56 scenarios across 9 psychiatry domains, over 600 minutes of interview and study material

1. MASTERCLASS VIDEOS

This video provides you with a quick outline of the key aspects needed in preparing for a long case formulation and management in psychiatry.

  • Bio-Psycho-Social understanding
  • 4 Questions that matter in Psychiatry
  • Strategy
  • Important aspects of the Long Case
  • Strategic problem solving
  • Approach to assessment
  • History taking
  • Patient types
  • Opening statement and introduction
  • The interview
  • Establishing phase of illness
  • Diagnostic assessment
  • Useful questions
  • Psychosis
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Dementia
  • Dopamine pathways
  • Localisation of Schizophrenia symptoms
  • Role of the 5HT2A receptor
  • Mood disorders
  • Unipolar and Bipolar Depression
  • Anatomical localisation of Depressive symptoms
  • Anatomical localisation of Manic symptoms
  • Serotonin receptors
  • Estrogen and thyroid
  • Mechanism of action of mood stabilisers
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • Forensic case
  • Spectrum bias
  • Principles of causality
  • Past psychiatric history
  • Past medical history
  • Is a medical evaluation important?
  • Family history
  • Personal history
  • Personality
  • Mental status examination
  • Cognition
  • Frontal
  • Parietal lobe
  • Schizophrenia and cognition
  • Insight
  • Compliance and barriers to recovery
  • Physical history and exam
  • Formulation matrix
  • Biological models
  • Psychological models
  • Erikson’s psychosocial development
  • Psychodynamic models
  • Structural models
  • Interpersonal model
  • Schema based models
  • The 6 domain management model
  • Risks and risk factors
  • Clarification of diagnosis
  • Treatment of psychiatric symptomatology
  • Long term treatment
  • Prognosis
  • Relapse prevention
  • Legal issues
  • Social and vocational rehabilitation
  • Enhancing compliance