A university teaching that provides the opportunity for medical professionals to delve deeper into the major symptoms of affective syndromes" 

This postgraduate certificate is aimed at the medical professionals who wishes to broaden their scope of work with an update of knowledge on affective disorders. Emergency care of patients suffering from some type of mental health disease is becoming more and more frequent, which is why it is necessary to renew the existing studies in this area. 

This program, taught by a specialized teaching team, will take students through the latest pharmacological treatments and the main psychotherapeutic guidelines currently applied. The type of patient and their approach will also be discussed, with special emphasis on the elderly, pregnant and breastfeeding women, as well as children and adolescents. 

A teaching that will unravel recent studies on affective disorders, but will also delve into the emergency care of the bereavement process. A critical moment for people, and from which progress has been made with different techniques and the psychological skills of health personnel. 

A university program with a 100% online methodology that provides students with the ease of being able to take it wherever and whenever they wish. This provides flexibility for the healthcare professionals who wishes to combine high-level education with their work and personal responsibilities. Thus, students will only need a device with Internet connection to access the multimedia content developed by the specialized teaching team and to distribute the teaching load according to their needs, since this program does not have face-to-face sessions or fixed schedules. An excellent opportunity offered by TECH to renew knowledge in a practical way and according to current times. 

A program that provides the most recent diagnostic method in affective disorders according to their origin, severity and risk"

This postgraduate certificate in Affective Disorder Emergencies contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• Delve into emergency psychiatric care in an integrated manner within the health care setting 
• Delve into the psychiatric interview in emergency medicine and the elaboration of medical histories in this area of care 
• Correctly establish a diagnostic approach in the emergency department, organicity screening and approach to psychiatric pathology 
• Understand and master the different pathologies that are treated in the emergency department, differential diagnosis and treatment 
• Handle different emergency situations in psychiatry: suicidal patients, affective disorders, emergencies in anxious and psychotic patients and in special populations (the elderly and child and adolescent populations) 

A university program that you can access 24 hours a day, with no timetabled sessions"

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this educational program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities. 

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive education programmed to learn in real situations. 

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that are presented throughout the academic course. This will be done with the help of an innovative system of interactive videos made by renowned experts.

Renew your knowledge with case studies provided by the teaching team specialized in the area of mental health"

Access advances in the use of imaging tests for the diagnosis of affective disorders"

At the end of this university program, the medical professionals will be able to renew their knowledge in the area of affective disorders, which increasingly requires trained personnel in emergency care. You will achieve this together with the specialized faculty that teaches this program, the multimedia material and the practical examples provided, which will be very useful in your daily clinical practice. In this way, the different treatment options from the emergency, the correct performance of the anamnesis in this typology of patients and in those who belong to special populations will be introduced.  

Access the latest advances in the treatment of pregnant and lactating patients with depression"

General Objectives

• Delve into emergency psychiatric care in an integrated manner within the health care setting 
• Delve into the psychiatric interview in emergency medicine and the elaboration of medical histories in this area of care 
• Correctly establish a diagnostic approach in the emergency department, organicity screening and approach to psychiatric pathology 
• Understand and master the different pathologies that are treated in the emergency department, differential diagnosis and treatment 
• Handle different emergency situations in psychiatry: suicidal patients, affective disorders, emergencies in anxious and psychotic patients and in special populations (the elderly and child and adolescent populations) 

Specific Objectives

• Identify the main affective disorders 
• Delve into key elements in anamnesis for this type of patients 
• Identify causes of secondary depression 
• Enable decision making according to origin, severity, risks and social support 
• Delve into different emergency treatment options, as well as treating special populations 

Update your knowledge on bipolar and schizophrenic disorders in emergency care"