Psychiatric consultations in everyday medicine

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2026-2027

Topic

The aim of the course is to provide students with practical knowledge of the indications, methodology, and documentation of psychiatric consultations in somatic patient care. The course presents the most common psychiatric situations in everyday clinical practice from a consultation-liaison psychiatric perspective.

Lectures

• 1. Introduction to consultation-liaison psychiatry - Dr. Csulak Tímea
• 2. Delirium in everyday clinical practice - Dr. Csulak Tímea
• 3. Depression in patients with somatic diseases - Dr. Csulak Tímea
• 4. Anxiety, panic, and acute stress reactions in a hospital setting - Dr. Csulak Tímea
• 5. Psychosis in a non-psychiatric ward - Dr. Csulak Tímea
• 6. Alcohol and substance use disorders - Dr. Csulak Tímea
• 7. Chronic somatic diseases and psychiatric comorbidity - Dr. Csulak Tímea
• 8. Chronic somatic diseases and psychiatric comorbidity - Dr. Csulak Tímea
• 9. Psychosomatic disorders - Dr. Csulak Tímea
• 10. Self-harm, suicide, crisis situations - Dr. Csulak Tímea
• 11. Doctor-doctor, doctor-patient relationship - Dr. Csulak Tímea
• 12. Summary - Dr. Csulak Tímea

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Notes

Recommended literature

The Psychiatric Consult: Navigating Challenging Treatment Plans by Alyson Gorun (Editor), Anna M. Kim (Editor), Christian Umfrid (Editor)

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

active participation in lectures, completion of the final test

Mid-term exams

none

Making up for missed classes

based on individual consultation

Exam topics/questions

-

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars