Psychiatry

Catalog description

The Psychiatry course is designed to provide a basic knowledge of the biopsychosocial foundations of behavior and psychiatric conditions to prepare a physician to recognize and manage these issues in patient care. The course includes an overview of the major diagnoses, including information on presentations and diagnostic criteria for recognition, common comorbidities, approaches for differentiating diagnoses, identifying overlap with or distinction from medical states, and evidence- based pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions. The course also covers elements of psychiatric diagnostic evaluation, normal development versus when behavior and development are problematic, effective patient-physician communication approaches, and ethics and professionalism areas specific to psychiatric situations in healthcare practice. The goal of the course is for students to learn the initial fundamentals of behavioral science and psychiatric care for future clinical application.