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Course director
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Dr. Vörös Viktor
assistant professor,
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy -
Number of hours/semester
lectures: 12 hours
practices: 0 hours
seminars: 0 hours
total of: 12 hours
Subject data
- Code of subject: OXE-DON-h-T
- 1 kredit
- Allgemeine Humanmedizin
- Elective modul
- both semester
ODK-PH1-T finished
Course headcount limitations
min. 5 – max. 15
Topic
Suicide is one of the human possibilities - death can be chosen, while the meaning of this choice is different. It appears to be a personal action, paradoxically, neurobiological and sociocultural factors play an important role in its etiology, thus suicide is the result of a complex biological, psychological, and sociocultural process. The course focuses on the relationship and interconnections between self-destructive behavior and mental disorders, primarily psychological/emotional crisis (Suicide Crisis Syndrome) and depression (Major Depressive Disorder). The stress-diathesis model of suicide and depression emphasizes both sides of the mind-body coin, the psychological and the biological. In addition to providing a theoretical background, it reviews the everyday challenges of recognition, prevention, and therapy, and also addresses certain specific issues related to assisted suicide and euthanasia. Furthermore, participants will have the opportunity to acquire practical skills, including conducting and discussing clinical /simulated patient interviews.
Lectures
- 1.
The theoretical background of psychological/emotional crisis
- Vörös Viktor - 2.
Suicide Crisis Syndrome in research and clinical practice
- Vörös Viktor - 3.
Crisis supportion and crisis intervention
- Vörös Viktor - 4.
The genetic and neurobiological background of suicidal behaviour
- Fekete Sándor - 5.
The psychological and socio-cultural aspects of suicidal behaviour
- Fekete Sándor - 6.
Euthanasia and assisted suicide in medicine and in the society
- Fekete Sándor - 7.
The interrelationships between suicide and other mental/physical disorders, and related diagnostic issues
- Osváth Péter - 8.
Depression and suicide
- Osváth Péter - 9.
Treatment and prevention of suicidal behaviour (crisis therapies, psychotherapies, biological treatments)
- Osváth Péter - 10.
The theoretical background of crisis intervention, supportive counseling, and the psychiatric interview
- Vörös Viktor - 11.
Crisis intervention and psychiatric interview in the clinical practice
- Vörös Viktor - 12.
Interview with a clinical / simulated patient
- Vörös Viktor
Practices
Seminars
Reading material
Obligatory literature
Literature developed by the Department
Notes
Recommended literature
1. Fekete S, Osvath P: Suicide Studies - from Genetics to Psychiatry and Culture. Animula, 2005.
2. Kaplan, Sadock: Synopsis of Psychiatry. Wolters Kluver, 2022.
Conditions for acceptance of the semester
According to the Code of Studies and Examinations
Mid-term exams
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Making up for missed classes
According to the Code of Studies and Examinations
Exam topics/questions
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Examiners
Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars
- Fekete Sándor
- Osváth Péter
- Vörös Viktor