Geriatric Psychiatry

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VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. DESCRIPTION: Consists of the evaluation of older individuals with psychiatric illness in an inpatient setting. The inpatient program offers students opportunities to learn about evaluation and treatment strategies for depression, psychotic disorders, anxiety, cognitive impairment, and other illnesses in the elderly. Many patients have comorbid, non-psychiatric illnesses which are considered as possible contributors to their psychiatric symptoms. The bio-psycho-social model is emphasized. Family involvement and meetings are to be expected. For visiting students, please see the School of Medicine Visiting Student webpage for information on how to apply: http://med.stanford.edu/clerkships.html. PREREQUISITES: Psychiatry 300A. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full-time for 4 weeks, 1 student per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Daniel Kim, M.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Quynh Dang, 650-725-2769, 401 Quarry Rd, Rm. 2204. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: Stanford Hospital - page one of the residents on service. Quynh will provide the resident information; Time: 8:00 am. CALL CODE: 0. OTHER FACULTY: E. Aboujaoude, J. Birnbaum, G. Dandekar, D. Mason, K. Sanborn, P. Saxena, J. Wang. LOCATION: SUMC.