MSE part 2: Assessment of psychosis
Activity
e-Learning Module
e-Learning Module
Psychotic symptoms are common in a wide variety of medical, psychiatric, and substance-induced disorders. They are important to illicit and have important implications for diagnosis, treatment and management.
Curriculum Block
Brain and Behaviour / Medical Foundation 4 / Part 4 / Week 3
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Objectives
General Objectives
- Theme 4: Perception and thought processes
- Define the concept of psychosis.
- Describe the key features of psychosis.
- Describe the major drug classes used to treat psychotic disorders, their mechanism of action, indications, and adverse effects.
- Describe the concept of impairments in level of consciousness and the relationship to: arousal, attention, memory and concentration.
Assessments
Objectives Structured Clinical Examination
End-Unit Clinical Skills Assessment
Tags
AFMC National Clinical Skills
Mental Status Examination
Basic Sciences
Diagnosis
Curriculum Block
Brain and Behaviour
Medical Foundation 4
Part 4
Week 3
Curriculum Week
Part 4
Week 11
Discipline
Psychiatry
General MCC Objectives
Clinical Judgement And Decision-Making
MCC Presentations
Delirium
Psychosis
McMaster Professional Competency
Clinical Skills
McMaster Program Competencies
1.1 Gather essential and accurate information about patients and their health through history-taking, physical examination, and the use of laboratory data, imaging, and other tests.
4.1 Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the public, as appropriate, across a broad range of socioeconomic and sociocultural backgrounds
4.3 Demonstrate sensitivity, honesty, and compassion in difficult conversations, including those about death, end of life, adverse events, bad news, disclosure of errors, and other sensitive topics
4.5 Maintain comprehensive, timely, and legible medical records
5.1 Demonstrate accountability to patients, society, and the profession
5.7 Demonstrate the application of ethical principles to commonly encountered ethical issues such as the provision or withholding of care, confidentiality, informed consent, and including compliance with relevant laws, policies, and regulations
MeSH
Interview, Psychological [F04.669.599]
Neurocognitive Disorders [F03.615]
Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders [F03.700]
