Psychiatry WMCM-LEN-PSYCH-6

Knowledge
The student should acquire knowledge in the following areas:
1. Psychopathology
2. Classification of mental disorders according to ICD-10
3. Basic legal acts related to mental health
4. Establishing contact with patients with mental disorders
5. Methods of psychiatric examination
6. Collecting psychiatric history
7. Conducting psychiatric differential diagnosis
8. Planning a comprehensive treatment plan
9. Evaluating therapeutic outcomes and modifying the treatment accordingly
The student should acquire knowledge regarding:
• Psychotic disorders and their treatment
• Affective disorders and their treatment
• Anxiety disorders and their treatment
• Personality disorders and their treatment
• Dementias and their treatment

Term 2025/26:

None

(in Polish) E-Learning

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy

(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych

(in Polish) nie dotyczy

(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS

(in Polish) 60h i 4 ECTS

Subject level

elementary

Learning outcome code/codes

enter learning outcome code/codes

Type of subject

obligatory

Preliminary Requirements

Basic medical knowledge acquired during the course of medical studies. Psychiatry-related knowledge gained in the fifth year of studies, such as: Understanding of the structure of the nervous system Pathophysiology of mental disorders Basic knowledge of individual disorders along with diagnostic criteria Basic understanding of pharmacological treatment options for various mental disorders Basic knowledge of psychiatric emergencies and their management Basic knowledge of legal regulations related to psychiatric treatment

Course coordinators

Bartłomiej Antoniak
Anna Antosik-Wójcińska

Assessment criteria

Attendance at seminars
Final test – 50 single-choice questions.
A score of 60% correct answers is required to pass the test.

30–35 correct answers: grade 3.0
36–39 correct answers: grade 3.5
40–43 correct answers: grade 4.0
44–47 correct answers: grade 4.5
48–50 correct answers: grade 5.0

Bibliography

Act on the Protection of Mental Health, August 19, 1994, Journal of Laws 1994 No. 111, item 535 – consolidated text.

Psychiatry – Volume 1: Diagnoses according to ICD-11
Piotr Gałecki, Agata Szulc
Edra Urban & Partner, Wrocław 2023

Psychiatry – Volume 2: Diagnoses according to ICD-11
Piotr Gałecki, Agata Szulc
Edra Urban & Partner, Wrocław 2023

ICD-10: Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders in ICD-10,
Vesalius, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw 2000

Additional:

Standards of Pharmacological Treatment for Selected Mental Disorders
Marek Jarema, Via Medica, Gdańsk 2022

Emergency Conditions – Psychiatry
Anna Z. Antosik-Wójcińska
Medical Tribune Polska, Warsaw 2024

Additional literature:

Clinical Psychopharmacology
Janusz Rybakowski
PZWL Medical Publishing, Warsaw 2022

a set of presentation slides from the seminars

Term 2025/26:

None

Additional information

Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:

Medicine - part-time master studies

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of WMCM-LEN-PSYCH-6 in USOSweb