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Coming to Grips with the Psychosocial

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Arnold Werner
Arnold Werner*
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Department of Psychiatry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Summary

Problems in psychiatric and psychosocial education arise from the absence of agreement on curricular content, failure to emphasize observable skill development, and the ambivalent views on psychosocial material found in modern medicine. The curriculum for medical students presented here emphasizes an integrated approach to teaching psychiatry and psychosocial material. Great emphasis is placed on interviewing and history-taking as well as on problem-solving. Specific courses in development, psychiatry and ageing are prescribed. Preclinical education in psychiatry emphasizes a bio-psycho-social view of mental disorder.

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Symposium on the Teaching of Psychiatry
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 142 , Issue 4 , April 1983 , pp. 333 - 339
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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