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Psychopharmacology [F04.096.712]

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Objectives (10)

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Activities

Psychosis and Delirium (Archived)
Active Large Group Session

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Brain and Behaviour

Introduction to Psychiatry
Active Large Group Session

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Brain and Behaviour / Week 1

Psychopharmacology (Archived)
Large Group Session

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Brain and Behaviour / Week 3

Somatizing
Clerkship Teaching Session

Clerkship / Psychiatry Rotation

Objectives

Understand the major drug classes used to treat diseases studied in brain and behaviour, their mechanisms of action; indications and adverse effects: benzodiazepines; SSRI / SNRI/ TCA ; First- and second-generation antipsychotics.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Brain and Behaviour

Theme 5: Principles of psychcopharmacology
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Brain and Behaviour

General pharmacology overview
Activity Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Brain and Behaviour

Describe the major drug classes of antipsychotic medications used to treat psychotic disorders, their mechanisms of action, indications, adverse effects, and pharmacokinetic properties.
Activity Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Brain and Behaviour

Introduce serotonin syndrome and neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
Activity Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Brain and Behaviour

Describe the major drug classes used to treat psychotic disorders, their mechanism of action, indications, and adverse effects.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Brain and Behaviour

Discuss the general pharmacokinetic properties of psychotropic drugs, including volume of distribution, time to steady state concentration, and half-life.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Brain and Behaviour

Explain the effects of mood stabilizers and antipsychotic medications on metabolic disturbances.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Brain and Behaviour

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).
Clerkship Objectives

Psychiatry TTR / Clerkship / Psychiatry Rotation

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Tag Parent

Behavioral Sciences [F04.096]

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