PCHY 661AM - Adult Psychiatry

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The purpose of this elective is to provide fourth-year medical students interested in adult psychiatry an experience in working with adults presenting with psychiatric illness.

Prerequisite(s): Limited to medical students.

Grading Basis: Medical
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. gather clinical data relevant to psychiatric evaluation, arriving at correct diagnosis of psychiatrically ill patients, and generate differential diagnoses for patients with psychiatric illnesses.
2. identify the signs and symptoms of common adult psychopathology and conditions (e.g. bipolar, depressive disorders, anxiety, trauma and stress related, dissociative, somatic, addiction, etc.).
3. utilize the resources and skills of related mental health professionals.
4. Students will be able to determine appropriate pharmacotherapy interventions to common adult disorders.

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