The Mind
Total Contact Hours:
33 hours
Course Director:
Brenda J.B. Roman, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Course Description:
Without leaving the "brain," this
course is about psychopathology and modern therapies to help those with
psychiatric disorders. Through
presentations, live and/or video recordings of "real" patients who tell their
stories, case discussions, and student interviews of psychiatric patients in
the hospital, the student gains an appreciation of the pervasiveness of mental
illness, its diagnostic complexity, and what are the evidence-based
treatments.
K=Knowledge and Lifelong Learning
C=Interpersonal and Communication P=Professionalism, Advocacy, and Personal Growth |
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By the conclusion of this course, the student will
demonstrate:
K1 The
ability to describe and compare the diagnostic criteria for each of the
psychiatric illnesses in these major categories:
- Mood disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Psychotic disorders
- Personality disorders
- Substance use disorders
- Cognitive disorders
- Somatoform disorders
- Dissociative disorders
- Eating disorders
- Paraphilias and gender identity disorder
- Pervasive developmental disorders
- Childhood psychiatric disorders, including:
- ADHD
- Conduct disorder
- Oppositional defiant disorder
K2 The
ability to describe the biological theories for major depression, bipolar
disorder, panic disorder, PTSD, OCD, schizophrenia, and the pervasive
developmental disorders
K3 The
ability to describe the common treatments for the various psychiatric
illnesses, including medication and the psychotherapies
K4 The
ability to describe typical age-related changes affecting the cerebral cortex,
ventricular system, and blood vessels
K5 The
ability to identify which normal cells are altered by neurofibrillary tangles,
neuritic plaques, and Lewy bodies K6 An
understanding of seven neurodegenerative disorders:
- Alzheimer
disease
- Pick
disease
- Huntington
disease
- multiple
system atrophy
- Parkinson
disease
- Motor
neuron disease
- Friedreich
ataxia
- For
each of the above disorders, the student will demonstrate the ability to:
- Describe etiology (if known) and pathogenesis for each
disorder
- Explain genetic phenotypes and mechanisms for each
disorder
- Recognize characteristic clinical features for each
disorder
- Describe anatomic distribution of pathologic changes
for each disorder
- Recognize typical gross and histopathologic features
for each disorder
- Describe natural history and prognosis for each
disorder
K7 The
ability to describe the stages of sleep and to recognize the common sleep
disorders
K8 An understanding of the biological basis of learning
and memory\
K9 The
ability to recognize risk factors of suicide and risk factors of violence
K10 An understanding of the mechanisms of action, common
side effects, potentially catastrophic side effects, and contra-indications for
the following psychotropic classes of medication:
- Antidepressants
- Mood stabilizers
- Anxiolytics
- Antipsychotics
- Sleep agents
- Cognitive enhancers
- Stimulants
K11 An understanding of the neurobiological basis of the
substance use disorders, including the ability to indicate both intoxication
and withdrawal syndromes for the following categories of substances of abuse:
- Alcohol and other central nervous system depressants
- Opioids
- Sympathomimetics
- Cannabinoids
- Psychadelics
- Dissociate anesthetics
- Steroids
- Nicotine
- Miscellaneous prescription medications
C1 The ability to work effectively in teams, through
the team-based learning modules in the areas of the dementias, mood disorders,
and substance use disorders
C2 The ability to write a psychiatric examination,
including the following:
- General appearance and activity
- Levels of consciousness
- Speech characteristics
- Orientation
- Concentration
- Memory
- Fund of information
- Mood and affect
- Perceptual abilities/disturbances
- Hallucinations/illusions
- Depersonalization/derealization
- Thought processes
- Obsessions/compulsions
- Delusions
- Suicidal and homicidal thoughts
- Self-mutilation thoughts
- Abstract thinking
- Judgment
- Insight
- Reality
P1 Demonstrate
professionalism through the ability to:
- Be punctual and attend required events
- Complete written assignments in a timely fashion with
legible writing
- Be truthful
- Be courteous to patients, patients' families, staff,
colleagues, and other health professionals
- Maintain confidentiality regarding patient care
- Demonstrate respect, empathy, responsiveness, and
concern regardless of the patient's problems, personal characteristics, or
cultural background
- Demonstrate scholarship in the form of contributing to
a positive learning environment, collaborating with colleagues, and performing
self-assessment and self-directed learning
Learning Activities:
Presentations, Team-Based Learning, Mental Status Examination writing.
Syllabi
Assessment:
MCQ exam, Team-Based Learning, mental status examination. |
