Psychiatry

This course begins with a course introduction, which includes philosophy and course goals. Students will be introduced to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition, Text Revision (DSM-V-TR) and how to use it. They will also learn the organization of a psychiatric evaluation and how to write a mental status exam. Students will learn about the criteria of mood disorders, suicide risk assessment, the introduction to the Biopsychosocial model, psychotherapies, and defense mechanisms. They will also learn how to handle difficult clinical situations and give bad news.

Introduction to Human Behavior II Students will continue topics in psychopathology, including anxiety disorders, trauma related disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, psychotic disorders, eating disorders, substance disorders, sexual disorders, sleep disorders, ADHD, child psychopathology, and personality disorders. Students will also learn integration of biological and psychological principles in psychiatric interviewing and assessment.

This course will cover the human life cycle beginning with childhood and progressing through death. Other topics will include neurocognitive disorders, end of life, impulse disorder, psychiatric emergency care, forensic, and cultural psychiatry. The student will learn to integrate the knowledge of psychopathology into interview skills, diagnostic formulation and treatment planning.

Four-week rotation designed to provide students direct contact with psychiatric patients. This facilitates the development of skills in diagnosis, treatment, and management of psychiatric disorders and enhances critical thinking and problem solving. Inpatient, outpatient, crisis intervention, and residency-based settings are utilized. There is a national standardized post-rotation examination at the conclusion of this rotation.