LECTURES

Power point

e-class

Written exam with multiple choice questions

Marking criteria are accessible to students

According to the World Health Organization, mental disorders are becoming increasingly common, while disability associated with mental illness has already surpassed the disability associated with physical illnesses, and their difference is expected to increase in the future. It is therefore important that all medical students acquire a thorough training in Psychiatry, as they will need it in their future clinical practice, regardless of which specialty they choose.

Psychiatry is perhaps the most complex clinical specialty, as it requires complex interdisciplinarity and creative clinical thinking, a strong clinical evidence base and excellent training in theory. Psychiatry II is the natural continuation of Psychiatry I and aims to develop the necessary knowledge and attitudes that underpin Clinical Psychiatry and will prepare them for their final year clinical attachment.

The course includes comprehensive lectures on the treatment of mental disorders. Both pharmacotherapy and other biological therapies, as well as modern psychotherapeutic methods used in clinical psychiatry, are thoroughly explored. Also, the principles of the basic subspecialties of Psychiatry are taught: Old Age Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry, Learning Disability, Liaison Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry.

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

• Appreciate the importance of interdisciplinarity and of the holistic approach in Psychiatry
• Know in detail treatment options in Psychiatry
• Develop a working understanding of the basic subspecialties of Psychiatry, namely Old Age Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry, Learning Disability, Liaison Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry

 Unit 1: Psychopharmacology I: Anxiolytics 

Unit 2: Psychopharmacology II: Antipsychotics 

Unit 3: Psychopharmacology III: Antidepressants, mood stabilizers 

Unit 4: Other physical treatment options in Psychiatry 

Unit 5: Psychotherapies I 

Unit 6: Psychotherapies II 

Unit 7: Substance misuse I: alcohol 

Unit 8: Substance misuse II: other substances 

Unit 9: Liaison Psychiatry 

Unit 10: Child Psychiatry 

Unit 11: Old Age Psychiatry 

Unit 12: Suicidality / Self-Harm 

Unit 13: Revision

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