Differentiate between a psychiatrist, a psychologist, and other mental health specialists.
• Learn of tests used by clinical psychologists to evaluate a patient’s mental health and intelligence.
• Define terms that describe major psychiatric disorders.
Identify terms that describe psychiatric symptoms.
• Compare different types of therapy for psychiatric disorders.
• Learn the categories and names of common psychiatric drugs.
Define combining forms, suffixes, prefixes, and abbreviations related to psychiatry.
• Apply your new knowledge to understanding medical terms in their proper contexts, such as medical reports and records.
