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    Apr 20, 2024  
2011-2012 Georgia Health Sciences University Catalog 
    
2011-2012 Georgia Health Sciences University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSRY 5087 - Topical Issues in Psychiatry



This is an introductory course designed to give students a proactive perspective on the modern practice and science of psychiatry. The elective will be taught by a variety of psychiatry faculty sharing their expertise and insights in an informal seminar format. Topics will include: “What is a Shrink?”, “Neuroimaging and Psychiatry” (what does schizophrenia really look like?), “The Electric World of Electronconvulsive Therapy” (shock treatments), “Research Today” highlighting current research efforts in the Department, and related topics over the course of the elective. Opportunities to tour clinical facilities and participate in clinical rounds on psychiatric patients will be included.

Grade Mode: Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory, Audit

Hours: Credit Hrs. Low: 1Contact Hrs. Low: 1

Repeated: 0

Course Level: Professional Semester

Equivalent Course: PSY5085A

Medicine


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