May 30, 2026  
2025-2026 Academic Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Academic Catalog

PSY 714 - Basic Psychiatry II


The student will build on the knowledge acquired in the first-year course of Behavioral Sciences and amplify his/her knowledge integrating psychopathology, classification of psychiatric disorders, diagnosis, and therapeutic options. The major psychiatric syndromes, including neurodevelopmental, disruptive, psychotic, mood, and personality, are discussed through lectures and group activities. Diagnostic criteria, epidemiology, signs, symptoms, treatment, and prognosis are reviewed along with biological and psychosocial knowledge of each psychiatric syndrome.