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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
Class Time(s)
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
Description
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:
  1. Describe the role of psychiatric emergencies in the organization and structure of the mental health care delivery system
  2. Express the difficulties in assessing mental disorders in patients presenting with psychiatric crises
  3. Illustrate why the psychiatric emergency room is a special locus of care that provides distinct opportunities for testing new assessment/treatment approaches
  4. Set up research in the (psychiatric) emergency department, both hypothesis-generating and hypothesis-testing research