PSYCHIATRY 2 (GM-5)
Subject name: Psychiatry 2
Target group: students of the 5th year in general medicine program
Education timeframe: winter semester
Education extent: 12/25 E (3 credits)
LECTURES
Lecture time schedule: week No. 3 – 14
Consultations will be held for each study group in the week following the completion of practicals, on wendsday at 14:30, via videoconference in MS Teams. (Due to the Christmas holidays, group 11 will have their consultation one week earlier.)
Consultations will take place only if students send a consultation request along with their questions to the department secretary (sona.krajcovicovafmed.uniba.sk). The secretary will ask the consultant to schedule the meeting and will also forward the questions in advance (at least 24 hours before the consultation).
date of consultation in MS Teams | semestrer week | group | conzultant |
| 01.10.2025 | 3 | gr 4 | doc. Izáková |
| 08.10.2025 | 4 | gr 5 | doc. Trebatická |
| 15.10.2025 | 5 | gr 6 | doc. Králová |
| 22.10.2025 | 6 | gr3 | doc. Králová |
| 29.10.2025 | 7 | gr 7 | doc. Izáková |
| 05.11.2025 | 8 | gr 1 | prof. Pečeňák |
12.11.2025 | 9 | gr 9 | prof. Pečeňák |
| 19.11.2025 | 10 | gr 10 | prof. Pečeňák |
| 26.11.2025 | 11 | - | |
| 03.12.2025 | 12 | gr 8 | doc. Králová |
| 10.12.2025 | 13 | - | |
| 17.12.2025 | 14 | gr 2,11 | doc. Izáková |
PRACTICAL TRAININGS
Practical trainings are divided into two parts: seminar and practical. The seminar part takes place in a distant (online) form. Videopresentations on individual topics are published in MS Teams. The student is obliged to watch videopresentation and to review the seminar part of the practical exercises before the practical part. The practical part will take place in person. The condition for participation in the practical part will be successful completion of the examination of knowledge from the seminar part (and relevant lectures if already published) at the beginning of the practical part.
For detailed terms of practical exercises including assigned teachers for individual study groups, see the SCHEDULE. In the winter semester 2024/2025, practical trainings in person will start at 09:00.
Practical parts for topics No. 1 – 4 (starting at 09:00) are placed in teaching rooms at the Department of Psychiatry (Mickiewiczova 13, entry E, 3rd floor).
Practical part for topic No. 5 (starting at 09:00) is placed at the Department of Paediatric Psychiatry (Limbová 1, 7th floor). These practicals are marked in the schedule with §.
Practical trainings are compulsory; all presences are required for course completion. Knowledge level (according to specific topic) will be evaluated during each practical by teachers. Compensation of missing practicals must be arranged with the teacher at least 1 day in advance. Payment for compensation: see Dean’s regulation No. 3/2010.
No. | Topic |
|---|---|
Overview of psychiatric syndromology related to organic brain disorders & substance use disorders Organic psychosyndrome Dementia Delirium Dependence syndrome Classification of organic brain disorders and substance use disorders in major classification systems (ICD and DSM) Review of main organic brain disorders (with examples of psychopathological symptoms using video/audio-records) Examination of patients by students (including formulating the psychiatric medical history, psychopathology findings, proposal of assessement and treatment methods, discussing the case with the teacher) | |
2 | Ovierview of psychiatric syndromology related to schizophrenia spectrum disorders Psychosis Negative / Positive / Residual symptoms of schizophrenia Classification of schizophrenia spectrum disorders in major classification systems (ICD and DSM) Review of main schizophrenia spectrum disorders (with examples of psychopathological symptoms using video/audio-records) Examination of patients by students (including formulating the psychiatric medical history, psychopathology findings, proposal of assessement and treatment methods, discussing the case with the teacher) |
3 | Overview of psychiatric syndromology related to affective & anxiety disorders Depressive syndrome Manic syndrome Panic (anxiety) attack Classification of affective & anxiety disorders in major classification systems (ICD and DSM) Review of main affective & anxiety disorders (with examples of psychopathological symptoms using video/audio-records) Examination of patients by students (including formulating the psychiatric medical history, psychopathology findings, proposal of assessement and treatment methods, discussing the case with the teacher) |
4 | Psychiatric emergencies delirium, agitation / aggression, suicidality, medication and psychoactive substance intoxication, withdrawal syndrome, catatonia, serotonine syndrome, malignant neuroleptic syndrome non-pharmacological / pharmacological methods of management, therapeutic strategies, use of restraints Examination of patients by students, writing the complete psychiatric examination and its evaluation by teacher |
5 | Repetition of knowledge from previous semester Summary of selected psychiatric disorders in child and adolescent (second part): Psychotic and mood disorders in child and adolescent psychiatry Autistic spectrum disorders Child abuse and neglect Acute pacification of aggressive child and adolescent patient Examination of patients by students (live assessment or review of recirded video case) |
COMPULSORY LITERATURE
Compulsory (x) & recommended literature:
x Semple, D. – Smyth, R.: Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry, 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, 2009. 977 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-923946-7
Jarema, M. et al: Practical aspects of Psychiatry. Praha: Amepra, 2009. 408 pp. ISBN 978-80-86694-08-5
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
Further educational materials can be found on the MS Teams portal.
Psychiatry 2 - Lecture - Introduction
Psychiatry 2 - Lecture - Aditional lecture - psychiatry and the law
Psychiatry 2 - Lecture - Organic disorders
Psychiatry 2 - Lecture - Substance use disorders
Psychiatry 2 - Lecture - Schizophrenia
Psychiatry 2 - Lecture - Affective disorders
Psychiatry 2 - Lecture - Anxiety disorders
Psychiatry 2 - Lecture - Disorders of impulse control / personality / sleep
Psychiatry 2 - Lecture - Psychiatric sexuology
Psychiatric Examination of Adults
WRITTEN TEST
Type of the written test: multiple choice (i.e. any number of correct answers possible: 0-4)
Number of questions: 25
Number of answers per question: 4
Time limit to complete the test: 20 minutes
Cut-off score: 60 % of possible points
The test occurs on the same day as the oral exam at the AIS time. Please present yourself in front of the clinic’s secretariat at that time.
Successful completion of written test is the condition for oral examination for the subject. The condition for participation in the written test is complete attendance at practices. In case of repetition of oral examination, the written test must be also repeated.
Current questions for the written tests can be downloaded via this LINK.
ORAL EXAMINATION
Time and place of oral examination: see in AIS according to selected term
A prerequisite for participation in the oral examination is successful completion of the subject Psychiatry 1. The condition for participation in the oral examination is also succesful completion of the written test.
Current questions for the oral examination can be downloaded via this LINK.