Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Introductory

Catalog description

This is an introductory 2-week elective that seeks to introduce students to the field of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Students will be expected to gain a broad understanding of the core principles, foundational knowledge, and essential skills relevant to the specialty through encounters with a diverse range of cases reflective of this specialty. Students will gain increased knowledge of psychopathology, psychiatric diagnosis, the intersection of medicine and psychiatry, psychiatric emergencies, community resources, and psychotherapeutics. During the 2-week elective, students will experience a continuum of evaluation and treatment of acute psychiatric conditions that medically ill patients experience. Students will also learn what it means to be a psychiatric liaison within the broader hospital setting, working with various specialties and disciplines to benefit patient care. Settings may vary based on patient volume but may include: medical, surgical, obstetric, and emergency medicine floors. This rotation is based in Bellevue Hospital. Students will also join the PGY-2 didactics on Thursdays in Manhattan, and Psychiatric Grand Rounds.