Lectures and groups focus on conveying the concepts of depression and psychosis and the psychiatric syndromes that affect mood and thought, including schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, dementia and delirium. The clinical aspects of these disorders are illustrated by videotapes and case material presented during lecture. Relevant neurobiological information is discussed with an emphasis on its application to phenomenology, etiology, and disease course. Group leaders are members of the faculty and senior residents. Psychiatric patients are interviewed and the definitions and concepts of the mental status examination are discussed.
Students complete two written mental status examinations.
Their evaluations are based on their work in group as well as their performance on a written examination. Psychiatric Medicine II is a continuation of Psychiatric Medicine I in terms of its format and objectives. It begins in first semester of second year and runs through the beginning of the second semester. Major psychiatric disorders that are discussed include eating disorders, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, sexual disorders, and somatoform disorders. Normal child and adolescent development is presented and supplemented by interviews with children supervised by child psychiatry fellows and faculty.