Learning Objectives
- Outline foundations of modern psychology and psychiatry, including the evolution of how psychiatric conditions have been categorised, early psychiatric treatments and associated scandals
- Demonstrate understanding of the diagnostic classification system, with particular reference to DSM-5-TR
- Describe the scope of psychological medicine and define key terminology used in PMHD
- Summarise key epidemiological data for prevalence of psychiatric conditions
- Detail the science of mind and body in the context of the development of the biomedical V biopsychosocial frameworks
- Describe the difference between non-specific and specific risk factors in mental health epidemiology
- Describe the role of ‘formulation’ and the sample framework for preparing a formulation
- Detail the meaning and application of Predisposing, Precipitating, Perpetuating, and Protective factors
Terminology & History
- what is psychology?
- what is medical psychology?
- what is psychiatry?
- how was mental health thought of historically?
- how did the science of the mind and body develop the biopsychosocial model?
- what were some scandalous historical psychiatric treatments?
- what are some features of the anti-psychiatry movement?
Classification, Diagnosis, & Risk Factors