Section: Module 3: Lesson 1: Prevention | Psychiatric Clerkship for Medical Students

Required Learning Resources and Activities

Relationship Between Parenting Measures and Parents and Child Psychopathological Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Study URL

Read the following sections: (12 minutes)
-Background
-Results
-Discussion

BMC Psychiatry - 2020

Socioeconomic Inequalities in Treatment of Individuals with Common Mental Disorders Regarding Subsequent Development of Mental Illness URL

Read the following sections: (9 minutes)
-Introduction
-Discussion

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol - 2017

Gene–Environment Correlations and Causal Effects of Childhood Maltreatment on Physical and Mental Health: A Genetically Informed Approach URL

Read the following sections: (18 minutes)
-Introduction
-Discussion
-Conclusion

The Lancet Psychiatry - 2021

Violent Aggression Predicted by Multiple Pre-Adult Environmental Hits URL

Read the following sections: (10 minutes)
-Introduction
-Discussion
-Conclusion

Molecular Psychiatry - 2018

Consequences of Non-Treatment URL

Read the content under the heading "CONSEQUENCES OF NON-TREATMENT". (8 minutes)

Mental Illness Policy Org - 2019

Prevention and Early Intervention in Youth Mental Health: Is it Time for a Multidisciplinary and Trans-Diagnostic Model for Care? URL

Read the following sections: (19 minutes)
-Background
-The need for implementing prevention and early intervention in youth mental health
-Primary prevention in youth mental health - Secondary prevention in youth mental health (clinical stage 2) - Tertiary prevention in youth mental health (clinical stage 3) -Conclusions and future directions

International Journal of Mental Health Systems - 2020

Monitoring Risk Assessment on an Acute Psychiatric Ward: Effects on Aggression, Seclusion and Nurse Behaviour URL

Read sections Introduction and Discussion. (11 minutes)

PLOS ONE - 2020

Role of Various Lifestyle and Behavioral Strategies in Positive Mental Health Across a Preventive to Therapeutic Continuum URL

Read entire article. (19 minutes)

Ind Psychiatry J. - 2020

Use of Acute Psychiatric Hospitalisation: A Study of the Factors Influencing Decisions to Arrange Acute Admission to Inpatient Mental Health Facilities URL

Read the following sections of the article: (25 minutes)
-Introduction
-clinical factors
-threat factors
-contextual factors
-discussion

Frontiers - 2021

Communicating About Substance Use in Compassionate, Safe and Non-Stigmatizing Ways URL

Read from "Key Guiding Principles" until "Table 4. Terms related to diagnosis, treatment, and recovery". (22 minutes)

Health Canada - 2019

Do You Really Need All of Those Medications? URL

Read the entire article. (13 minutes)

YALE Medicine - 2020

Appropriate Use of Psychotropic Medicines in Adult Social Care URL

Read the web page. (6 minutes)

CareQuality Comission UK - 2022

Grand Challenge in Psychopharmacology: Setting Priorities to Shape a Bright Future URL

Read the entire article. (14 minutes)

Frontiers - 2017

Case Study 11- Patient with a recent psychiatric diagnosis. SCORM package

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

Effects of Family Structure on Mental Health of Children: A Preliminary Study URL

Read the following sections: (12 minutes)
-Introduction
-Discussion
-Conclusion

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine - 2017

Socioeconomic Status Indicators and Common Mental Disorders: Evidence from a Study of Prenatal Depression in Pakistan URL

Read the following sections: (16 minutes)
-Discussion
-Conclusion

SSM Population Health - 2018

Counseling Patients in Primary Care: Evidence-Based Strategies URL

Read entire article. (34 minutes)

American Family Physician - 2018

Communication Strategies to Counter Stigma and Improve Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder Policy URL

Read all contents under this section: (17 minutes)
-Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder Policy Communication Strategies

Psychiatry online - 2017

Access and rational use of psychotropic medications in low- and middle-income countries URL

Read the entire article. (17 minutes)

PMC - 2016

Introduction

Course Registration

Peer Corner

Pre-Test

Module 1: Lesson 1: Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Assessment of Children and Adolescents

Culture and Psychopathology: New Perspectives on Research, Practice, and Clinical Training in a Globalized World.

Disruptive Behavior Disorders Child with Oppositional Patterns and/or Aggressive Patterns Interfering with Functioning in Home, School, or with Peers.

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Conduct Disorder.

School-Aged Children Who are not Progressing Academically: Considerations for Pediatricians.

Mental Health and Academic Performance: A Study on Selection and Causation Effects from Childhood to Early Adulthood.

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Assessment of Children and Adolescents.

Learning Disability

Diagnosis and Treatment of Developmental Dyslexia and Specific Learning Disabilities: Primum Non Nocere

GPs’ Suspicion of Child Abuse: How does it Arise and What is the Follow-up?

Case Study 1: 12. y.o. Boy demonstrating symptoms of behavioral disorder

Evaluation of the Child with Global Developmental Delay and Intellectual Disability

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents

Module 1: Lesson 2: Geriatric Psychiatry

Helpful Approaches to Older People Experiencing Mental Health Problems: A Critical Review of Models of Mental Health Care

The Geropsychiatric Interview- Assessment and Diagnosis

Interface Between General Adult and Old Age Psychiatry

Mood Disorders in the Elderly: Prevalence, Functional Impact, and Management Challenges

Suicide in Older Adults

Elderly and Polypharmacy: Physiological and Cognitive Changes

Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: Review and Commentary of a National Academies Report

Diagnosis and Management of Elder Abuse by Family Physician

Case Study 2: Psychiatric Disorders in the elderly

Identified Mental Disorders in Older Adults in Primary Care: A Cross-Sectional Database Study

Geriatric Psychopharmacology: How Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Changes Affect Prescribing

Module 1: Lesson 3: Cognitive Disorders

Clinical Aspects of Neurobehavioral Symptoms of Dementia

DSM-5

Cognitive Impairment Evaluation and Management

Developing Guidelines for the Translation and Cultural Adaptation of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment: Scoping Review and Qualitative Synthesis

DSM-5

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Delirium in Elderly

Clinical Neurology and Epidemiology of the Major Neurodegenerative Diseases

Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Mild Cognitive Impairment: An Update on Prevalence, Mechanisms, and Clinical Significance

Cognitive Impairment Evaluation and Management

Amnesia: Definition, Main Models, Classifi Cations, Neurobiological Profiles and Clinical Treatments

Chapter 5: Dementia &amp; Amnestic Disorder

Seven Reversible Causes of Dementia in Older Adults

Activity 1: Discussion Forum 1 (100 minutes)

Module 1: Lesson 4: Dissociative and Amnestic Disorders

What Are Dissociative Disorders?

Dissociation as a Trauma-Related Phenomenon

Transient Global Amnesia: Current Perspectives

Classic and Recent Advances in Understanding Amnesia

MODULE 6: DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS

Case Study 3: Female patient presenting symptoms of amnesia

DSM 5

Trauma Related Dissociation: An Introduction

United States of amnesia: rescuing memory loss from diverse conditions

Amnesia

Module 1: Lesson 5: Psychosis Spectrum Disorders

Clinical Presentation

The Clinical Characterization of the Patient with Primary Psychosis Aimed at Personalization of Management

Evidence-Based Approach to Psychosis in the Emergency Department

Structure of the Psychotic Disorders Classification in DSM-5

Canadian Guidelines for the Assessment and Diagnosis of Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Psychosis in Children and Adolescents

Subclinical Psychosis in Adult Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Psychotic Disorders in Late Life: A Narrative Review

Shamanism and the Psychosis Continuum

Rethinking the Course of Psychotic Disorders: Modelling Long-term Symptom Trajectories

From Onset and Prodromal Stage to a Life-Long Course of Schizophrenia and Its Symptom Dimensions: How Sex, Age, and Other Risk Factors Influence Incidence and Course of Illness

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Schizophrenia in Children and Adolescents

Schizophrenia: Etiology, Pathophysiology and Management - A Review

Towards a Public Health Approach to Psychotic Disorders

Schizophrenia

Activity : Discussion Forum 2 (100 minutes)

Case Study 4: 35 y.o Patient with Psychotic Spectrum Disorder

Psychotic Spectrum Disorders: Definitions, Classifications, Neural Correlates and Clinical Profiles

The Clinical Course of Schizophrenia in Women and Men-a Nation-Wide Cohort Study

The Synaptic Pruning Hypothesis of Schizophrenia: Promises and Challenges

Psychosis

Module 1: Lesson 6: Personality Disorders

Understanding Patient Personality in Medical Care: Five-Factor Model

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition DSM-5

Chapter 5: Dementia & Amnestic Disorder