Psychiatry

Catalog description

This 4-week clerkship provides students with opportunities to evaluate psychiatric patients through diagnostic interviewing and conduct of mental status exams. Although primarily hospital based, emphasis is also placed on the role of psychiatry in primary care: i.e., the identification of psychiatric problems in general medical. Students gain experience in the indications for major psychopharmacological agents, psychological interventions, DSM-IV classifications and substance abuse management-all within a broad biopsychosocial framework. Students also gain understanding of psychiatry as a medical specialty that diagnosis and treats disorders of the brain and mind.