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Psychiatric Healthcare and Mental Health Nursing

  • Type higher education course (job-enabling)
  • Duration 3 Semester
  • Locations Linz
Adobe Stock 115268768
Modules
ECTS-points per semester
Module Professional Placement
ECTS-points per semester
1.
2.
3.
Professional Placement 1
9
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-
Acquisition of competence:

The student • recognises the scope of the entire treatment, care and support process and acts independently in accordance with it • analyses the individual situation of people in need of care and their care systems, advises and informs them about their rights and obligations by using digital reference sources and sees itself as an instrument for actively shaping relationships • recognises and evaluates risks, sometimes makes rapid assessments of the situation, initiates appropriate nursing measures and recognises the implications of the decisions made • prepares individualised care diagnoses and plans, taking into account environmental factors and interactions between impairments and social systems • integrates global expertise from various disciplines into nursing decision-making and practice, including the application of specialised, target group-oriented nursing methods and medical therapies • operates specialist medical-technical equipment, collects monitoring parameters, recognises deviations and responds appropriately • reflects on culturally sensitive and global ethical challenges for themselves and in the interprofessional team in relation to quality work and decision-making structures in professional practice as well as developments in society as a whole • promotes knowledge transfer and works with an interprofessional team to scientifically analyse practical issues, practical and digital processes, use of resources and guidelines, standards and new concepts for nursing care • independently manage their own learning process and the acquisition of knowledge and experience and independently maintain internship documentation and records • reflects on professional practice in a conceptualised manner and draws conclusions for future professional action

Courses
Introduction and reflection 1
Semester:
1
Type:
Internship compulsory course
ECTS-points:
0,5
Contents:
• Work in an interprofessional team
• Reflection on practice
- Self and group reflection, case discussion
Learning area training and transfer1
Semester:
1
Type:
Internship compulsory course
ECTS-points:
0,5
Contents:
• Care anamnesis and immediate measures
• Preparation and assistance with special examinations
• Positioning and mobilisation according to selected con-cepts
• Elimination management
• Nursing interventions after operations
• Pain assessment and management
• Setting-specific dressing changes
• Fall prevention
• Pharmacotherapy (pain therapy and psychotropic drugs)
Internship 1
Semester:
1
Type:
Internship compulsory course
ECTS-points:
8
Contents:
• Relationship management and dialogue
• Targeted observation of people in a special setting
• Use of adequate assessment tools
• Collection of special care anamnesis
• Information and assistance with the preparation and fol-low-up of special examinations
• Diagnostic and therapeutic measures
• Carrying out nursing interventions and health-promoting measures
• Evidence based
• Implementation and customised adaptation of selected prophylactics
• Patient education and counselling for relatives
• Special pharmacology
• Culturally sensitive orientation of care and support
• Dealing with ethical challenges
• Interprofessionalism in practice
• Health-promoting interventions in special settings
• Practically relevant scientific tasks
Professional Placement 2
-
8
-
Acquisition of competence:

The student • recognises the scope of the entire treatment, care and support process and acts autonomously accordingly • analyses the individual situation of people in need of care and their care systems, advises and informs them about their rights and obligations by using digital reference sources and sees itself as an instrument for actively shaping relationships • recognises and evaluates risks, sometimes makes rapid assessments of the situation, initiates appropriate nursing measures and recognises the implications of the decisions made • prepares individualised care diagnoses and plans, taking into account environmental factors and interactions between impairments and social systems • integrates transnational expertise from different disciplines into nursing decision-making and practice, including the application of specialised, target group-oriented nursing methods and medical therapies • operates specialist medical-technical equipment, collects monitoring parameters, recognises deviations and responds appropriately • reflects on culturally sensitive and global ethical challenges for themselves and in the team in relation to quality work and decision-making structures in professional practice as well as developments in society as a whole • promotes knowledge transfer and works with an interprofessional team to scientifically analyse practical issues, procedures, use of resources, guidelines, standards and new care concepts • independently manage their own learning process and the acquisition of knowledge and experience and independently maintain internship documentation and records • reflects on professional practice in a conceptualised manner and draws conclusions for future professional action • implements principles of case and specialist management or case and care management in the context of professional activities, demonstrates the assumption of leadership and management tasks in a uni- or multi-professional team • plans the deployment, guidance and supervision of employees (skill and grade mix) with regard to personal and institutional (organisational) development, taking into account the legal framework for delegation and sub-delegation

Courses
Introduction and reflection 2
Semester:
2
Type:
Internship compulsory course
ECTS-points:
0,5
Contents:
• De-escalation training
• Mental hygiene
• Reflection on practice
- Self and group reflection, case discussion
Learning area training and transfer 2
Semester:
2
Type:
Internship compulsory course
ECTS-points:
0,5
Contents:
• Communication with mentally ill people in challenging situations
• Implementation of case and specialist management
• Guidance and supervision of/for employees
• Framework conditions for delegation and sub-delegation
Internship 2
Semester:
2
Type:
Internship compulsory course
ECTS-points:
7
Contents:
• Relationship management and dialogue
• Targeted observation of people in a special setting
• Use of adequate assessment tools
• Collection of special care anamnesis
• Information and assistance with the preparation and follow-up of special examinations
• Diagnostic and therapeutic measures
• Carrying out nursing interventions and health-promoting measures
• Evidence based
• Implementation and customised adaptation of selected prophylactics
• Patient education and counselling for relatives
• Special pharmacology
• Culturally sensitive orientation of care and support
• Dealing with ethical challenges
• Interprofessionalism in practice
• Health-promoting interventions in special settings
• Practically relevant scientific tasks
Professional Placement 3
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-
15
Acquisition of competence:

The student • recognises the scope of the entire treatment, care and support process and acts accordingly on his/her own responsibility • analyses the individual situation of people in need of care and their reference systems, advises and informs them about their rights and obligations by using digital reference sources and sees itself as an instrument for actively shaping relationships • recognises and evaluates risks, sometimes makes rapid assessments of the situation, initiates appropriate nursing measures and recognises the implications of the decisions made • prepares individualised care diagnoses and plans, taking into account environmental factors and interactions between impairments and social systems • integrates global expertise from various disciplines into nursing decision-making and practice, including the application of specialised, target group-oriented nursing methods and medical therapies • operates specialist medical-technical equipment, collects monitoring parameters, recognises deviations and responds appropriately • reflects on culturally sensitive and global ethical challenges for themselves and in the team in relation to quality work and decision-making structures in professional practice as well as developments in society as a whole • promotes the transfer of knowledge and works with an interprofessional team to scientifically analyse practical issues, practical and digital processes, the use of resources and guidelines, standards and new concepts for nursing care • independently manage their own learning process and the acquisition of knowledge and experience and independently maintain internship documentation and records • reflects on professional practice in a conceptualised manner and draws conclusions for future professional action

Courses
Einführung und Refexion
Semester:
3
Type:
Internship compulsory course
ECTS-points:
0,5
Contents:
• Mental hygiene
• Reflection on practice
- Self and group reflection, case discussion
Learning area and transfers 3
Semester:
3
Type:
Internship compulsory course
ECTS-points:
0,5
Contents:
• Skills Labs
• Resilience training
Internship 3
Semester:
3
Type:
Internship compulsory course
ECTS-points:
14
Contents:
• Relationship management and dialogue
• Targeted observation of people in a special setting
• Use of adequate assessment tools
• Collection of special care anamnesis
• Information and assistance with the preparation and follow-up of special examinations
• Diagnostic and therapeutic measures
• Carrying out nursing interventions and health-promoting measures
• Evidence based
• Implementation and customised adaptation of selected prophylactics
• Patient education and counselling for relatives, also using digital aids
• Special pharmacology
• Culturally sensitive orientation of care and support
• Dealing with ethical challenges
• Interprofessionalism in practice
• Health-promoting interventions in special settings
• Practically relevant scientific tasks
Module Scientific Competences
ECTS-points per semester
1.
2.
3.
Scientific Work 1
4
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-
Acquisition of competence:

The student • takes up questions from practice and formulates profes-sionally relevant (research) questions from them • plans a research process taking into account relevant framework conditions as well as the factors of time, ethical and legal framework conditions • develops a topic- and database-specific search strategy and applies a scientifically structured approach according to specified standards for data collection and documenta-tion • identifies different research designs and clarifies their pos-sible applications • compares survey and evaluation methods of quantitative and qualitative research • is able to understand und in-terpret data as part of the research process • knows the requirements for the thesis (guidelines, etc.) • takes a differentiated approach to English-language litera-ture

Courses
Applied research
Semester:
1
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
2
Contents:
• Consolidation of basic scientific knowledge
• Quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research de-signs
• Data collection and analysis methods
• Descriptive statistics
• Inference statistics
• Conclusions based on quantitative and qualitative analyses
Thesis 1
Semester:
1
Type:
Practice-oriented session compulsory course
ECTS-points:
2
Contents:
• Identification of relevant questions from practice
• Planning the research process
• Literature research taking into account the available re-sources
• Structure, formal and content-related aspects of the written thesis
• Development of an exposé
Scientific Work 2
-
4
-
Acquisition of competence:

The student • plans a literature thesis according to international standards • prepares research results - including practical knowledge - as a basis for evidence-based decisions in practice, uses evidence syntheses • applies artificial intelligence in a differentiated manner, taking into account specifications and legal framework conditions • is able to participate in research projects • argues the need for an ethical, moral and responsible attitude and uses an example to explain how this can be realised in scientific work • evaluates the work found within a literature search with the help of international assessments, analyses the results, discusses the conclusions and presents them in written form • writes a profession-specific thesis according to specified criteria • presents the results of the thesis in a comprehensible manner and discusses them

Courses
Thesis 2
Semester:
2
Type:
Miscellaneous compulsory course
ECTS-points:
3
Contents:
• Composing the written thesis
Scientific writing
Semester:
2
Type:
Practice-oriented session compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1
Contents:
• Utilisation of research findings for evidence-based practice in the healthcare professions
• Analysing and evaluating studies
• Theoretical background to evidence syntheses
• Critical evaluation of evidence syntheses
• Basics and possible applications of artificial intelligence in scientific work
• Writing workshop
• Exercises
Module Socio-communicative Competences
ECTS-points per semester
1.
2.
3.
Specific Communication and Cooperation 1
2
-
-
Acquisition of competence:

The student • reflects on stigmatising behaviour and thus contributes to destigmatisation and inclusion (e.g. through empowerment, recovery and psychoeducation) • recognises interactions between impairments and social sys-tems in various stress situations • interprets nursing diagnoses and individual care plans using appropriate methods for decision-making • describes the development of everyday life and health skills in the care process as well as person-centred lifestyle plan-ning that takes transition phases into account • outlines communication techniques to better understand the needs of those affected, to creatively organise the care pro-cess and to implement appropriate interventions • recognises and assesses risk situations, knows about appro-priate measures for prevention (promoting adherence) and infusion and drug therapies (on order) for people with chal-lenging behaviour • records and draws conclusions from practical and digital processes, use of resources as well as guidelines, standards and concepts for care and promotes further development

Courses
Targeted support of people with disabilities
Semester:
1
Type:
Seminar compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1
Contents:
• Creation and application of a support plan for people with disabilities
• Evaluation of a support plan for people with disabilities
Targeted forms oh therapy for people with disabilities
Semester:
1
Type:
Seminar compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1
Contents:
• Relevant therapies for people with disabilities
• Individualised selection and application of appropriate forms of therapy
Specific Communicatin and Cooperation 2
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5,5
-
Acquisition of competence:

The student • knows the scope of the entire treatment, care and support process, taking into account special life situations of people of all ages and the applicable legal situation • recognises the connections between the interests of those affected and their reference systems in the care process as well as their influence on the design of the care • recognises and differentiates between rights and obligations in the care context using digital reference sources • analyses social systems, taking into account the needs and expectations of all those involved, and derives communication measures and psychosocial care needs • describes the support of people in the context of delirious development, taking into account the psychological problems and other challenges • emphasises own professional identity in the care process and professional development in the team • reflects on culturally sensitive, global ethical and moral issues and takes a critical look at their role as a role model and mentor in the care team • recognises psychosocial emergencies and initiates interprofessional measures to ensure home care as part of discharge management

Courses
Field of work: professional routines
Semester:
2
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1,5
Contents:
• Special features of the psychiatric field of work
• Legal bases in relation to life situations with psychosocial care needs
• Conducting care discussions
• Problem areas of psychiatric care and coping strategies
• Strategies for dealing with stressful situations and potential conflicts
Encounter with old people
Semester:
2
Type:
Seminar compulsory course
ECTS-points:
3
Contents:
• Care models and care interventions
• Life history and life situation of elderly people
• Psychosocial emergencies such as loneliness, social and financial emergencies
• Biographical work and biographical questionnaire
• Maintaining relationships and building social contacts
• Care for people with a delirious condition
• Challenging behaviours in the encounter with the elderly
• Basic idea and aims of validation
• Needs of older disorientated people
• Meaning of symbols
• Concept-led communication and handling techniques
• Working with relatives
• Psychosocial care structure
• Discharge management including transitional care to ensure care at home
• Palliative care for the elderly
Reflection on the training
Semester:
2
Type:
Seminar compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1
Contents:
• Reflection on topics, objectives and methods
• Comparison of results with expectations at the start of training
• Understanding your role as an independent carer
• Transition to self-employment
Module professional-methodical Competences
ECTS-points per semester
1.
2.
3.
Field of Action in Psychiatric Healthcare an Mental Health Nursing 1
-
-
-
Acquisition of competence:

The student • recognises the scope of the entire treatment, care and support process and the resulting personal responsibil-ity • describes the need to accompany people who have been handed over and their care systems and to en-sure that their interests are protected in the treatment, care and support process • recognises the relevance of integrating supportive so-cial (reference) systems into care practice, taking into account possible interactions and individual coping strategies • reflects on culturally sensitive and global ethical is-sues, recognises participatory decision-making pro-cesses and discusses professional, cultural and politi-cal values and norms • outlines communication techniques to better under-stand the needs of those affected, to creatively organ-ise the care process and to implement appropriate in-terventions • understands transparent conflict resolution, taking into account the autonomy of individuals • interprets individual nursing diagnoses and names as-sessment and evaluation tools for the development of preventive measures to reduce mental stress in differ-ent settings • presents target group-orientated care concepts and methods (interventions) to promote life skills and symptom management • describes person-centred life planning in the care pro-cess that takes transition phases into account • recognises and assesses potential risks, explains pre-ventive measures to reduce risks in order to ensure the safety of those affected, employees and the envi-ronment • knows specialised medical-technical devices, inter-prets monitoring parameters and their deviations • recognises and draws conclusions from care stand-ards, instruments and concepts of care and reflects on these in the light of their own framework of action and digital sources of reference • describes setting-specific interprofessional collabora-tion and knowledge transfer in psychiatric care • identifies stress reactions in themselves and others, names strategies for coping and prevention • assesses people's individual support needs, takes into account influencing factors (life situation, crisis events, gender-specific socialisation, etc.)

Courses
Field of Action Psychiatric Healthcare and Psychiatric Nursing 1
Type:
Lecture compulsory course
Work, activity, employment
Semester:
1
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1
Contents:
• Importance and influencing factors of employment
• Unemployment and poverty
• Motivation and basic human needs
• Therapy and care interventions
• Activities
• Group management
Contact with people with disabilities
Semester:
1
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
2
Contents:
• Basic attitudes towards people with disabilities
• Ethics
• Developmental psychology approach
• Human development at different stages of life
• Medical explanatory models and the development of disabil-ity
• Therapeutic approaches and prevention options
• Regional and supra-regional facilities
• Integration and reintegration measures
• Work with relatives and lay people
• Counselling sessions
• Normalisation principle
• Care interventions
Contact with depressed adults
Semester:
1
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1
Contents:
• Society and depression
• Reasons and effects
• Assessment
• Therapy and care interventions
• Working with relatives
• Information and prevention
Contact with people in situations of crisis
Semester:
1
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
0,5
Contents:
• Crises and crisis intervention
• Nursing crisis management
• Legal framework
• Psychosocial care structure
Contact with people with neurological disorders
Semester:
1
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
2,5
Contents:
• Observation and immediate measures
• Neurological anamnesis
• Pain and analgesics
• Information, assistance, preparation and follow-up for neuro-logical examinations
• Therapies
• Nursing concepts, nursing interventions and nursing diagno-ses
• Health promotion
Contact with suicidal adults
Semester:
1
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1
Contents:
• Crisis and suicidal behaviour
• Reasons
• Assessment
• Legal basis
• Therapy and care interventions
• Working with relatives
• Information and prevention
The person helping him/herself and others
Semester:
1
Type:
Practice-oriented session compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1
Contents:
• Role as a helper
• Interprofessional and therapeutic team
• Coping strategies
• Burnout: causes, symptoms, coping strategies, preventive measures
Introduction to the training
Semester:
1
Type:
Lecture compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1
Contents:
• Situation as a student
• Job profile and training programme
• Occupational field
• Historical development of psychiatric health and nursing care
Normal-abnormal
Semester:
1
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1
Contents:
• Norms and subjective perception
• Assessment criteria for behaviour
• Explanatory models of mental disorders
• Classification schemes for mental illnesses
• Theoretical explanatory models for health, illness and crisis
• Self-perception and perception of others
• Social gender and identity gender
• Gender-specific socialisation
Care models, care process and care diagnoses
Semester:
1
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1
Contents:
• Care models
• Care process
• Application in different settings of care practice
Forms of therapy
Semester:
1
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1
Contents:
• Therapy options in a psychiatric context
• Application of individual therapy options
• Therapy and care interventions
• Models of psychosocial support
Field of Action in Psychiatric Healthcare and Mental Health Nursing 2
-
10
-
Acquisition of competence:

The student • aligns professional behaviour with ethical principles and relevant legal materials to ensure high-quality and safe care • reflects on and analyses the historical, culturally sensitive and international treatment of people in our society who do not conform to the norm as well as stigmatising behaviour, thus actively contributing to the final stigmatisation and inclusion of people with mental illness and acting accordingly • knows the scope of the entire treatment, care and support process in different settings and acts autonomously accordingly • supports and encourages patients in the development of life skills as well as their everyday life and health skills and adapts standards to specific needs and applies them to specific situations • applies advanced knowledge of communication and dialogue skills, especially in crisis management, and uses targeted interventions to actively shape relationships • selects medical-technical equipment, monitors parameters, analyses deviations and derives any necessary interventions • administers medication and infusion therapies to alleviate symptoms on order and adapts these to individual needs and clinical indications • recognises and assesses potential risks, selects support tools for difficult situations and initiates preventive measures to reduce risks in order to ensure the safety of patients, staff and the environment • recognises changes in older patients in the development of life skills and their everyday life and health skills, adapts standards to specific needs and applies them to specific situations • knows the nursing care framework in the context of delirious development, taking into account the psychological problems and challenges • compares and analyses target group-oriented theories and concepts for social psychiatric settings and applies them in a professional context • analyses practical and digital processes, use of resources, guidelines and standards, recognises correlations and any need for further development • emphasises the transfer of knowledge and professional development in the interprofessional team • identifies care situations that are suitable for the use of digital tools, describes the benefits of e.g. telemedicine, telecare, teletherapy, mobile health applications, digital diagnostic and monitoring devices and other technologies used in health care

Courses
Contact with adults suffering from relationsship disorders
Semester:
2
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
0,5
Contents:
• Anxiety and personality disorder
• Originating factors and effects
• Assessment
• Therapy and care interventions
• Skills training and self-help strategies, including the use of digital tools
• Working with relatives
• Information and prevention
• Telecare options
Contact with children and adolescents
Semester:
2
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1,5
Contents:
• Development phases
• Childhood and youth from a historical perspective
• Emergencies of children and adolescents
• Violence and abuse in the family and family-like structures
• Behavioural abnormalities
• Therapy and care interventions
• The importance of a stable relationship
• Work with reference persons
• Psychosocial care structure
• Resilience
Contact with schizophrenic adults
Semester:
2
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1,5
Contents:
• Course and trialogical perception of psychoses
• Explanatory models and consequences of psychotic illness
• Therapy and care interventions
• Working with relatives and the affected person's movement
• Information and prevention
• Empowerment and recovery
• Care and support for people with a mental illness in their home environment as part of transitional care
Elderly people
Semester:
2
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1
Contents:
• Subject areas of gerontology, geriatrics and gerontopsychiatry
• In-depth study of the basics of physical and psychological changes in old age
• Dementia, delirium, disorientation
• Depression, anxiety disorders, addiction in older people
• Age and society
• Life-phase orientation
• Biography
• Assessment
• Therapy and care interventions
• Working with relatives
People in the forensic context
Semester:
2
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
0,5
Contents:
• Legal basis with regard to adult representation and placement or forensic context
• In-depth study of care allowance legislation
• Care in a forensic setting
• Psychosocial care structure
• Therapy and care interventions
• Working with relatives
• Information and prevention
Psychiatry and society
Semester:
2
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
2
Contents:
• The role of psychiatry in society
• Cultural sensitivity in psychiatric health and nursing care
• Information/education of various population groups on current mental health and mental illness issues
• Public relations
Health-care structures and institutions
Semester:
2
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1
Contents:
• Fundamentals of the management of intramural and extramural areas
• Methods and strategies for organising the care service
• Psychosocial care structure
• Preventive, outpatient, day-care and inpatient care settings
• Supply models
• Limits in the supply
• Interface management
Addiction and dependence
Semester:
2
Type:
Integrated course compulsory course
ECTS-points:
2
Contents:
• Society and addiction
• Originating factors and effects
• Types of dependency
• Psychosocial care structure
• Therapy and care interventions
• Care for people with a delirious condition
• Working with relatives
• Information and prevention
Specific Medical Basics 1
2
-
-
Acquisition of competence:

The student • recognises - based on anatomical, physiological and neuropathological fundamentals - the scope of the entire treatment, care and support process and takes responsibility for it • recognises the individual situation and needs of those affected and their reference systems • recognises risks, assesses the individual situations and presents the corresponding nursing care consequences • explains the delegation of medical-therapeutic or medical-diagnostic interventions as well as the preparation and assistance in carrying them out • knows specialised medical-technical devices, interprets monitoring parameters and their deviations • names drug therapies with different psychopharmacological modes of action as well as infusion therapies (on order) and explains the monitoring process • derives special positioning from a defined therapeutic goal, recognises the effectiveness and reflects on the findings in interprofessional discourse • records and draws conclusions from practical and digital action sequences, use of resources and deals with guidelines, standards and concepts for care and recognises the need for further development if necessary

Courses
Contact with neurologically ill adults
Semester:
1
Type:
Lecture compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1,5
Contents:
• Indication, spectrum of action and side effects
-Analgesics
- Antidepressants
- Mood stabilisers (phase prophylactics)
- Antipsychotics (neuroleptics)
- Anxiolytics / hypnotics
- Anti-dementia drugs
- Psychostimulants
- Other psychotropic drugs
• Neurological examinations
• Causes and symptoms of neurological diseases
• Diagnostic and therapeutic options
Medical explanatory model, body-related psycho-syndrome
Semester:
1
Type:
Lecture compulsory course
ECTS-points:
0,5
Contents:
• Basic specialisation in anatomy, physiology and pathology of the nervous system
• Genesis of physical, mental and multiple disabilities
• Early detection and diagnostics
• Medical therapy approaches and prevention options
• Causes and symptoms of acute and chronic organic psy-chosyndromes
• Syndrome diagnostics
• Basic disorders of organic psychosyndromes and therapeu-tic options
Specific Medical Basics 2
-
2,5
-
Acquisition of competence:

The student • selects professional behaviour based on ethical principles and relevant legal matters by using digital reference sources • emphasises the scope of the entire treatment, care and support process and implements it independently • recognises the connections between the interests of those affected and their reference systems in the care process and thus the influence on the design of the care relationship • analyses the individual situation of people in need of care and their care systems and compares their rights and obligations in the care context • recognises specific illnesses, impairments and risk groups and derives specific target group-related concepts and measures for preventive risk minimisation • differentiates between selected international concepts (e.g. empowerment, recovery, psychoeducation, ...) to promote adherence • recognises complications in the course of treatment and deduces appropriate action steps and, if necessary, derives adjustments to the treatment pathway and medical interventions in complex contexts • differentiates between the delegation of medical-therapeutic and medical-diagnostic interventions and structures measures for preparation and follow-up • recognises the indication for over-the-counter medicines, advises and supports those affected in their use, implementation and monitoring • selects specialist medical-technical equipment, knows monitoring parameters, recognises deviations and responds appropriately • differentiates and reflects on ethical challenges, analyses their influencing factors, recognises the importance of quality work • reviews practical and digital processes, use of resources, guidelines and standards, adapts them and develops them further • promotes knowledge transfer and professional development in the interprofessional team

Courses
Contact with adolescents in difficult predicaments
Semester:
2
Type:
Lecture compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1
Contents:
• Connection between psychosocial distress and behavioural problems
• Theories of origin
• Clinical manifestations
• Developmental disorders and behavioural abnormalities
• Psychosocial reference systems
• Child and adolescent psychiatric care
• Forms of therapy
Contact with psychiatrically sick adults
Semester:
2
Type:
Lecture compulsory course
ECTS-points:
1,5
Contents:
• Causes, symptoms and treatment of acute organic psychosyndromes
• Key terms - topic dependency
• Types of dependency
• Effects of addiction
• Basic pillars of drug therapy
• Psychosocial and physical effects of alcohol dependence
• Acute alcohol intoxication
• Drug addiction
• Affective disorders - epidemiology, forms of progression
• Explanatory approaches and treatment
• Suicidal behaviour
• Schizophrenia: developmental models, course, epidemiology
• Forms of treatment
• Compliance and adherence
• Personality disorders: Symptoms and manifestations
• Special ethical aspects of psychiatry