Psychotropic Medications for ADHD & Dementia
Activity
Clerkship Teaching Session
Clerkship Teaching Session
Drugs for ADHD. Drugs for Dementia.
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Psychiatry Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Clerkship Objectives
- Geriatric and Cognitive Disorders: geriatric age-related mood, psychosis, anxiety disorders; Delirium and Dementia
- Child and Adolescent Psych (pediatric manifestation of common disorders, pediatric tx issues and their controversies): Neurodevelopmental disorders: intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, genetic syndromes ( e.g. Down, Fragile X, Fetal Alcohol), learning and communication disorders, AD/HD and treatments. Disruptive behaviour disorders (ODD, CD) Mood and anxiety disorders (incl. separation and school anxiety, and DMDD), use of SSRI in pediatric population Eating disorders. Key points in assessment of child and family functioning.
- 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
Attention, Learning and School Problems
Major or mild neurocognitive disorders (dementia)
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
MeSH
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity [F03.625.094.150]
Dementia [C10.228.140.380]
Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]
Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Psychotropic Drugs [D27.505.954.427.700]
Therapeutic Uses [D27.505.954]
