Recommended Texts:

Bruce J. Cohen, M.D.: Theory and Practice of Psychiatry

Or

Kaplan and Saddock: Synopsis of Psychiatry Behavioral Sciences/Clinical Psychiatry

The Psychiatric Evaluation

The student will develop proficiency in performing a diagnostic psychiatric interview and mental status exam.

Students should be able to perform a Mental Status Exam and a Mini-Mental Status Exam and should have an understanding of the purpose of each component of the MMSE.

The student will have an understanding of the neuro-imaging and laboratory studies used in evaluating patients with psychiatric illnesses.

The student will be able to generate an appropriate differential diagnosis, identify target symptoms, and begin to develop an appropriate plan for further evaluation and treatment utilizing a multidisciplinary approach to implement the treatment plan.

Cohen: Chapter 2

Kaplan and Saddock: Chapter 1 and 7; 3.3 (Neuro-imaging); Chapter 8 (definitions to review)

Suicide/Violence Risk Assessment

The student will understand the risk factors associated with suicide and self-injury and be able to evaluate for dangerous to self or others.

Cohen: Chapters 16 and 17

Kaplan and Saddock: Chapter 33.1

Patient Formulation, Neurobiology and Practical Psychodynamics

The student will have a basic understanding of neurobiological functioning, and psychological developmental theories as they relate to the precipitation, development, and perpetuation of mental illness.

Cohen: Chapter 3, 4, 7, 10 (Defense Mechanisms)

Kaplan and Saddock: Chapters 2, 4.1 - 4.5; 6.1, 6.3; Table 6.1-2 (Defense Mechanisms)

Psychological Testing

The student will become familiar with the fundamentals of psychological testing of intelligence and personality and neuropsychological assessment of adults.

Cohen: Chapter 1

Kaplan and Saddock: Chapter 5

Psychiatric Disorders of Primary Focus

The student will become familiar with the DSM diagnostic criteria for major psychiatric disorders including: psychotic disorders, affective disorders, anxiety disorders, delirium and dementia and disorders of cognition, and substance related disorders. The student should be familiar with the clinical features, pathology and etiology of each and approaches to treatment.

Psychotic Disorders

Cohen: Chapter 8

Kaplan and Saddock: Chapters 13 and 14

Mood Disorders

Cohen: Chapter 7

Kaplan and Saddock: Chapter 15

Anxiety Disorders

Cohen: Chapter 9

Kaplan and Saddock: Chapter 16

Delirium and Dementia and Disorders of Cognition

Cohen: Chapter 5 and 6

Kaplan and Saddock: Chapter 10.1 - 10.4

Substance Abuse, Withdrawal and Detoxification

Cohen: Chapter 12

Kaplan and Saddock: Chapter 12.1 - 12.3; 12.5 - 12.7; 12.10 - 12.12

Psychiatric Disorders of Secondary Focus

The student will develop a general familiarity with the following disorders: Personality disorders, Somatoform disorders, Eating disorders, Sleep disorders, and Mental disorders secondary to general medical conditions.

Personality Disorders

Cohen: Chapter 10

Kaplan and Saddock: Chapter 27

Somatoform Disorders

Cohen: Chapter 13

Kaplan and Saddock: Chapter 17

Eating Disorders

Cohen: Chapter 11

Kaplan and Saddock: Chapter 23

Sleep Disorders

Kaplan and Saddock: Chapter 24

Mental Disorders secondary to GMC's

Kaplan and Saddock: 10.5

Biological Therapies: Psychopharmacology and ECT

Students will be familiar with psychotropic drugs by their category (i.e. anti-psychotics, mood stabilizers, antidepressants, anxiolytics, sedative/hypnotics) and be familiar with the uses of each of these categories of psychotropic drugs. For individual drugs, the student should be aware of the uses and the potential side-effects.

Each student will understand the indications for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the relative contraindications for ECT, and the potential risks of ECT. Students should have a familiarity with how the procedure is performed.

Cohen: Chapter 7, 8, and 9

Kaplan and Saddock: Chapter 35

Psychotherapies

The student will gain an appreciation of the basic principles of the analytic process and types of psychotherapy including the indications and uses for psychotherapy.

Cohen: Chapter 18, Chapter 7 (Mood Disorders)

Kaplan and Saddock: Chapter 34.1; 34.2; 34.6; 34.8; Table 34.1-2

Forensic Psychiatry/ Legal Issues in Psychiatry

Students will become familiar with the legal aspects of psychiatric practice.

Students will learn the criteria required in Virginia for involuntary hospitalization and will be able to make an assessment of a patient's capacity to consent to treatment.

Cohen: Chapter 20

Kaplan and Saddock: Chapter 55

Geriatric Psychiatry: Kaplan and Saddock: Chapter 54

Child Psychiatry: Cohen: Chapter 19

Kaplan and Saddock: Chapter 36, 42

Revised June 2006