Sample Didactic Topics

(Seminars presented in Academic Year 2018 – 2019)

Seminars In Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Principles of evaluation:

• How to do a consult
• Efficiency in the Consult Service

Psychiatric disorders in the medical setting:

• Delirium
• Agitation and withdrawal
• Catatonia
• Somatoform disorders
• Conversion disorders
• Capacity
• Pain
• Dementia
• Non-epileptic seizures
• Substance abuse

Clinical settings of consultation-liaison psychiatry:

• Transplant psychiatry 1
• Transplant psychiatry 2
• Transplant psychiatry 3
• Transplant Wrap-Up
• Epilepsy seizure identification
• Bariatric evaluations 1
• Bariatric evaluations 2
• Immune Encephalopathy
• Pain Management
• Palliative Care
• Interpretation of Clinical Data for diagnosis of Dementia
• Interpretation of Biomarker Data for diagnosis of Dementia
• HIV
• Sickle Cell
• Seasonal Affective Disorders
• Brief Behavioral Interventions for Sleep
• CBT for Addiction

Pharmacological considerations:

• Medications during pregnancy 1
• Medications during pregnancy 2
• Mood Stabilizers

Systems issues in consultation-liaison psychiatry:

• Legal issues
• Medical Decision Making
• Resources in the community 1
• Resources in the community 2
• Referrals: matching to community addiction treatment resources
• Procedure (CPT) coding
• ICD-9 Diagnosefs
• Psychiatry board prep
• Standards of Professional Behavior
• Physician Wellness
• Health Considerations when working with Transgender and Gender Expansive Individuals

Research Seminar Series

• Research: Research Designs
• Research: Clinical Trials 1
• Research: Clinical Trials 2
• Research: Clinical Trials 3
• Research: Clinical Trials 4
• Research: Clinical Trials 5
• Research: Clinical Trials 6
• Research: Case-Control studies 1
• Research: Case-Control studies 2
• Research: Research paper writing course 1
• Research: Research paper writing course 2
• Research: Research paper writing course 3
• Research: Research paper writing course 4
• Psych-Oncology Research
• Yale Clinical Center for Investigation Resources

Chapter Reviews

• Somatoform/Factitious Disorders
• Heart Disease
• Pain
• Delirium
• Palliative Care/Oncology
• Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Dermatology