Antipsychotics
Activity
Clerkship Teaching Session
Clerkship Teaching Session
Review anitpsychotics. 1st Generation, 2nd Generation, 3rd Generation? Introduce neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Psychiatry Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Clerkship Objectives
- Psychotic Disorders
- Mood Disorders (including in post-partum, seasonal, GMC)
- Recommend medication management, monitoring and counselling, including: Classes of psychiatric medications and their indications. Medication counselling: indications, choice, side effects, etc. Pre-medication work-up. Medication monitoring and work-up. Side effects (blood tests and physical e.g. AIMS). Metabolic syndromes and monitoring. Special populations (pediatric, geriatric, pregnancy). Acute syndromes/reactions (NMS, dystonia, serotonin syndrome, toxicity).
Tags
Basic Sciences
Pharmacology
Therapy
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Psychiatry Rotation
Discipline
Pharmacology
Psychiatry
MCC Presentations
Depressed Mood
Mania / Hypomania
Psychosis
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
MeSH
Antipsychotic Agents [D27.505.954.427.700.872.331]
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome [C10.720.737]
Neurotoxicity Syndromes [C10.720]
Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]
Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Psychotropic Drugs [D27.505.954.427.700]
Therapeutic Uses [D27.505.954]
Tranquilizing Agents [D27.505.954.427.700.872]
