Section Name Description
Module 1: Lesson 1: The Psychiatric Interview URL The Patients' Practises Disclosing Subjective Experiences in the Psychiatric Intake Interview

Read the content under the heading "Introduction." (11 minutes)

Frontiers in Psychiatry - 2020
URL Chapter 1: The Psychiatric Interview

Read the entire chapter. (45 minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL A literature-based study of patient-centered care and communication in nurse-patient interactions: barriers, facilitators, and the way forward

Read the sections on Background, Barriers to Patient-Centered Care and Communication, Personal and Behaviour Related Barriers,
Facilitators of patient-centered care and communication, Person-Centered Communication and Conclusions. (19 minutes)

Online article - 2021
URL Protecting your privacy: Understanding confidentiality

Read the entire page. (5 minutes)

Online document - 2019
Module 1: Lesson 2: Symptoms and Signs of Psychiatric Illness URL Chapter 2: Symptoms and Signs of Psychiatric Illness

Read the content under the headings from " Introduction" until " Judgement" on pages 8-31. (40 minutes)
Module 1: Lesson 3: Classification in Psychiatry URL Chapter 3: Classification in Psychiatry

Read the entire chapter. (8 minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR)

Read this to gain a better understanding of the diagnostic/ classification criteria for the different mental health disorders according to the DSM-5 Manual. (3 minutes)

American Psychiatric Association - 2021
URL DSM-5 Fact Sheets

Download this fact sheet to find out more about the changes in the new edition, updated disorders, and general information about the DSM–5. (45 minutes)

American Psychiatric Association - 2021
Module 1: Lesson 4: Prescribing Psychiatric Medications URL Chapter 19: Prescribing Psychiatric Medications

Read the entire chapter. (23 minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry

Read the content under the heading " "General principles of prescribing" on pg 8. (3 minutes)

Wiley-Blackwell - 2018
URL Evaluating the Safety of Mental Health-Related Prescribing in UK Primary Care: a Cross-Sectional Study Using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)

Read the following sections of the document: (37 minutes)
-Outline
-Introduction
-Polypharmacy and risk of medicines
-Specific drug classes
-Conclusion 

SagePub - 2018
Module 2: Lesson 1: Ethics in Mental Health URL Chapter 21: Ethics in Mental Health

Read the entire chapter (17 minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care

Read from "Principle 1" to "Principle 25." (31 minutes)

United Nations Human Rights - 2022
URL Consent to Treatment Mental Capacity and Mental Health Legislation

Read the entire webpage.  (21 minutes)

Egton Medical Information Systems - 2021
Module 3: Lesson 1: Depressive and Bipolar Disorders URL Chapter 7: Depressive and Bipolar Disorders.

Read the entire chapter. (35 minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Depression

Read the entire article.  (38 minutes)

Indian Journal of Psychiatry - 2017
URL I had a Black Dog, His Name was Depression

Watch this video to learn about overcoming the "black dog of depression".

In collaboration with WHO to mark World Mental Health Day, writer and illustrator Matthew Johnstone tells the story of overcoming the "black dog of depression". For more information on the book, go here: https://matthewjohnstone.com.au/product/i-had-a-black-dog/  (4 minutes)

WHO - 2012
URL What is Bipolar Disorder? - Helen M. Farrell

Watch this video to learn more about the root causes and treatments for bipolar disorder. (6 minutes)

TED-ed - 2017
Module 4: Lesson 1: Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, and Trauma-and Stressor-Related Disorders URL Chapter 8: Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, and Trauma-and Stressor-Related Disorders

Read the entire chapter. (33 minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL Treatment of Anxiety Disorders

Read from the "Introduction" to the end of the article. (36 minutes)

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience - 2017
Module 4: Lesson 2: Disruptive, Impulse-control, and Conduct Disorders URL Chapter 12: Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders

Read the entire chapter. (6 minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders

Read the content from "Introduction" to "Unspecified Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorder" on pages 1-6. (20 minutes)

Virginia Commission on Youth - 2017
Module 4: Lesson 3: Feeding and Eating Disorders URL Chapter 14: Feeding and Eating Disorders

Read the entire chapter. (16 minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL Evaluation of the Referral Process and Patterns to a Canadian Specialized Eating Disorders Treatment Program

Read from the "Results" section to the "Discussion. (26 minutes)

PubMed Central - 2019
Module 5: Lesson 1: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders URL Chapter 10: Somatic Symptoms and Related Disorders.

Read the entire chapter. (7 minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL DSM 5 Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

Read the entire page. (14 minutes)

WorkingFit Uk - 2022
URL Somatization: When to Refer to a Psychiatrist

Read the entire article. (3 minutes)

Psychiatry in Primary Care - 2011
URL Somatic Symptom Disorder - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Pathology

Watch the entire video on causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and pathology of Somatic symptom disorder (Osmosis Elsevier). (4 minutes)

Osmosis From Elsevier - 2017
Module 6: Lesson 1: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders URL Chapter 6: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders.

Read the entire chapter. (44 minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL Module 12: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Read the entire module except the "Treatment" section. (26 minutes)

Washington State University - 2020
URL Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Read from "Treatment" section up to the end of the article. (21 minutes)

McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine - 2021
Module 6: Lesson 2: Personality Disorders URL Chapter 9: Personality Disorders

Read the entire chapter. (7 minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL Personality Disorder

Read the article from "Introduction" to "History and Physical."  (9 minutes)

NIH - 2022
URL Module 13: Personality Disorders

Read sections 13.1 up to 13.5. (21 minutes)

Washington State University - 2020
Module 6: Lesson 3: Dissociative Disorders URL Chapter 11: Dissociative Disorders

Read the entire chapter. (3 minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL Psychological Interventions for Dissociative Disorders

Read from section "The Different Therapeutic Interventions Available in the Management of Dissociative Disorders", until the end of the article. (22 minutes)

Indian Journal of Psychiatry - 2020
URL Activity 2: Dissociative Disorders

Watch the entire video on the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and pathology of dissociative disorders. (10 minutes)

Osmosis.org from Elsevier - 2017
Module 7: Lesson 1: Neurocognitive Disorders URL Chapter 4: Neurocognitive Disorders

Read the entire chapter. (22 minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL Vascular Neurocognitive Disorders and the Vascular Risk Factors

Read from the "Introduction to the end of the "Discussion."  (30 minutes)

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences - 2018
URL Module 14: Neurocognitive Disorders

Read the section "14.1. Clinical Presentation" and "14.4. Treatment"(7 minutes)

Washington State University - 2020
URL Cognitive Screening and Assessment

Read the entire webpage. (10 minutes)

Dementia Australia - 2020
URL Mini-Mental State Examination-MMSE

Download and explore the different types of screening tests for neurocognitive disorders developed by Dr. Allen Huang. (48 minutes)
Module 7: Lesson 2: Neuropsychiatric Aspects of HIV/AIDS URL Chapter 5: Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) Infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

Read the entire chapter. (12 minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL HIV Infection and Its Psychiatric Manifestations: A Clinical Overview

Read from "Treatment " to the "Conclusion."  (19 minutes)

BJ Psych Journal - 2018
URL Drug Interactions with Antiretroviral Medications

Read pages 15-16 and the hyperlinks under section titled:
HIV Insite: Database of Antiretroviral Drug Interactions. (4 minutes)

National HIV Curriculum - 2022
Module 8: Lesson 1: Substance-related and Addictive Disorders URL Chapter 13: Substance-related and Addictive Disorders.

Read the entire chapter. (25 minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL Treating Mental Health Disorders in Primary Care

Read the content under the heading "Intervention and Treatment" to "Why Screen for Substance Use Disorders" on pages 34-35. (3 minutes)

Behavioral Healthcare Options - 2020
URL What is addiction?

Watch the entire video. (2 minutes)
URL DSM 5 Substance Related and Addictive Disorders

Watch the entire video. (45 minutes)
Module 9: Lesson 1: Geriatric Psychiatry URL Chapter 15: Geriatric Psychiatry

Read the entire chapter. (8 minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Depression in Elderly

Read from the section "Determine Treatment Settings " to the section "Address the issue for Early signs of Relapse." (6 minutes)

Indian Journal of Psychiatry - 2018
URL Mental Health of Older Adults

Read from the section "Treatment and care strategies to address mental health needs of older people" to the end of the article. (6 minutes)

WHO - 2017
Module 9: Lesson 2: Depressive, Bipolar and Attention-deficit/ Hyperactive Disorders and Suicidality in Youth [Children and Adolescents] URL Chapter 16: Depressive, Bipolar, and Attention-deficit/ Hyperactive Disorders in Children.

Read the entire chapter. (14  minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL Treating Mental Health Disorders in Primary Care

Read the content under the heading from "Bipolar Disorder" to "Treating Bipolar Disorder in Primary Care" on pages 20-21. (3  minutes)

Behavioral Healthcare Options - 2020
Module 9: Lesson 3: Autism Spectrum Disorders and Adolescent and Child Psychiatry URL Chapter 22: Autism Spectrum Disorders and Adolescent and Child Psychiatry

Read the entire chapter. (23 minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL Identification, Evaluation, and Management of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Read the following sections: (50 minutes)
-Section 5 except "Medical Management of co-occurring conditions" and
-Section 6.

THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS - 2020
Module 10: Lesson 1: Psychiatric Emergencies URL Chapter 17: Psychiatric Emergencies

Read the entire chapter. (22  minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL Psychiatric Emergencies: Assessing and Managing Suicidal Ideation

Read from the section "Management goals" to "Future Considerations/ Summary." (31 minutes)

PubMed Central - 2017
Module 10: Lesson 2: Suicide URL Chapter 18: Suicide

Read the entire chapter. (17  minutes)

FDP School of health sciences - 2020
URL Strategies for Managing Suicidal Ideation and Reducing Risk

Read entire webpage. (28 minutes)

APA - 2021
Module 11: Lesson 1: Mental Health Promotion in National Policies URL Mental Health Promotion Guideline, 2018

Read from the section "Mental Health Promotion and Public Health" to "Engaging in Multi-Sectoral Collaboration" pages 7-16. (23 minutes)

Minister of Health and Long-Term Care - Ontario Canada - 2018
URL Policy Development and Challenges of Global Mental Health: a Systematic Review of Published Studies of National-level Mental Health Policies

Read the entire article except for the "Method" section. (15 minutes)

BMC Psychiatry - 2018
URL Joint Action on Mental Health and Well-being Situation Analysis and Recommendations for Action

Read the content under the following headings: (23 minutes)
"1. Concise Recommendations for the forthcoming European Mental Health Framework"
"2. Introduction: What is mental health in all policies?" and
the fifth appendix "Policy Brief: Mental health in whole-of-government policies"

EU Report - 2019
URL Community, Public Policy, and Recovery from Mental Illness: Emerging Research and Initiatives

Read the following sections of the article: (15 minutes)
I. Introduction
Health care policy in section III
IV. Emerging initiatives and policies Impacting Community-level Determinants of Mental Health
Conclusion 

PubMed Central - 2018
Module 11: Lesson 2: Mental Health Promotion in Different Settings URL Stress and Coping

Read all the sections under Stress and Coping from Care for Yourself to Grief and Loss. (22 minutes)

CDC - 2021
URL A Healthy Workforce for a Better World

Read the content on the headings "Action One" up to "Action Seven" pages 17-24. (11 minutes)

UN - 2019
URL Mental Health Promotion in Schools

Read the content under the heading "Mental health and mental health promotion " up to "Policies and Procedures " pages 3-9. (16 minutes)

Schools for Health in Europe - 2021
URL 5 Steps to Mental Wellbeing

Read the entire article. (5 minutes)

NHS - 2019
URL Prevention and Mental Health

Read the entire article. (6 minutes)

Mental Health Foundation
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