Psychiatric Knowledge Required by General Physicians: from Investigations of Data of Practical Consultation-Liaison
- VernacularTitle:一般医が必要とする精神医学的知識について―実際のコンサルテーションの検討から―
- Author:
Hitoshi MISAWA
;
On KATO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
consultation-liaison;
psychiatry;
general physician;
first-year resident
- From:Medical Education
2004;35(6):391-394
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
A junior-resident training system that includes compulsory psychiatric training will be started in 2004. The contents of a training program required by all general physicians must be discussed. We investigated inpatients and outpatients at the department of psychiatry of the International Medical Center of Japan from the viewpoint of consultation-liaison psychiatry. We realized that first-year residents are likely to encounter organic mental disorders, such as delirium and dementia, and neurotic, stress-related somatoform disorders and, therefore, need to learn about these disorders from the start of training. However, we believe that schizophrenia, previously considered a core subject of psychiatric training, need not be studied in detail by all first-year residents.
