Consultation Psychiatry
PS 509M.3
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Description
This advanced course will teach students how to work with patients who have psychiatric symptoms in medical settings. Through exposure to a wide range of neuropsychiatric presentations in medical and surgical patients, students will learn how to perform a psychiatric interview, to develop a rapid differential diagnosis,and to create a treatment plan relevant to the medically ill patients. The rotation will guide students in the use of multiple treatment modalities (including brief psychotherapies, pharmacotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy, and behavioral techniques). Students will learn about the impact of illness, of hospitalization, and of medical treatment on the function of patients and will help students to appreciate the role of psychiatric factors in the presentation and course of medical illness. The rotation will provide daily bedside teaching and didactics.
Not Available for Cross Registration
Open to Domestic Visiting Students
Open to International Visiting Students
