Psychiatry - Education
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Using a Socratic dialogue to tackle thorny issues of psychiatry.

30 Oct 2009 Medical students often experience significant cognitive dissonance as they attempt to understand psychiatry. After the security of lab values and medical tests that characterize much of medical practice, the ambiguity of seemingly subjectively ... Read more...

Electroconvulsive therapy in the Netherlands: a questionnaire survey on contemporary practice.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To investigate contemporary Dutch practice of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and adherence to national and international ECT guidelines. METHODS: Among psychiatrists from all Dutch ECT sites in university and general hospitals (n = 24) ... Read more...

Nigerian medical students attitudes to unmodified electroconvulsive therapy.

30 Aug 2009 Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective and affordable form of treatment for a range of psychiatric disorders. Historical antecedents, the media, and movies have generated myths about its continued use and relevance. OBJECTIVES: We explored ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychiatry - Education'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Using a Socratic dialogue to tackle thorny issues of psychiatry. 30 Oct 2009
• Electroconvulsive therapy in the Netherlands: a questionnaire survey on contemporary practice. 30 Aug 2009
• Nigerian medical students attitudes to unmodified electroconvulsive therapy. 30 Aug 2009
• A dinosaur roars: assessing clinical skills in residency. 24 Aug 2009
• [Disciplinary differentiation under socialist conditions--the establishment of neurology at the University of Rostock in East Germany] 12 Aug 2009
• Social and emotional wellbeing training of psychiatrists in Victoria: preliminary communication. 30 Jul 2009
• Undertaking a Fellowship in Indigenous mental health. 30 Jul 2009
• The University of Western Australia Institute of Psychiatry for Medical Students: an Australian first. 30 Jul 2009
• The health care matrix formulation: a tool for competency assessment in psychiatry residency training. 30 Jul 2009
• The picnic. 30 Jul 2009
• Who has capacity? 14 Jul 2009
• Education research: Bias and poor interrater reliability in evaluating the neurology clinical skills examination. 13 Jul 2009
• Nurses' and physicians' educational needs in seclusion and restraint practices. 29 Jun 2009
• Three (ancient) questions for the academic psychiatrist. 29 Jun 2009
• Immersing practitioners in the recovery model: an educational program evaluation. 23 Jun 2009
• Objective standardized clinical assessment with feedback: Adapting the objective structured clinical examination for postgraduate psychiatry training in India. 30 May 2009
• Robophobia in IRobot. 30 May 2009
• The Lacemaker: helping clinicians identify the depression-prone profile. 30 May 2009
• Science fiction or reality? 30 May 2009
• Crossing the line--learning psychiatry at the movies. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Psychiatry'

Definition: The medical science that deals with the origin, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders.

Descriptor UI: D011570

Alternative terms: Psychiatry; Psychiatrists; Psychiatrist;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F04.096.544; H02.403.776.655;

Technical Notes: specialty only; do not confuse with MENTAL DISORDERS