MENTAL HEALTH

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About Course

Mental Health for the AMC MCQ CAT — a focused, practice‑driven psychiatry review tailored for international medical graduates preparing for AMC Step 1. The course covers 8 clinically validated modules and 29 high‑yield topics, emphasising safety‑first clinical reasoning and Australian practice standards. Lessons pair concise video teaching with one‑page handouts and original AMC‑style MCQs so you learn to apply knowledge in exam‑style clinical stems rather than just memorise facts.

Course Modules

  • Mood Disorders 1: Major depressive disorder, adjustment disorder, screening tools (PHQ‑9)

  • Mood Disorders 2: Bipolar disorder, suicide risk assessment, crisis management

  • Anxiety Disorders: GAD, panic disorder, PTSD, phobias

  • Psychotic Disorders: Schizophrenia, delusional disorder, antipsychotic side effects

  • Substance Use Disorders: Alcohol, opioids, withdrawal syndromes, brief interventions

  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, conduct disorder, eating disorders

  • Acute Presentations: Violence/agitation, delirium, overdose, self‑harm

  • Legal & Ethical Psychiatry: Capacity assessment, involuntary treatment, confidentiality, consent

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What Will You Learn?

  • Apply psychiatric knowledge to AMC‑style clinical scenarios with safety‑focused, defensible decisions.
  • Recognise and manage high‑yield conditions: major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, substance withdrawal.
  • Perform risk assessments and crisis management for suicide, violence, overdose, and delirium.
  • Address child and adolescent presentations relevant to AMC stems (ADHD, ASD, conduct and eating disorders).
  • Apply legal and ethical principles: capacity, consent, confidentiality, and involuntary treatment in Australian practice.
  • Build exam stamina and pattern recognition through 290 AMC‑style MCQs with stepwise rationales.
  • Adopt a modular study plan to complete the series in 8 focused days or at a self‑paced schedule.

Course Content

MOOD DISORDERS 1

  • INTRODUCTION
    10:44
  • Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
  • Adjustment Disorder
  • Screening tools (PHQ-9)
  • Mood Disorder I Checkpoint

MOOD DISORDERS 2

ANXIETY DISORDERS

PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

Child/Adolescent Psychiatry

PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES

Legal and Ethical Psychiatry

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