PART 1. MENTAL HEALTH AND ITS TREATMENT. PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

UNIT 1. MENTAL HEALTH AND NORMAL PERSONALITY

1. Concept of mental health.
2. Theories in the origin of Mental Health
3. Levels of Intervention in Mental Health
4. Resources in Mental Health
5. Functions and scope of practice of Mental Health Nursing
6. Concept of Personality and theories

TEACHING UNIT 2. ASSESSMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH

1. The interview
2. Mental state assessment
3. Cognitive assessment scales

UNIT DIDACTIC 3. CAUSAL FACTORS

1. Organic biological factors
2. Neuroendocrinological factors
3. Genetic factors
4. Psychological or psychic factors
5. Environmental, social or exogenous causal factors

TEACHING UNIT 4. PSYCHOLOGY

1. Definition.
2. Psychological and Clinical Assessment.
3. Therapist Skills.
4. Developmental psychology.
5. Psychopathology and diagnosis.

UNIT 5. PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENTS

1. Introduction.
2. What is a psychological treatment.
3. Psychologist & Psychiatrist.
4. Time for treatment and its types.
5. Professionals who perform psychological treatments.
6. Where to find psychological treatments.
7. Effectiveness of psychological treatments.
8. Evaluating the effectiveness of treatments.

UNIT DIDACTIC 6. HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRY

1. Concept of psychiatry
2. Psychiatry throughout history
3. Psychiatry in Spain
4. Mental health today

PART 2. MENTAL HEALTH IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE

UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION TO CHILD PSYCHOLOGY

1. Brief history of child psychology and current status
2. Basic concepts in child psychology
3. Current concept of development
4. The dimensions of development

TEACHING UNIT 2. PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT

1. Stages of prenatal development
2. Genetic inheritance
3. Problems in prenatal development

TEACHING UNIT 3. THE CHILD FROM 0 TO 15 MONTHS

1. Birth
2. Physical and psychomotor development
3. Sensory and perceptual development
4. Cognitive development
5. Language development
6. Psycho-social and affective development

UNIT 4. THE CHILD FROM 1 TO 3 YEARS

1. Physical and psychomotor development
2. Cognitive development
3. Language development
4. Psycho-social and affective development

TEACHING UNIT 5. THE CHILD FROM 3 TO 6 YEARS

1. Psychomotor development
2. Cognitive development
3. Language development
4. Psycho-social and affective development

TEACHING UNIT 6. THE CHILD FROM 6 TO 9 YEARS

1. Physical and motor development
2. Cognitive development
3. Language development
4. Psycho-social and affective development

TEACHING UNIT 7. THE CHILD FROM 9 TO 12 YEARS

1. Physical development
2. Language and communication development
3. Psycho-social and affective development

TEACHING UNIT 8. CHILDHOOD CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

1. Concepts of health and disease
2. Other related concepts
3. Assessment and diagnosis

TEACHING UNIT 9. PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT

1. Introduction
2. Behavioral therapy

UNIT 10. CHILD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

1. Introduction
2. Anxiety disorders
3. Aggressive and oppositional behaviors
4. Disorders of eating behavior and food intake in childhood
5. Elimination disorders
6. Sleep-wake problems and disorders
7. Motor disorders

UNIT DIDACTIC 11. CHILD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY II

1. Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
2. Specific learning disorders
3. Language disorders
4. Intellectual development disorder

TEACHING UNIT 12. PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION IN CHILDHOOD

1. General aspects of psychoeducational intervention
2. Psychoeducational intervention in developmental disorders
3. Family intervention

UNIT 13. DISRUPTIVE, IMPULSE CONTROL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS

1. Definition and characteristics of conduct disorders
2. Causes of conduct disorders
3. Classification of conduct disorders
4. Negative Defiant Disorder and its treatment
5. Intermittent Explosive Disorder
6. Conduct disorder

UNIT DIDACTIC 14. ANXIETY DISORDERS

1. Anxiety
2. Childhood phobias
3. Classification of childhood anxiety disorders
4. Treatment of childhood anxiety disorders
5. Childhood mutism

TEACHING UNIT 15. AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

1. Concept, causes and classification of affective disorders
2. Bipolar affective disorders in childhood
3. Symptoms of affective disorders in childhood
4. Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of affective disorders in childhood
5. Childhood depression

TEACHING UNIT 16. SLEEP-WAKING DISORDERS AND DISORDERS OF ELIMINATION

1. Sleep-waking disorders
2. Disorders of elimination

PART 3. MENTAL HEALTH IN ADULTS

UNIT 1. PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL ALTERATIONS

1. Sensory-perceptual alterations
2. Thought alterations
3. Language alterations
4. Consciousness alterations
5. Attention and orientation alterations
6. Memory disturbances
7. Affective disturbances
8. Psychopathology of psychomotor
9. Eating disorders
10. Sleep disturbances
11. Intelligence disturbances

UNIT DIDACTIC 2. PERSONALITY DISORDERS

1. Introduction
2. Classification of personality disorders
3. Guidelines for the psychiatric assistant to act with people with personality disorders

UNIT 3. ANXIETY DISORDERS

1. Introductory aspects
2. Anxiety disorder
3. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
4. Phobic disorders
5. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
6. Post-traumatic stress disorder
7. Psychiatric assistant action guidelines for anxiety disorders

UNIT DIDACTIC 4. MOOD STATUS DISORDERS

1. Introduction
2. Symptoms of affective disorders
3. Classification
4. Affective episodes
5. Depressive disorders
6. Bipolar disorders
7. Etiology
8. Psychiatric assistant action guidelines for affective disorders

TEACHING UNIT 5. PHYSICAL DISORDERS ORIGINATED BY PSYCHIC FACTORS

1. Introduction
2. Somatization disorder
3. Conversion disorder
4. Pain disorder
5. Hypochondriasis
6. Body dysmorphic disorder
7. Psychiatric assistant action guidelines for patients with somatoform disorders

TEACHING UNIT 6. DISOCIATIVE AND FACTORY DISORDERS

1. Introduction
2. Dissociative amnesia
3. Dissociative fugue
4. Dissociative identity disorder
5. Depersonalization disorder
6. Dissociative disorder not otherwise specified
7. Factitious disorders
8. Psychiatric assistant action guidelines for patients with dissociative and factitious disorders

TEACHING UNIT 7. SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER PSYCHOSCHOSIS

1. Introduction
2. Symptoms or clinical features
3. Subtypes of schizophrenia
4. 4.Positive and negative symptoms
5. Other related disorders

UNIT DIDACTIC 8. SEXUAL DISORDERS

1. Introduction
2. Sexual disorders
3. Sexual dysfunctions
4. Sexual deviations or paraphilias
5. Sexual identity disorders
6. Sexual disorders not otherwise specified

UNIT DIDACTIC 9. SLEEP AND EATING BEHAVIOR DISORDERS

1. Sleep disorders
2. Primary sleep disorders
3. Sleep disorders related to psychological disorders
4. Eating disorders
5. Obesity
6. Anorexia nervosa
7. Bulimia nervosa
8. Binge eating disorder

UNIT DIDACTIC 10. PSYCHOLOGY TO SPECIAL SITUATIONS

1. Psychological treatment. Cancer
2. Psychological treatment. AIDS
3. Psychological intervention. Terminal phase
4. Why it worries how to give bad news
5. Psychological reactions to hospitalization

UNIT DIDACTIC 11. SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS

1. Substance-related disorders
2. Types of substance dependencies
3. The role of the psychiatric assistant in relation to drug dependencies

UNIT 12. CHILDHOOD, ADOLESCENCE AND AGEING ONSET DISORDERS

1. Intellectual developmental disorder
2. Childhood or adolescent onset disorders
3. Disorders of aging

PART 4. MENTAL HEALTH IN THE ELDERLY

1. MODULE 1. INTRODUCTION TO AGING
2. UNIT 1. AGING
3. TEACHING UNIT 2. CLASSIFICATION OF THE ELDERLY
4. TEACHING UNIT 3. CHANGES IN AGING: NORMAL AGING, COGNITIVE DETERIORATION AND DEMENSE.
6. MODULE 2. MENTAL HEALTH AND MOST COMMON PATHOLOGIES IN THE ELDERLY
7. UNIT 4. MENTAL HEALTH IN THE ELDERLY
8. TEACHING UNIT 5. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
9. UNIT DIDACTIC 6. PARKINSON'S DISEASE
10. UNIT DIDACTIC 7. VASCULAR COGNITIVE DETERIORATION AND FRONTOTEMPORARY DEGENERATION
11. TEACHING UNIT 8. LEWY BODY DEMENTIA AND HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE
13. MODULE 3. COGNITIVE STIMULATION FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS: NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
14. TEACHING UNIT 9. HUMAN COGNITION IN AGING
15. TEACHING UNIT 10. COGNITIVE STIMULATION OF PERCEPTION AND ATTENTIONAL CAPABILITIES IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES.
16. TEACHING UNIT 11. COGNITIVE STIMULATION OF MEMORY AND LANGUAGE IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
17. TEACHING UNIT 12. COGNITIVE STIMULATION OF SPACE-TIME ORIENTATION AND WORKING ON MOTOR PROBLEMS IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES.
18. TEACHING UNIT 13. COGNITIVE STIMULATION OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS, REASONING AND ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIFE IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES.

PART 5. MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENTS

UNIT 1. MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENTS

1. Biological treatments
2. Psychological treatments

UNIT 2. FACTORS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENTS

1. Introduction
2. What is a psychological treatment
3. Psychologist & Psychiatrist
4. Timing for treatment and its types
5. Professionals who perform psychological treatments
6. Where to find psychological treatments
7. Effectiveness of psychological treatments
8. Evaluating the effectiveness of treatments

UNIT DIDACTIC 3. PSYCHOPHARMACOTICS

1. Introduction to psychotropic drugs
2. Classification of psychotropic drugs
3. Anxiolytics and hypnotics
4. Antidepressants
5. Psychostimulants
6. Antipsychotics
7. Antidementia drugs
8. Euthymics

UNIT DIDACTIC 4. ACTION TOWARDS MENTAL ILLNESS

1. Mental disorder
2. Relations of the health professional with the patient
3. Action according to the patient's pathology

UNIT DIDACTIC 5. HYGIENE AND CARE OF THE SICK

1. Grooming and washing of the patient
2. Techniques for bedridden patients
3. Hair hygiene techniques
4. Postmortem care

UNIT 6. MOBILIZATION, TRANSFER AND ASSEMBLATION OF PATIENTS

1. Anatomophysiological principles of support and movement
2. Mobilization techniques
3. Transfer techniques
4. Ambulation techniques
5. Pressure ulcers: etiology, prevention and treatment

UNIT 7. PREPARATION FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATION. VITAL CONSTANTS

1. Anatomophysiological principles of the cardiovascular and respiratory apparatus
2. Anatomical positions
3. Medical-surgical materials for use in medical examination
4. Vital signs

UNIT DIDACTIC 8. PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES

1. Concept of psychiatric emergencies
2. Intervention in psychiatric emergencies
3. Priority psychiatric emergencies

TEACHING UNIT 9. SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR AND SELF-INJURY

1. Suicide
2. Risk factors
3. Risk assessment
4. ED patient assessment
5. Patient intervention

UNIT 10. PSYCHOMOTRICAL AGITATION

1. Concept and etiology of the disorder
2. Action plan: attitude, approach and safety measures
3. Intervention

TEACHING UNIT 11. SUBSTANCE USE EMERGENCIES

1. Concepts related to substance use and abuse
2. Withdrawal syndrome
3. Psychiatric emergencies due to substance abuse

TEACHING UNIT 12. PSYCHOLOGY AND HOSPITALIZATION

1. Hospital setting
2. Psychological reactions to hospitalization

PART 6. PRIMARY CARE IN MENTAL HEALTH

TEACHING UNIT 1. MENTAL HEALTH AND NORMAL PERSONALITY

1. Concept of mental health.
2. Theories in the origin of Mental Health
3. Levels of Intervention in Mental Health
4. Resources in Mental Health
5. Functions and scope of practice of Mental Health Nursing
6. Concept of Personality and theories

TEACHING UNIT 2. ASSESSMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH

1. The interview
2. Mental state assessment
3. Cognitive assessment scales

UNIT DIDACTIC 3. CAUSAL FACTORS

1. Organic biological factors
2. Neuroendocrinological factors
3. Genetic factors
4. Psychological or psychic factors
5. Environmental, social or exogenous causal factors

TEACHING UNIT 4. PSYCHOLOGY

1. Definition.
2. Psychological and Clinical Assessment.
3. Therapist skills.
4. Developmental psychology.
5. Psychopathology and diagnosis.

TEACHING UNIT 5. PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENTS

1. Introduction.
2. What is a psychological treatment.
3. Psychologist & Psychiatrist.
4. Time for treatment and its types.
5. Professionals who perform psychological treatments.
6. Where to find psychological treatments.
7. Effectiveness of psychological treatments.
8. Evaluating the effectiveness of treatments.

UNIT DIDACTIC 6. HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRY

1. Concept of psychiatry
2. Psychiatry throughout history
3. Psychiatry in Spain
4. Mental health today

UNIT 7. CHILDHOOD CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

1. Concepts of health and disease
2. Other related concepts
3. Assessment and diagnosis

UNIT DIDACTIC 8. CHILDHOOD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

1. Introduction
2. Anxiety disorders
3. Aggressive and oppositional behaviors
4. Disorders of eating and eating behavior in childhood
5. Elimination disorders
6. Sleep problems and disorders
7. Motor skills disorders

UNIT DIDACTIC 9. CHILD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY II

1. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
2. Learning disorders
3. Language disorders
4. Mental retardation
5. Pervasive developmental disorders

TEACHING UNIT 10. PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION IN CHILDHOOD

1. General aspects of psychoeducational intervention
2. Psychoeducational intervention in developmental disorders
3. Family intervention

UNIT DIDACTIC 11. PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL ALTERATIONS

1. Sensory-perceptual alterations
2. Thought alterations
3. Language alterations
4. Consciousness alterations
5. Attention and orientation alterations
6. Alterations in memory
7. Alterations in affectivity
8. Alterations in psychomotor
9. Alterations in intelligence
10. Alterations in feeding
11. Alterations in sleep

UNIT DIDACTIC 12. PERSONALITY DISORDERS

1. Introduction
2. Classification of personality disorders
3. Psychiatric Assistant Assessment and Intervention
4. Paranoid personality disorder
5. Schizoid personality disorder
6. Schizotypal personality disorder
7. Antisocial personality disorder
8. Borderline personality disorder
9. Histrionic personality disorder
10. Narcissistic personality disorder
11. Avoidant personality disorder
12. Dependence personality disorder
13. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
14. Personality disorder not otherwise specified

UNIT DIDACTIC 13. ANXIETY DISORDER

1. Introduction and concept
2. Distress crisis
3. Agoraphobia
4. Distress disorder without agoraphobia
5. Distress disorder with agoraphobia
6. Agoraphobia without history of distress disorder
7. Specific phobia
8. Social phobia
9. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
10. Post-traumatic stress disorder
11. Acute stress disorder
12. Generalized anxiety disorder
13. Substance-induced anxiety disorder
14. Anxiety disorder not otherwise specified

UNIT 14. MOOD DISORDERS

1. Introduction
2. Affective episodes
3. Depressive disorders
4. Bipolar disorders
5. Other mood disorders

UNIT 15. SOMATOFORMAL DISORDERS

1. Introduction
2. Somatization disorder
3. Undifferentiated somatoform disorder
4. Conversion disorder
5. Pain disorder
6. Hypochondriasis
7. Body dysmorphic disorder
8. Unspecified somatoform disorder

TEACHING UNIT 16. DISOCIATIVE DISORDERS

1. Introduction
2. Dissociative amnesia
3. Dissociative fugue
4. Dissociative identity disorder
5. Depersonalization disorder
6. Dissociative disorder not otherwise specified

UNIT 17. SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER PSYCHOSCHOSIS

1. Introduction.
2. Symptoms or clinical features.
3. Subtypes of schizophrenia.
4. Symptoms; positive and negative.
5. Other related disorders.

UNIT 18. SEXUAL DISORDERS

1. Introduction.
2. Sexual disorders.
3. Sexual dysfunctions.
4. Sexual deviations or paraphilias.
5. Sexual identity disorders.
6. Sexual disorders not otherwise specified.

UNIT 19. SLEEP AND FOOD DISORDERS

1. Sleep disorders.
2. Primary sleep disorders.
3. Sleep disorders associated with psychological disorders.
4. Eating disorders.
5. Obesity.
6. Anorexia nervosa.
7. Bulimia nervosa.
8. Binge eating disorders.

UNIT DIDACTIC 20. PSYCHOLOGY APPLIED TO SPECIAL SITUATIONS

1. Psychological treatment. Cancer.
2. Psychological treatment. AIDS.
3. Psychological intervention. Terminal phase.
4. Why it worries how to give bad news.
5. Psychological reactions to hospitalization.

UNIT DIDACTIC 21. SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS.

1. Substance use disorders
2. Substance-induced disorders
3. Alcohol-related disorders
4. Hallucinogen-related disorders
5. Amphetamine-related disorders
6. Caffeine-related disorders
7. Cannabis-related disorders
8. Cocaine-related disorders
9. Phencyclidine-related disorder
10. Inhalant-related disorder
11. Nicotine-related disorders
12. Opiate-related disorders
13. Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic-related disorders
14. Other substance-related disorders
15. Substance abuse patients.
16. Types of detoxification units

TEACHING UNIT 22. CHILDHOOD, ADOLESCENCE AND AGE-ONLY ONSET DISORDERS

1. Mental retardation
2. Childhood or adolescent-onset disorders
3. Disorders in old age

PART 7. DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS: MENTAL HEALTH

1. MODULE 1. MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGY
2. UNIT 1. MENTAL HEALTH
3. TEACHING UNIT 2. CAUSAL FACTORS OF MENTAL DISORDER
4. UNIT DIDACTIC 3. MENTAL STATE ASSESSMENT
5. TEACHING UNIT 4. CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND MENTAL HEALTH
6. TEACHING UNIT 5. INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENTS EMPLOYED IN MENTAL HEALTH
8. MODULE 2. DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS
9. UNIT 6. INFLUENCE OF EMOTIONS ON HUMAN BEHAVIOR
10. UNIT DIDACTIC 7. INTRODUCTION TO EMOTIONAL OR MOOD STATE DISORDERS
11. UNIT DIDACTIC 8. DEPRESSION
12. UNIT DIDACTIC 9. COMORBILITY IN MOOD STATE DISORDERS
13. UNIT DIDACTIC 10. ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF DEPRESSION.

PART 8. HEALTH COACHING

UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION TO COACHING

1. Concept of coaching
2. - Coaching currents
3. - Coaching influences
4. Origin of coaching
5. Health coaching

UNIT 2. COACHING IN HEALTHCARE

1. Importance of health coaching
2. Principles and values of coaching
3. Knowledge and skills of health coaching
4. Advantages and disadvantages of the application of coaching in health care

UNIT 3. FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH COACHING

1. Fundamental concepts and aspects
2. Elements of success
3. Motivation
4. Self-confidence
5. Responsibility and commitment
6. Creativity
7. Action
8. Grief and change

TEACHING UNIT 4. THE ROLE OF THE COACH AND THE COACHEE FIGURE

1. The role of the coach
2. - Coach tools
3. The coachee figure
4. - Coachee personality
5. - Cognitive aspects
6. - Social aspects
7. - Self-awareness of the coachee
8. - Ability to receive coaching

TEACHING UNIT 5. HEALTHCARE COACHING PROCESS

1. Coaching process
2. - Motivation in the process
3. - Risks related to the coaching process
4. Contributions of the coaching process to the healthcare setting
5. - Healthcare professionals
6. - Patients
7. - Healthcare Institution
8. Phases of the coaching process
9. - First phase
10. - Second phase
11. - Third phase
12. - Fourth phase
13. - Techniques of the coaching process

UNIT TEACHING 6. SKILLS RELATED TO THE HEALTH COACHING PROCESS

1. Skills related to the process
2. Communicative skill
3. - Dialogue
4. - Attitudes for the dialogue between the health professional and the patient
5. Listening
6. - Active listening
7. Empathy
8. Assertiveness

UNIT DIDACTIC 7. EMOTIONS AND BELIEFS MANAGEMENT

1. Emotions
2. Limiting emotions
3. Emotions and coaching
4. - Qualities for establishing good emotional feedback
5. Beliefs
6. Limiting beliefs
7. Coaching and self-limiting beliefs
8. - Coaching sessions
9. Solutions to address limiting beliefs

UNIT DIDACTIC 8. THE CHANGE PROCESS

1. Coaching and change
2. The change process
3. - Desire to move forward
4. - Learning as a powerful tool for change
5. The coach as a change agent

TEACHING UNIT 9. RESISTANCE TO CHANGE

1. Concept of resistance
2. Coachee resistance
3. Manifestations of coachee resistance
4. How to avoid resistance to change

UNIT 10. COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN HEALTHCARE.

1. Fundamentals of communication
2. - Levels of communication
3. Communication skills in healthcare
4. - Characteristics of this type of communication
5. Nonverbal communication
6. - Components of nonverbal communication
7. Communication barriers