Psychiatry - Online Course

Psychiatry - Medical Course Subject

Psychiatry

Listening to the Patient

1. Listening: The Key Skill in Psychiatry
2. The Primary Tools: Words, Analogies, Metaphors, Similes and Symbols
3. How Does One Hear Words in This Way?
4. Listening as More Than Hearing
5. Common Blocks to Effective Listening
6. Crucial Attitudes that Enable Effective Listening
7. Theoretical Perspectives on Listening
8. Using Oneself in Listening
9. To Be Found: The Psychological Product of Being Heard
10. Listening to Oneself to Listen Better
11. Listening in Special Clinical Situations
12. Growing and Maturing as a Listener

The Cultural Context of Clinical Assessment

1. Introduction: The Cultural Matrix of Psychiatry
2. What Is Culture?
3. Culture and Gender
4. The Cultural Formulation
5. Ethnocultural Identity
6. Illness Explanations and Help-seeking
7. Psychosocial Environment and Levels of Functioning
8. Clinician�Patient Relationship
9. Overall Assessment
10. Cultural Competence
11. Working with Interpreters and Culture-brokers
12. Conclusion: The Limits of Culture

The Psychiatric Interview Settings and Techniques

1. The Psychiatric Interview: Settings and Techniques
2. Goals of the Psychiatric Interview
3. What Is the Diagnosis?
4. The Psychiatric Database
5. Database Components
6. Conduct of the Interview: Factors Which Affect the Interview
7. General Features of Psychiatric Interviews
8. Phases of the Interview
9. Dimensions of Interviewing Techniques

PhysicianPatient Relationship

1. Physician�Patient Relationship
2. Formation of the Physician�Patient Relationship
3. Special Issues in the Physician�Patient Relationship
4. The Physician�Patient Relationship in Specific Populations of Patients

Professional Ethics and Boundaries

1. Professional Ethics and Boundaries
2. Ethical Behavior and its Relationship to the Professional Attitude
3. The Coherent Treatment Frame and the Role of Therapeutic Boundaries in Effective Psychiatric Treatment
4. Boundary Violations
5. Components of the Coherent Psychiatric Frame
6. Stability
7. Avoiding Dual Relationships
8. Autonomy and Neutrality
9. Coherent and Noncollusive Compensation
10. Confidentiality
11. Anonymity
12. Abstinence
13. Self-respect and Self-protection

Law Ethics and Psychiatry

1. Overview of Legal Principles
2. Rights and Responsibilities
3. Confidentiality and Privilege
4. Informed Consent
5. Exceptions to Informed Consent
6. Medicolegal Aspects of Clinical Practice
7. Third Party Payers and the Psychiatrist
8. Liability for Supervising Other Professionals
9. Criminal Law and Psychiatry
10. Civil Litigation
11. Competence, Capacity and Guardianship
12. Special Issues
13. Psychiatric Ethics
14. Sources of Psychiatric Ethics
15. Potential Consequences of Diagnostic Labels
16. Ethics of Psychiatric Research
17. Ethics and Suicide
18. Ethical Dimensions of Health System Changes

A Psychiatric Perspective on Human Development

1. A Psychiatric Perspective on Human Development
2. Theories and Models of Development
3. Biological Development
4. Cognitive Developmen
5. Emotional Development
6. Social Development
7. Moral Development
8. Developmental Psychopathology
9. High-Risk Periods for Psychopathology
10. Interlineal Decalage
11. The Psychiatrist as a Developmentalist

Psychopathology Across the Life Cycle

1. Psychopathology Across the Life-Cycle
2. Continuity, Persistence and Progression Across the Life-Cycle
3. Stress-diathesis Model of Psychopathology
4. Pathoplastic Effects of Age
5. Problems of Childhood
6. Problems of Adolescence
7. Problems of Early Adulthood
8. Problems of Middle Adult Life
9. Problems of Late Life

Psychiatric Epidemiology

1. Psychiatric Epidemiology
2. The Scope of Inquiry in Psychiatric Epidemiology
3. Measures of Disease Frequency
4. Measures of Association
5. Instruments to Identify Cases
6. Psychometric Properties of Instruments
7. Risk Factor Identification
8. Types of Epidemiological Studies
9. Threats to Validity in Epidemiological Studies
10. Examples of Psychiatric Epidemiologic Studies
11. The Epidemiological Catchment Area Study
12. The National Comorbidity Survey

Psychiatric Pathophysiology Schizophrenia

1. Pursuing the Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia
2. Clinical Pharmacology in Schizophrenia
3. Preclinical Studies Relevant to the Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia
4. Systems Pathology in Schizophrenia: The Limbic Cortex
5. Postmortem Limbic Cortex Abnormalities in Schizophrenia: Structural Changes

Psychiatric Pathophysiology Mood Disorders

1. Genetic Factors
2. Molecular Genetic Research
3. Monoamine Alterations
4. Neuropeptides and Hormones
5. Neuroimaging Studies

Psychiatric Pathophysiology Anxiety Disorders

1. Psychiatric Pathophysiology: Anxiety Disorders
2. Gamma-aminobutyric Acid (GABA)
3. Glutamate
4. NMDA Receptors
5. Linking NMDA Receptors to Biogenic Amine-based Anxiolytics
6. Group II Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors
7. Serotonin
8. Norepinephrine

Psychiatric Pathophysiology Addiction

1. Psychiatric Pathophysiology: Addiction
2. The Development of Addiction
3. Brain Circuitry and Addiction

Psychiatric Pathophysiology Dementia

1. Psychiatric Pathophysiology: Dementia

Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology

1. What Is Cognitive Neuroscience?
2. Current Theoretical Conceptualization of Brain Organization
3. Psychiatry: Memory
4. Cellular Basis of Memory
5. Major Subdivisions of Memory Systems
6. Frontal Lobe Contribution to Explicit Memory
7. Implicit Memory
8. Executive Functioning and the Frontal Lobes
9. Working Memory
10. Theories of Frontal Lobe Functioning
11. Behavioral�Neuroanatomical Correlates
12. Psychiatry: Attention
13. Psychiatry: Language
14. Important Issues in Language Research
15. Acquired Language Disorders: The Example of Aphasia
16. Concepts of Neuroanatomical Dominance and Localization in Language
17. Psychiatry: Model of Language
18. Neurodevelopmental Aspects of Language
19. Brain Organization and Language Development

Cognitive Psychology Basic Theory and Clinical Implications

1. Cognitive Psychology: Basic Theory and Clinical Implications
2. Cognitive Psychology: Attention
3. Cognitive Psychology: Anxiety Disorders
4. Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
5. Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
6. Borderline Personality Disorder
7. Cognitive Psychology: Memory
8. Clinical Depression, Memory and Schemata Bias
9. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Repression and Memory Impairment
10. Higher Order Cognitive Processing
11. Automatic Versus Conscious Processing

Social Psychology

1. Social Psychology: The Self
2. Social Psychology: Social Cognition
3. Social Psychology: Interpersonal Processes: Attachment
4. Social Psychology: Interpersonal Processes: Treatment Relationship
5. Social Psychology: Interpersonal Processes: The Egoism-Altruism Debate
6. Social Psychology: Interpersonal Processes: Aggressive Behavior
7. Social Psychology: Behavior in Groups
8. Social Psychology: Culture and Social Psychology

Psychoanalytic Theories

1. Psychoanalytic Theories: Development and Major Concepts
2. Psychoanalytic Theories: Melanie Klein
3. Psychoanalytic Theories: Donald W. Winnicott
4. Psychoanalytic Theories: John Bowlby
5. Psychoanalytic Theories: Margaret Mahler
6. Psychoanalytic Theories: Otto Kernberg
7. Psychoanalytic Theories: Erik H. Erikson
8. Psychoanalytic Theories: Heinz Kohut: Self-psychology

Clinical Evaluation and Treatment Planning A Multimodal Approach

1. Clinical Evaluation and Treatment Planning: A Multimodal Approach
2. Psychiatric Interview
3. Physical Examination
4. Neurological Examination
5. Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing
6. Neuropsychological Examination Compared with Other Examinations
7. Types of Referral Questions for Neuropsychological Evaluation
8. Characterization of Adaptive Strengths and Weaknesses and Treatment Planning
9. Assessment of Change of State
10. Limitations of Reliability and Validity
11. Laboratory Assessments
12. Neurophysiologic Assessment
13. Brain Imaging
14. Structural Imaging Modalities
15. Functional Imaging Modalities
16. Special Assessment Techniques
17. Treatment Planning - Clinical Evaluation and Treatment Planning: A Multimodal Approach
18. Differential Diagnosis - Clinical Evaluation and Treatment Planning: A Multimodal Approach

Behavior and Adaptive Functioning

1. Personality Style
2. Domains of Functioning
3. Social and Interpersonal Functioning
4. Occupational Functioning
5. Leisure
6. Assessing Behavior and Adaptive Functioning in the Clinical Interview

Cultural Aspects of Psychiatric Disorders

1. Cultural Aspects of Psychiatric Disorders
2. Specific Cultural Considerations - Cultural Aspects of Psychiatric Disorders
3. Substance Use Disorders - Cultural Aspects of Psychiatric Disorders
4. Schizophrenia and Related Psychotic Disorders
5. Mood Disorders - Cultural Aspects of Psychiatric Disorders
6. Anxiety Disorders - Cultural Aspects of Psychiatric Disorders
7. Somatoform Disorders - Cultural Aspects of Psychiatric Disorders
8. Dissociative Disorders - Cultural Aspects of Psychiatric Disorders
9. Sexual Disorders - Cultural Aspects of Psychiatric Disorders
10. Eating Disorders - Cultural Aspects of Psychiatric Disorders
11. Adjustment and Personality Disorders - Cultural Aspects of Psychiatric Disorders
12. The Case of Culture-bound Syndromes and Idioms of Distress

Psychiatric Classification

1. Goals of a Psychiatric Classification
2. Approaches to Psychiatric Classification
3. DSM-IV Multiaxial System
4. DSM-IV-TR Classification and Diagnostic Codes

Diagnostic Classification in Infancy and Early Childhood

1. Diagnostic Classification in Infancy and Early Childhood
2. Principles of Assessment - Diagnostic Classification in Infancy and Early Childhood
3. The DIR Model - Diagnostic Classification in Infancy and Early Childhood
4. Overview of the Classification System - Infancy and Early Childhood

Childhood Disorders Mental Retardation

1. Concept of Childhood Mental Retardation
2. Etiology and Pathophysiology of Childhood Mental Retardation
3. Approaches to Classification of the Causation of Mental Retardation
4. Assessment of Mental Retardation
5. Overall Goals of Treatment of Mental Retardation
6. Mental Retardation: Variations in Presentation, Behavior Disorders, Assessment
7. Mental Retardation: Evaluation of Clinical Data, Aggression
8. Overall Goals of Psychiatric Treatment of Persons with Mental Retardation
9. Principles of the Use of Psychotropic Drugs in Persons with Mental Retardation
10. Mental Retardation: Psychosocial Interventions
11. Mental Retardation: Psychotherapies, Behavioral Treatment
12. Psychiatrist�Patient Relationship: Models of Delivery of Psychiatric Services

Childhood Disorders Learning and Motor Skills Disorders

1. Childhood Disorders: Learning and Motor Skills Disorders
2. Diagnosis of a Learning Disorder or Motor Skills Disorder
3. Evaluation of the Child or Adolescent
4. Environmental and Cultural Assessment - Learning and Motor Skills Disorders
5. Treatment, Educational, Psychotherapeutic Interventions - Learning and Motor Skills Disorders

Childhood Disorders Communication Disorders

1. Childhood Disorders: Communication Disorders
2. Diagnosis - Childhood Disorders: Communication Disorders
3. Course and Natural History - Childhood Disorders: Communication Disorders
4. Treatment - Childhood Disorders: Communication Disorders
5. Academic Comorbidity and Outcome - Childhood Disorders: Communication Disorders
6. Comparison of DSM-IV/ICD-10 Diagnostic Criteria - Childhood Disorders: Communication Disorders

Childhood Disorders The Autism Spectrum Disorders

1. Childhood Disorders: The Autism Spectrum Disorders
2. Phenomenology - Childhood Disorders: The Autism Spectrum Disorders
3. Etiology and Pathophysiology - Childhood Disorders: The Autism Spectrum Disorders
4. Biochemical Findings in ASD - Childhood Disorders: The Autism Spectrum Disorders
5. Neuropathological Findings in ASD - Childhood Disorders: The Autism Spectrum Disorders
6. Functional Neuroimaging Findings in ASD(Autism Spectrum Disorders)
7. Genetics and ASD(Autism Spectrum Disorders)
8. Autistic Disorder and MMR Vaccinations
9. Autism Spectrum Disorders: Assessment and Differential Diagnosis
10. Autism Spectrum Disorders: Differential Diagnosis
11. Autism Spectrum Disorders: Epidemiology and Comorbidity
12. Autism Spectrum Disorders: Course
13. Autism Spectrum Disorders: Treatment
14. Autism Spectrum Disorders: Comparison of DSM-IV/ICD-10 Diagnostic Criteria

Childhood Disorders Attention deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders

1. Childhood Disorders: Attention-deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
2. Epidemiology and Etiology - Attention-deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
3. Neurobiology - Attention-deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
4. Genetics - Attention-deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
5. Environmental Factors - Attention-deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
6. Course and Natural History- Attention-deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
7. Assessment and Rating Scales- Attention-deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
8. Interviews, Psychological/Psychometric Evaluation- Attention-deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
9. Observational and Laboratory Measures - Attention-deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
10. Differential Diagnoses - Attention-deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
11. Treatment - Attention-deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
12. Psychopharmacology - Attention-deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
13. Psychosocial Interventions - Attention-deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
14. The MTA Study - Attention-deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
15. Impact of Comorbidity on Treatment - Attention-deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders

Childhood Disorders Feeding and Other Disorders of Infancy or Early Childhood

1. Childhood Disorders: Feeding and Other Disorders of Infancy or Early Childhood
2. Feeding Disorder of State Regulation
3. Feeding Disorder of Poor Care Giver�Infant Reciprocity
4. Infantile Anorexia
5. Sensory Food Aversions
6. Post Traumatic Feeding Disorder
7. Rumination Disorder
8. Pica

Childhood Disorders Tic Disorders

1. Tic Disorders: Phenomenology and Diagnostic Criteria
2. Diagnostic Criteria for the Tic Disorders
3. Tic Disorders: Epidemiology
4. Tic Disorders: Frequently Cooccurring Symptoms or Disorders
5. Relationship of the Commonly Cooccurring Symptoms and Conditions with Tourette�s Disorder
6. Tic Disorders: Etiology
7. Tic Disorders: Diagnosis
8. Tic Disorders: Differential Diagnosis
9. Tic Disorders: Course and Natural History
10. Tic Disorders: Standard Approaches to Treatment
11. Treatment of Cooccurring Psychiatric Disorders in Tourette�s Disorder

Childhood Disorders Elimination Disorders and Childhood Anxiety Disorders

1. Enuresis
2. Encopresis
3. Separation Anxiety Disorder
4. Selective Mutism

Delirium and Dementia

1. Delirium and Dementia
2. Dementia, Delirium and Other Cognitive Disorders
3. Dementia of the Alzheimer Type
4. Dementia Due to Pick�s Disease
5. Dementia Due to Parkinson�s Disease
6. Dementia Due to Huntington�s Disease
7. Vascular Dementia
8. Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
9. Creutzfeldt�Jakob Disease
10. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
11. Dementia Due to HIV Diseases
12. Neurosyphilis
13. Dementia Due to Head Trauma
14. Substance-induced Persisting Dementia
15. Alcohol-induced Dementia
16. Dementia Due to Other General Medical Conditions
17. Delirium
18. Amnestic Disorders

Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition

1. Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition
2. Psychotic Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition
3. Assessment and Differential Diagnosis - Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition
4. Epidemiology, Comorbidity, Course, Treatment - Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition
5. Mood disorder with Depressive Features
6. Mood Disorder with Manic Features
7. Anxiety Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition with Panic Attacks or with Generalized Anxiety
8. Mood Disorder with Obsessive�Compulsive Symptoms
9. Catatonic Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition
10. Personality Change Due to a General Medical Condition
11. Pseudobulbar Palsy
12. Kl�ver�Bucy Syndrome

General Approaches to Substance and Polydrug Use Disorders

1. General Approaches to Substance and Polydrug Use Disorders
2. Etiology and Pathophysiology - General Approaches to Substance and Polydrug Use Disorders
3. Special Issues in the Psychiatric Examination - General Approaches to Substance and Polydrug Use Disorders
4. Course and Natural History - General Approaches to Substance and Polydrug Use Disorders
5. Other Substance Use Disorders: Anabolic Steroids

Substance Abuse Alcohol Use Disorders

1. Substance Abuse: Alcohol Use Disorders
2. Etiology and Pathophysiology - Alcohol Use Disorders
3. Pathophysiology - Alcohol Use Disorders
4. Assessment and Differential Diagnosis - Alcohol Use Disorders
5. Alcohol Intoxication
6. Alcohol Withdrawal
7. Alcohol-induced Disorder
8. Assessment of Alcohol Use Disorders
9. Screening - Alcohol Use Disorders
10. Psychiatric History and Examination - Alcohol Use Disorders
11. Relevant Physical Examination and Laboratory Findings - Alcohol Use Disorders
12. Gender and Developmental Presentations - Alcohol Use Disorders
13. Epidemiology and Comorbidity - Alcohol Use Disorders
14. Psychiatric Comorbidity in Individuals with an Alcohol Use Disorder
15. Course and Natural History - Alcohol Use Disorders
16. Treatment - Alcohol Use Disorders
17. The Management of Alcohol Withdrawal
18. Therapeutic Modalities: Nonpharmacological - Alcohol Use Disorders
19. Therapeutic Modalities: Pharmacological - Alcohol Use Disorders
20. The Treatment of Psychiatric Comorbidity in Alcoholics
21. Treatment of Depressive Symptoms/Disorders
22. Treatment of Anxiety Symptoms/Disorders
23. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Mutual Help Organizations
24. Special Features Influencing Treatment - Alcohol Use Disorders

Substance Abuse Caffeine Use Disorders

1. Caffeine Intoxication
2. Treatment - Caffeine Use Disorders
3. Caffeine Withdrawal
4. Caffeine Dependence
5. Caffeine-induced Anxiety Disorder
6. Caffeine-induced Sleep Disorder

Substance Abuse Cannabis related Disorders

1. Substance Abuse: Cannabis-related Disorders
2. Cannabis: Botany and Pharmacology
3. Etiology and Pathophysiology - Cannabis-related Disorders
4. Assessment and Differential Diagnosis - Cannabis-related Disorders
5. Epidemiology and Comorbidity - Cannabis-related Disorders
6. Course - Cannabis-related Disorders
7. Treatment - Cannabis-related Disorders
8. Special Features Influencing Treatment - Cannabis-related Disorders

Substance Abuse Cocaine Use Disorders

1. Substance Abuse: Cocaine Use Disorders
2. Gender Differences in Cocaine Use Disorders
3. Course and Natural History - Cocaine Use Disorders
4. Neurobiological Changes Related to Cocaine Use
5. Diagnosis of Cocaine Use Disorders
6. Cocaine Dependence
7. Cocaine Abuse and Cocaine Intoxication
8. Cocaine Withdrawal
9. Medical Complications of Cocaine Abuse
10. Assessment and Treatment Overview - Cocaine Use Disorders
11. Cocaine Use Disorders: Clinical Course
12. Treatment of Cocaine Use Disorders
13. Psychotherapies for Cocaine Use Disorders
14. Physician�Patient Relationship Considerations
15. Pharmacotherapies for Cocaine Use Disorders

Substance Abuse Phencycline Use Disorders

1. Substance Abuse: Phencycline Use Disorders

Substance Abuse Hallucinogen and MDMA Related Disorders

1. Substance Abuse: Hallucinogen- and MDMA-Related Disorders
2. Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Intoxication - Hallucinogen- and MDMA-Related Disorders
3. LSD-Related Psychotic Disorders
4. Differential Diagnosis and Treatment - Hallucinogen- and MDMA-Related Disorders
5. Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder (HPPD)
6. MDMA (�Ecstasy�)

Substance Abuse Inhalant related Disorders

1. Substance Abuse: Inhalant-related Disorders

Substance Abuse Nicotine Dependence

1. Substance Abuse: Nicotine Dependence
2. Cooccurring Psychiatric or Substance Use Disorders - Nicotine Dependence
3. Etiology and Pathophysiology - Nicotine Dependence
4. Course and Natural History - Nicotine Dependence
5. Evaluation and Assessment - Nicotine Dependence
6. Overall Approach to Treatment - Nicotine Dependence
7. Phases of Treatment - Nicotine Dependence
8. Self-help - Nicotine Dependence
9. Specific Medication and Psychosocial Treatment Interventions - Nicotine Dependence
10. Psychosocial and Psychopharmacological Therapies - Nicotine Dependence

Substance Abuse Opioid Use Disorders

1. Substance Abuse: Opioid Use Disorders
2. Epidemiology of Opioid Abuse and Dependence
3. Etiology and Pathophysiology of Opioid-related Disorders
4. Clinical Picture of Opioid-related Disorders
5. Intoxication, Withdrawal, Dependence, Abuse - Opioid Use Disorders
6. Assessment and Clinical Picture - Opioid Use Disorders
7. Course and Natural History of Opioid Dependence
8. Treatment - Opioid Use Disorders
9. Detoxification: Long-term, Short-term, Rapid and Ultra-rapid - Opioid Use Disorders
10. Opioid Agonist Pharmacotherapy
11. Antagonist Maintenance - Opioid Use Disorders
12. Psychosocial/Behavioral Treatments - Opioid Use Disorders
13. Individual Drug Counseling - Opioid Use Disorders
14. Therapeutic Communities (TCs), Addressing Comorbidity - Opioid Use Disorders
15. Psychiatric - Opioid Use Disorders
16. Medical - Opioid Use Disorders
17. Integrated Treatment and Harm Reduction - Opioid Use Disorders

Substance Abuse Sedative Hypnotic or Anxiolytic Use Disorders

1. Sedative, Hypnotic, or Anxiolytic Use Disorders
2. Substance-related Disorders of Sedative�Hypnotics
3. Etiology and Pathophysiology, Epidemiology - Sedative, Hypnotic, or Anxiolytic Use Disorders
4. Patterns of Abuse - Disorders of Sedative�Hypnotics
5. Acute Intoxication with Sedative�Hypnotics
6. Phenomenology and Variations in Presentations - Disorders of Sedative�Hypnotics
7. Assessment - Disorders of Sedative�Hypnotics
8. Course and Natural History - Disorders of Sedative�Hypnotics
9. Psychotherapy - Disorders of Sedative�Hypnotics
10. Twelve-step Recovery - Disorders of Sedative�Hypnotics
11. Additional Treatment Considerations - Disorders of Sedative�Hypnotics
12. Risk Factors for Low-dose Benzodiazepine Withdrawal

Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses

1. Diagnosis - Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses
2. DSM-IV Subtypes of Schizophrenia
3. Schizophrenia: Epidemiological Findings: Incidence and Prevalence
4. Sociodemographical Characteristics
5. Schizophrenia: Morbidity and Mortality
6. Schizophrenia: Comorbidity with Other Illnesses, Genetics, Etiology
7. Schizophrenia: Family Prevalence Studies, Twin, Adoption
8. Schizophrenia: Viral Hypotheses, Immune Dysfunction, Pathophysiology
9. Schizophrenia: Neuroanatomical Theories
10. Schizophrenia: Neurochemical Theories
11. Schizophrenia: Clinical Manifestations and Phenomenology
12. Schizophrenia: Symptom Cluster Analysis, Cognitive Impairment
13. Schizophrenia: Information Processing and Attention, Learning and Memory, Differential Diagnosis
14. Schizophrenia: Mental Status Examination
15. Schizophrenia: Other Conditions that Resemble Schizophrenia
16. Schizophrenia: Course of Illness
17. Schizophrenia: First Episode Schizophrenia
18. Schizophrenia: Treatment and Psychiatrist�Patient Relationship
19. Schizophrenia: Psychopharmacological Treatment
20. Depression and Schizophrenia
21. Schizophrenia: Side Effects of Novel Antipsychotic Agents
22. Schizophrenia: Treatment Resistance and Negative Symptoms
23. Schizophrenia: Augmentation of Typical Neuroleptics
24. Schizophrenia: Mechanism of Action of the Atypical Antipsychotic Agents
25. Nonpharmacological Treatment of Schizophrenia
26. Psychoses Disorder
27. Differential Diagnosis - Psychoses Disorder

Mood Disorders Depression

1. Mood Disorders: Depression
2. Epidemiology - Depression
3. Comorbidity Depression Patterns: General Medical Conditions
4. Comorbidity Patterns: Other Clinical Psychiatric Disorders
5. Depression: Disorder
6. Depression: Etiology and Pathophysiology, Integration of Genetic and Environmental Theories
7. Depression: Neurobiological Theories
8. Depression: Neurohormonal Theories
9. Depression: Psychosocial Theories
10. Depression: Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis
11. Subtyping of MDD
12. Depression in Children and Adolescents
13. Major Depressive Disorder in the Older Adult and in Ethnic Groups
14. Depression: Assessment
15. Depression: Course and Natural History
16. Definitions of Remission, Relapse, Recovery and Recurrence
17. Depression: Goals of Treatment
18. Depression: Pharmacotherapy and Other Somatic Treatment
19. Depression: Psychosocial Treatment
20. Depression: Factors Influencing Treatment Response
21. Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders with Major Depressive Disorder
22. General Medical Conditions Cooccurring with Major Depressive Disorder
23. Depression: Demographic and Sociocultural Factors in Treatment
24. Refractory Major Depressive Disorder
25. Dysthymic Disorder
26. Depressive Disorder not Otherwise Specified

Mood Disorders Bipolar ManicDepressive Disorders

1. Episodes as the Basis for Diagnosis of Manic�Depressive Disorder
2. Bipolar (Manic�Depressive) Disorders: Genetic and Neurotransmitter Hypotheses
3. Bipolar (Manic�Depressive) Disorders: Cell Degeneration and Neuroprotective Effects of Medications
4. Bipolar (Manic�Depressive) Disorders: Biological Rhythms
5. Stress and Manic�Depressive Disorder
6. Bipolar (Manic�Depressive) Disorders: Assessment and Differential Diagnosis
7. A �Bipolar� Disorder?
8. Bipolar (Manic�Depressive) Disorders: History, Physical Examination and Laboratory Studies
9. Bipolar (Manic�Depressive) Disorders: Age, Gender, and Cultural Issues in Diagnosis and Assessment
10. Bipolar (Manic�Depressive) Disorders: Epidemiology
11. Bipolar (Manic�Depressive) Disorders: Clinical Outcome, Functional Outcome and Illness Costs
12. Bipolar (Manic�Depressive) Disorders: Treatment
13. Bipolar (Manic�Depressive) Disorders: Somatotherapy
14. Bipolar (Manic�Depressive) Disorders: Special Features Influencing Treatment

Mood Disorders Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

1. Mood Disorders: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
2. Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Differential Diagnosis
3. Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Epidemiology, Etiology
4. Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Treatment

Anxiety Disorders Panic Disorder With and Without Agoraphobia

1. Anxiety Disorders: Panic Disorder With and Without Agoraphobia
2. Panic Disorder: Historical Overview
3. Panic Disorder: Prevalence and Course
4. Panic Disorder: Costs of Panic Disorder
5. Panic Disorder: Comorbidity
6. Panic Disorder: Etiology
7. Panic Disorder: Neuroanatomical Hypothesis
8. Panic Disorder: Assessment, Treatment
9. Panic Disorder: Pharmacotherapies
10. Panic Disorder: Cognitive�Behavioral Therapy
11. Panic Disorder: Combining CBT with Pharmacotherapies

Anxiety Disorders Social and Specific Phobias

1. Anxiety Disorders: Social and Specific Phobias
2. Social and Specific Phobias: Other Biological Factors
3. Social and Specific Phobias: Assessment
4. Social and Specific Phobias: Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis
5. Social and Specific Phobias: Specific Phobia Phenomenology and Subtypes
6. Social Phobia Phenomenology and Subtypes
7. Social and Specific Phobias: Epidemiology and Comorbidity
8. Social and Specific Phobias: Course and Natural History
9. Social and Specific Phobias: Treatment
10. Social and Specific Phobias: Pharmacotherapy
11. Social and Specific Phobias: Psychosocial Treatments
12. Refractory Patients and Nonresponse to Initial Treatment

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

1. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
2. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Epidemiology, Demographic Characteristics
3. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Course and Natural History
4. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Contamination
5. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Obsessions
6. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Pathological Doubt, Insight, Comorbidity
7. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Differential Diagnosis
8. Obsessive�Compulsive Disorder Versus Other Disorders
9. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Etiology, Pathophysiology, Factors
10. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Psychoanalytic Theory
11. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Treatment, Pharmacological Treatments, Assessing Treatment Resistance
12. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Augmentation Strategies
13. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Issues in the Physician�Patient Relationship
14. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Duration and Discontinuation of Treatment

Anxiety Disorders Traumatic Stress Disorders

1. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Epidemiology, Etiology and Pathophysiology
2. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Psychological Factors, Diagnosis
3. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Assessment, Course and Natural History
4. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Pharmacotherapy
5. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Cognitive, Cognitive�Behavioral and Behavioral Therapies
6. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Psychodynamic Therapy
7. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Special Features Influencing Treatment
8. Acute Stress Disorder

Anxiety Disorders Generalized Anxiety Disorder

1. Anxiety Disorders: Generalized Anxiety Disorder
2. Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Etiology and Pathophysiology
3. Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Psychological Mechanisms
4. Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Assessment and Differential Diagnosis
5. Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Differential Diagnosis
6. Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Epidemiology and Comorbidity
7. Generalized Anxiety Disorder:Comorbidity with Other Disorders
8. Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Course, Treatment, Doctor-Patient Relationship
9. Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Pharmacotherapy
10. Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Nonpharmacological Treatments
11. Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Long-term Management of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
12. Comorbidity and the Treatment of GAD(Generalized Anxiety Disorder)
13. Treatment of GAD(Generalized Anxiety Disorder) in the Elderly
14. Treatment of GAD(Generalized Anxiety Disorder) in Adolescents and Children

Somatoform Disorders

1. Somatoform Disorders
2. Somatoform Disorders: Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis
3. Somatoform Disorders: Epidemiology, Treatment
4. Somatization Disorder
5. Somatization disorder: Course, Natural History and Prognosis
6. Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorder
7. Conversion Disorder
8. Pain Disorder
9. Hypochondriasis
10. Body Dysmorphic Disorder
11. Somatoform Disorder not Otherwise Specified

Factitious Disorders

1. Factitious Disorders
2. Factitious Disorders: Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Etiology
3. Factitious Disorders: Treatment and Prognosis
4. Factitious Disorders: Ethical Considerations, Factitious Disorder by Proxy, Treatment

Dissociative Disorders

1. Dissociative Disorders
2. Dissociative Disorders: Epidemiology
3. Dissociative Disorders: Diagnostic Criteria and Treatment Dissociative Amnesia
4. Dissociative Disorders: Implicit Effects of Dissociated Memories
5. Depersonalization Disorder
6. Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)
7. Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)
8. Dissociative Trance Disorder
9. Acute Stress Disorder
10. Theoretical and Research Issues: Models and Mechanisms of Dissociation

Sexual Disorders

1. Sexual Disorders
2. Sexual Disorders: The Sexual Dysfunctions
3. Sexual Disorders: Problems with Orgasm
4. Sexual Disorders: Dyspareunia
5. Sexual Disorders: Gender Identity Disorders
6. Sexual Disorders: The Paraphilias
7. Sexual Disorders: The Specific Paraphilias
8. Sexual Disorder Not Otherwise Specified

Eating Disorders

1. Eating Disorders
2. Anorexia Nervosa
3. Anorexia Nervosa: Differential Diagnosis
4. Bulimia Nervosa
5. Bulimia Nervosa: Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis
6. Bulimia Nervosa: Assessment
7. Bulimia Nervosa: Differential Diagnosis
8. Binge-eating Disorder

Sleep and Sleep Wake Disorders

1. Physiological Regulation of Sleep and Wakefulness
2. Normal Age-related Changes in Sleep and Wakefulness
3. Neurophysiology and Neurochemistry of Sleep
4. Sleep Disorders
5. General Approach to the Patient with a Sleep Disorder
6. Role of the Sleep Laboratory in Clinical Sleep Disorders
7. Dyssomnias
8. Dyssomnias: Differential Diagnosis
9. Breathing-related Sleep Disorder
10. Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder (Sleep�Wake Schedule Disorders)
11. Sleep-Wake Disorders: Shift Work
12. Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep
13. Parasomnias
14. Polysomnographic Features of Sleep in Psychiatric Disorders
15. General Approaches to the Clinical Management of Sleep Disorders in Psychiatric Patients
16. Sleep Disorders in Other Medical Conditions

Impulse Control Disorders

1. Impulse Control Disorders
2. Intermittent Explosive Disorder
3. Kleptomania
4. Pyromania and Fire-setting Behavior
5. Pathological Gambling
6. Pathological Gambling: Course and Treatment
7. Trichotillomania
8. Trichotillomania: Course, Treatment, Demographical Features

Adjustment Disorders

1. Adjustment Disorders
2. Adjustment Disorders: Epidemiology
3. Adjustment Disorders: Etiology
4. Adjustment Disorders: Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis
5. Adjustment Disorders: Maladaptation, Stresses
6. Assessment of the Subtypes of Adjustment Disorder, Comorbidity and Diagnostic Boundaries
7. Adjustment Disorders: Treatment

Personality Disorders

1. Personality Disorder
2. Paranoid Personality Disorder
3. Schizoid Personality Disorder
4. Schizotypal Personality Disorder
5. Antisocial Personality Disorder
6. Borderline Personality Disorder
7. Histrionic Personality Disorder
8. Narcissistic Personality Disorder
9. Avoidant Personality Disorder
10. Dependent Personality Disorder
11. Obsessive�Compulsive Personality Disorder
12. Personality Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
13. Passive�Aggressive (Negativistic) Personality Disorder
14. Depressive Personality Disorder

Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Condition

1. Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Condition
2. Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Condition: Etiology and Pathophysiology
3. Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Condition: Assessment and Diagnosis
4. Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Condition: Differential Diagnosis
5. Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Condition: Epidemiology and Comorbidity, Course
6. Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Condition: Treatment
7. Psychological Factors in Oncology
8. Psychological Factors in Cardiology
9. Psychological Factors in Endocrinology
10. Psychological Factors in Pulmonary Disease
11. Psychological Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis
12. Psychological Factors in Neurology
13. Psychological Factors in End-stage Renal Disease
14. Psychological Factors in Gastroenterology
15. Psychological Factors Affecting Infectious Diseases
16. Psychological Factors in Obstetrics and Infertility

Medication induced Movement Disorders

1. Medication-induced Movement Disorders
2. Neuroleptic-induced Acute Dystonia
3. Neuroleptic-induced Parkinsonism
4. Neuroleptic-induced Acute Akathisia
5. Neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia
6. Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
7. Medication-induced Postural Tremor

Relational Problems

1. Relational Problems
2. Diagnosis of Relational Disorders
3. Assessment of Relational Disorders
4. Treatment of Relational Disorders

Individual Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

1. What is Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy?
2. Transference and Resistance, Countertransference and Counterresistance - Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
3. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Basic Technique
4. How Does Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Work?
5. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Therapeutic Alliance
6. How Does Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Differ from Psychoanalysis?
7. Tasks of the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
8. Indications for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
9. Contraindications to Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
10. Supportive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
11. Gender and Ethnocultural Issues in Psychotherapy

Group Psychotherapy

1. Group Psychotherapy
2. Group Psychotherapy: Group Development
3. Group Psychotherapy: Group Dynamics
4. Theories of Group Therapy
5. Group Psychotherapy: Beginning a Group
6. Group Psychotherapy: Special Treatment Considerations
7. Group Psychotherapy: Alternative Treatment Formats

Time limited Psychotherapy Including Interpersonal Therapy

1. What is Time-limited Psychotherapy?
2. Overview of Interpersonal Psychotherapy
3. General Principles of Time-limited Psychotherapy
4. Practical Issues in Time-limited Therapy
5. Common Problems in Time-limited Psychotherapy
6. Contraindication to Time-limited Psychotherapy

Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies

1. Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies
2. Cognitive Model
3. Behavioral Model
4. Cognitive and Behavioral Treatment Strategies
5. Behavioral Techniques
6. Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies: Treatment

Family Therapy

1. Family Therapy
2. Psychodynamic Family Therapy
3. Structural Family Therapy
4. Strategic Family Therapy
5. Cognitive�Behavioral Family Therapy
6. Postmodern Family Therapies
7. Family Psychoeducation Therapies
8. Family Resilience Therapies

Couples Therapy

1. What Is �Couples Therapy?�
2. Couples Therapy: Couples Function and Dysfunction
3. Couples Therapy: Secrets and Confidentiality
4. Evaluation of the Couple
5. Indications for Couples Therapy
6. Individual, Couple, or Sex Therapy for Sexual Problems
7. Couples Therapy: Treatment
8. Couples Therapy: Strategies and Techniques of Intervention
9. Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction
10. Couples Therapy: Effectiveness and Efficacy, Dropouts, Ethical Issues, Boundaries

Hypnosis

1. Hypnosis
2. Hypnosis: What It is and What It is Not
3. Hypnotizability Scales
4. Hypnotizability in Psychiatric Disorders
5. Applications of Hypnosis
6. Applications of Hypnosis in General Medicine
7. Applications of Hypnosis in Habit Control
8. Applications of Hypnosis in Forensic Psychiatry

Psychosocial Rehabilitation

1. Psychosocial Rehabilitation
2. Issues in the Design of Psychosocial Interventions
3. Psychosocial Rehabilitation Strategies

Electroconvulsive Therapy

1. Electroconvulsive Therapy(ECT)
2. Electroconvulsive Therapy(ECT): Treatment
3. New Somatic Treatments

Neurosurgery for Treatment Refractory Psychiatric Disorders

1. Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Neurosurgery for Treatment-refractory OCD and MDD
2. Interventions - Neurosurgery for Treatment Refractory Psychiatric Disorders
3. Risks of Neurosurgical Intervention
4. Recent Advances in Neurosurgery

Ethnic and Cultural Perspectives in Psychopharmacology

1. Ethnic and Cultural Perspectives in Psychopharmacology

Antipsychotic Drugs

1. Pharmacology of Antipsychotic Agents
2. Antipsychotic Medications for Different Indications
3. Effects of Antipsychotic Agents on Symptoms of Schizophrenia
4. Treatment of Different Phases of Schizophrenia
5. Use of Plasma Levels of Antipsychotic Drugs
6. Drug Interactions and Antipsychotic Agents
7. Antipsychotic Medications and Pregnancy
8. Antipsychotic Drugs: Adverse Effects

Mood Stabilizers

1. Acute Mania
2. Acute Bipolar Depression
3. Maintenance Therapy

Antidepressants

1. Antidepressants: Mechanisms of Actions
2. Antidepressants: Taxonomy and Relation to Mechanism of Action
3. Antidepressants: The Formulation of Treatment
4. Antidepressants: Preparation of the Patient
5. Antidepressants: Initiation of Treatment
6. Antidepressants: Starting Doses
7. Antidepressants: Continuation Period
8. Antidepressants: Discontinuance of Treatment
9. Antidepressants: Maintenance Period
10. Antidepressants: Treatment Failure

Anxiolytic Drugs

1. Anxiolytic Drugs

Sedative Hypnotic Agents

1. Sedative-Hypnotic Agents
2. Sedative-Hypnotic Agents: Nonprescription Agents
3. Sedative-Hypnotic Agents: Prescription Medications
4. Sedative-Hypnotic Agents: Suggested Guidelines for Prescribing Medications

Stimulants and Related Compounds

1. Psychostimulants: Efficacy and Utility
2. Formulation of Treatment
3. Treatment with Stimulant Medications
4. Treatment Failure and Use of Long-acting Preparations

Cognitive Enhancers and Treatments for Alzheimers Disease

1. Cognitive Enhancers and Treatments for Alzheimer�s Disease
2. Restorative Approaches: Other Agents
3. Etiologically-directed Approaches in AD(Alzheimer�s Disease)

Pharmacotherapies for Substance Abuse

1. Syndromes Related to Intoxication
2. Drug Treatment of Withdrawal Syndromes
3. Management of Withdrawal in Patients with Drug Dependencies
4. Pharmacotherapies for Substance Abusers with Additional Types of Psychiatric Illness

Therapeutic Management of the Suicidal Patient

1. Therapeutic Management of the Suicidal Patient
2. Hypotheses - Therapeutic Management of the Suicidal Patient
3. Psychiatric Diagnoses - Therapeutic Management of the Suicidal Patient
4. Risk Factors - Therapeutic Management of the Suicidal Patient
5. Assessment of Suicidal Patients
6. Intervention, Education - Therapeutic Management of the Suicidal Patient
7. Therapeutic Management of the Suicidal Patient: Lithium, Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
8. Psychosocial Interventions - Therapeutic Management of the Suicidal Patient
9. Aftermath: Clinicians Coping with Patient Suicide

Treatment of Violent Behavior

1. Treatment of Violent Behavior
2. Pathophysiology of Aggressive Behavior
3. Acute Agitation
4. Treatment of Violent Behavior: Long-term Treatment

Combined Therapies Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy

1. Combined Therapies: Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy
2. Positive Aspects
3. Negative Aspects
4. Legal Issues - Split treatment
5. Ethical Issues in Split Treatment
6. Toward Successful Split Treatment

Medication Compliance

1. Medication Compliance