Clinical Clerkship: Psychiatry Sub-Internship VIII

Catalog description

This two-week clerkship provide students with opportunities to evaluate psychiatric patients through diagnostic intern interviewing and conduct of mental status exams. Emphasis is on the role of psychiatry in primary care: i.e. the identification of psychiatric problems in general medical practice. Students gain experience in the indications for major psychopharmacological agents, psychological interventions. DSM V classifications and substance abuse management - all within a broad bio psychosocial view of health and illness.