The Mental State Examination in Psychiatry
How to tackle phenomenology for the novice or intermediate learner
MindFOAM & Psychiatry
Mood Disorders: A rollercoaster of emotions
Dr Sarah Hutton discusses Mood Disorders. Its fairly simple when you break it into sad and happy (or is it)?
How to study psychiatry? Some recommendations
A few tips on how to study psychiatry in your final year from the coordinator of final year psychiatry at University of Newcastle.
Anxiety: What’s the deal with it? Isn’t it normal to feel anxious?
In this blog Dr Sarah Hutton discusses the role that anxiety plays in everyone’s lives and when anxiety may become a problem.
The Mental Health Act
Keys aspects of the Mental Health Act for medical students and junior medical staff
Asking the difficult questions in psychiatry
For a number of reasons there are some topics or questions that we find less easy to ask of our patients.
Psychiatric History Taking
A primer on psychiatric history taking for medical students and junior medical officers