330.629.11
Emergency Psychiatry and Public Health
Location
East Baltimore
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Mental Health
Credit(s)
1
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Monday, June 18, 2012
End Date
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
M, Tu, 8:00am - 12:00pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Students learn the principles and basics of emergency psychiatry, providing an up-to-date approach in terms of epidemiological features, assessment and treatment possibilities, and research.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe the role of psychiatric emergencies in the organization and structure of the mental health care delivery system
- Express the difficulties in assessing mental disorders in patients presenting with psychiatric crises
- Illustrate why the psychiatric emergency room is a special locus of care that provides distinct opportunities for testing new assessment/treatment approaches
- Set up research in the (psychiatric) emergency department, both hypothesis-generating and hypothesis-testing research