Offered each quarter. This elective provides students the opportunity to be involved in the assessment and treatment of elderly psychiatric patients. The student assesses and manages a select number of geriatric patients. Students are taught how to evaluate geropsychiatric patients after general psychiatric interviews. The student should acquire knowledge and skill about the differential diagnosis, neuropsychological evaluation, and laboratory assessment of geropsychiatric patients.
Students attend weekly case conferences, geriatric journal clubs, and team meetings.
Sites include The Methodist Hospital and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Minimum number of students required for elective to be offered-1. Maximum number of students admitted to elective-2. Offered each quarter. This rotation provides an introduction to clinical aspects of alcoholism and substance abuse.