Course in Biological Psychiatry - CCOC7847
Title: Kurz biologické psychiatrie
Guaranteed by: Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology 3FM CU and NIMH (12-PCHI)
Faculty: Third Faculty of Medicine
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
Points: 1
E-Credits: 1
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/15, C [HS]
Extent per academic year: 15 [hours]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (50)
Min. number of students: 5
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: not taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: prof. MUDr. Cyril Höschl, DrSc.
Classification: Medicine > Clinical Disciplines
Pre-requisite : CVSE1M0001
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation -
Obligatory elective, one-semester course for the 4th year of study. Main topics of the course cover neurobiology of severe mental disorders, neurochemisty and brain imaging. Neurobiological background is demonstrated also using famous case report.
Last update: Höschl Cyril, prof. MUDr., DrSc. (11.12.2019)
Aim of the course -

The aim of the course is to bring a review of the progress in biological psychiatry focused mainly on schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychopharmacology and neurobiology of mental disorders.

Last update: Höschl Cyril, prof. MUDr., DrSc. (11.12.2019)
Literature -

Kaplan and Sadock´s Synopsis of Psychiatry / B.J. Sadock, H.I. Kaplan. - 8th ed. - Baltimore: Williams&Wilkins, 1998.
Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry / Michael Gelder, et al. - Oxford University Press, paperback - 1996.
Symptoms in the Mind / Andrew Sims. - WB Saunders, 1995. - 3.ed. (2003)
Health Psychology: Biopsychosocial Interactions / Edward P. Sarafino. - 3rd ed. - New York: Wiley, 1998.

New advacements in biological psychiatry:  http://www.solen.sk/pdf/6abf35b8b998eeddbfbbb7c92b05f7e4.pdf

Last update: Höschl Cyril, prof. MUDr., DrSc. (11.12.2019)
Teaching methods -

seminar, interactive workshop; the students? own contribution is expected

Last update: Höschl Cyril, prof. MUDr., DrSc. (11.12.2019)
Requirements to the exam -

80% presence, active participation in all topics

Last update: Höschl Cyril, prof. MUDr., DrSc. (11.12.2019)
Syllabus -

Basic neurochemistry
Brain imaging in psychiatry
Neurotransmitter systems
Progress in neuroscience and the treatment of depression
Progress in neuroscience and the treatment of schizophrenia
Molecular genetics in psychiatry
Research methodology

Last update: Höschl Cyril, prof. MUDr., DrSc. (11.12.2019)