Course "Propaedeutics of Psychiatry"

Interview - here you can get to know Galina Yakivna,
listen to her and see her as a person and as a professional. 

Ukrainian Institute of Applied Psychology and Psychotherapy together with P. L. Shupyk National University of Health Care of Ukraine
invite you to the training course "Propaedeutics of Psychiatry".

The course of propaedeutics of psychiatry is a fundamental training course, which is an important step in psychotherapeutic education.

What will you receive?
• 3 ECTS credits (TU) from P. L. Shupyk National University of Health Care.
• Continuous professional development (CPD) points.
• Certificate from the UIPPP.
• Knowledge - everything about mental disorders.

Propaedeutics of psychiatry is a course that introduces the basics of mental disorders:
- their symptoms and clinical manifestations;
- causes of occurrence and mechanisms of development;
- classification and principles of diagnosis;
- approaches to assessing the mental state.

The course develops clinical thinking, teaches to recognize mental disorders,
to distinguish the norm from pathology and to work professionally, ethically and safely with clients.

Main objectives of the course.
Study of the main groups of mental disorders (psychotic, anxiety, neurotic, addictive, etc.).
Familiarization with the etiology and pathogenesis of mental disorders. Assessment of mental functioning disorders.
Mastering basic methods of assessing the mental state. Formation of differential diagnosis skills.
Awareness of the limits of the competence of a psychologist and interaction with a psychiatrist.
Understanding algorithms of actions in complex and crisis cases.

Why is this course important?

This is an integral stage of psychotherapeutic education in accordance with international and national standards
Provides a foundation for further training in psychotherapy
Allows you to work professionally and ethically, distinguishing between norm and pathology
Increases the safety of helping clients and the confidence of the specialist

For whom the course is intended:
Psychologists
Gestalt therapists
Future psychotherapists
Social workers
Psychiatrists
Family doctors and non-psychiatric doctors
Specialists of helping professions who work with people

Trainer
Pylyagina Galyna Yakivna

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Medical-Psychological Disciplines
of the P. L. Shupyk National University of Health Care of Ukraine.
One of the leading Ukrainian specialists in the field of psychiatry, psychotherapy and medical psychology with over 30 years of clinical, scientific and teaching experience.

Basic education: Donetsk State Medical Institute named after M. Gorky (1990),
In 2004 - defended her dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences in the specialty "Psychiatry"
on the topic "Autoaggressive Behavior: Pathogenetic Mechanisms and Clinical and Typological Aspects of Diagnosis and Treatment".
Since 1994, Galina Yakivna has been continuously engaged in medical and consulting activities.
The main areas of practical and scientific activity are psychiatry (including child and adolescent psychiatry), psychotherapy, suicidology.
Author of 220 scientific publications, including 2 textbooks, 3 monographs, 2 manuals and 6 teaching aids.
Leading researcher of the international project "Genetic Investigation of Suicide Attempt and Suicide" (Sweden-Ukraine, 2000-2007).
Headed the Center for Crisis Conditions, worked with acute and complex clinical cases.
Organizer of numerous conferences, scientific and practical seminars and multi-year courses (master classes) on psychiatric propaedeutics.
Experience of many years of cooperation with the NGO "Home and Hope for children", work on the platform "Tell me", with military psychologists and chaplains, etc.

Preliminary course program:
1-2 classes. Psychiatry as a science. Legislative framework for psychiatry in Ukraine. Fundamentals of general psychopathology.
General principles of determining the etiology, pathogenesis and phenomenology of various types of psychopathological disorders.
Main psychopathological syndromes. Registers in psychopathology. Classifications of psychopathological disorders
3 classes. Organic and symptomatic mental disorders (F 0). Mental and behavioral disorders due to the use of psychoactive substances (F 1).
Schizophrenia, schizotypal disorders and delusional disorders (F 2).
4 classes. Affective mood disorders (F 3). Neurotic disorders (F 4): anxiety-phobic, obsessive-compulsive disorder.
5 classes. Neurotic disorders (F 4): stress-related disorders, dissociative and somatoform disorders.
6 classes. Personality and behavioral disorders (F 6).
7 classes. Child and adolescent psychiatry: Disorders of psychological development of the personality (F 8).
Behavioral and emotional disorders that usually begin in childhood and adolescence (F 9)
8 classes. Fundamentals of Suicidology

The program is based on the ICD-10 classification of mental disorders

Start date: October 2026 (the exact date is to be confirmed)
Format: online
Duration: 8 classes
Frequency: once a week
Course fee: to be confirmed

Certification
After completing the course, participants have the opportunity to receive:
- certification from the Ukrainian Institute of Applied Psychology and Psychotherapy
- 3 ECTS credits (TU) from the P. L. Shupyk National University of Healthcare of Ukraine
- the program awards continuous professional development (CPD) points - 50

Our partner P. L. Shupyk National University of Healthcare of Ukraine

Do you work with people and increasingly encounter severe mental conditions?
Do you want to clearly understand where the norm is and where mental pathology is, how to react correctly and act professionally and safely?

Register for the course, the number of places is limited!

For details, please call

+38 096 300 18 63 Anastasia (all messengers)
office@uippp.com.ua