Section: Module 6: Lesson 3: Clinical Reasoning and Differential Diagnosis | Psychiatric Clerkship for Medical Students | NextGenU.org

  • This lesson provides the learner with resources to become skillful at discerning signs and symptoms of psychiatric disorders and formulate reasonable diagnostic hypotheses with plans for further evaluation.

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    • Required Learning Resources and Activities
    • Read from 3.2.1 Clinical Diagnosis and Classification Systems to 3.2.2.3 DSM 5 Disorder Categories. (12 minutes)

      ESSENTIALS OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY Washington State University - 2018

    • Read pages 20-23 of the manual under the headlines "Definition of a Mental Disorder" and "Elements of a Diagnosis" (4 minutes)

      American Psychiatric Association - 2013

    • Read the content from " The Process of Differential Diagnosis" until the end of the page. (9 minutes)

      The Recovery Village Webpage 2020

    • Read from " What is Clinical Assessment?" to " Intelligence Testing" (15 minutes)

      Essentials of Abnormal Psychology - Washington University - 2018

    • Read the entire web page. (11 minutes)

      StatPearls - 2021

    • Read the entire article. (21 minutes)

      American Family Physician Journal - 2019

    • In this activity, you must pass the quiz to be marked as complete, and you will have unlimited attempts to complete it.
    • Recommended Additional Readings

    • Read the content under the heading " until "Overview of the Major Disorder categories". (11 minutes)

      Lumen Abnormal Psychology 

    • Read from pages 151 to 156.

      2019

    • Read the entire webpage. (10 minutes)

      MSD Manual - 2020