Goals and Objectives

PSYCHOPATHOLOGY I

Instructor: Stephen H. Dinwiddie, M.D.

Lecture 1: Introduction Psychiatric History and Mental Status

Lecture 2: Schizophrenia

Lecture 3: Mood Disorders I: Depression

Lecture 4: Mood Disorders II: Mania

Lecture 5: Organic Conditions

Lecture 6: Mood Disorders III: Anxiety States

Lecture 7: Suicide and Parasuicide

Lecture 8: Addiction

By the end of this lecture series, the resident should:

Have an understanding of the rationale for psychiatric diagnosis and how diagnoses are validated.
Be familiar with the diagnostic criteria for major mental disorders
Be familiar with basic epidemiology, genetics, and clinical presentation of major mental disorders