, 2002. ISBN 80-7262-104-1.
  • PAPEŽOVÁ, H. a kol. Naléhavé stavy v psychiatrii. Praha: Maxdorf, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7345-425-8.
  • MAYER, J. D. Personality. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017. ISBN 978-1442266865.
  • HOSÁKOVÁ, J. Základy psychiatrie pro speciální pedagogy. In E-learning kurz pro studenty studijního programu Speciální pedagogika Fakulty veřejných politik v Opavě. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě.
Assessment methods
Basic literature test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Accreditation summer, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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