Lecture 1: The Role of Psychiatry in the Practice of Medicine Describe the most important diagnostic tool for a doctor

2. Discuss the relevance of There is no health without mental health 3. Compare and contrast the bio-psych-social model with the bio-medical model regarding public health literacy 4. Discuss the role of context dependency in understanding pathology 5. List the DSM-IV, 5 axis diagnostic system Lecture 2 : Human Behavior 1. Understand the relevance of psychiatry for all physicians in all specialties 2. Understand the role of psychiatric functioning in biologic and psychic health, wellness, and disease 3. Describe what constitutes mental health and mental illness 4. Elaborate the continuum between mental health and illness 5. Discuss four different methods of defining normal, abnormal, and pathological. Relate the unique & critical role played by physicians is making such determinations. 6. Describe - and provide examples of - how and why normal & healthy do not always coincide. 7. Understand how Mental Disorders are currently diagnosed. 8. Differentiate between the conscious and unconscious mind, and discuss the importance of this differentiation. 9. Define Defense Mechanisms and give examples 10. Define and give examples of transference & countertransference 11. Be able to identify a patients stage of change when presented with clinical information 12. Understand what Motivational Interviewing is and why it is important.
Lecture 3: Human Life Cycle I and II 1) Explain the concept of developmental lines 2) Explain how developmental lines interact with one another (i.e. how a childs language development interacts with their social development) 3) Explain the concept of regression to an earlier stage of development with stress (incl. medical illness) 4) Explain the interaction of nature and nurture in child development and discuss how temperament and attachment theory relate to the nature/nurture ideas 5) State the five basic stages of child development: infancy, toddlerhood, preschool, school-age, and adolescence 6) For each stage of development, be able to state a. Fine and gross motor milestones b. Language milestones c. Cognitive Milestones d. Normal social/emotional development (incl psychoanalytic theories) e. Eriksonian conflict 7) Appreciate that children use play to practice new developmental skills; play is an exercise to move their development forward. Normal play for each developmental stage illustrates the normal motor, cognitive, and social tasks of each developmental stage.

Lecture 4: Human Life Cycle III: Adult Development 1. Define Eriksons Epigenetic Model of Development. 2. Define Eriksons Eight Ages of Man and briefly describe the psychological conflict associated with each stage. 3. Define Mid-Life Crisis and list six areas in a persons life which may be impacted. 4. Discuss the relationship between age and timing regarding smooth vs tumultuous transitions in adult development. 5. Discuss the major biological, psychological, and social issues characteristic of early, middle, and late adulthood