You will access a library of advanced content in the area of Psychiatric Emergencies, addressing developments in suicidal behavior, anxiety disorders and special pharmacopoeia” 

From the most pressing anxiety disorders, mainly caused by COVID-19, to emergencies in affective or psychotic disorders, the pressure on Psychiatry specialists is greater than ever. This new paradigm, where mental illness and mental health become a major concern, opens a special framework of action for all specialists in this area. 

This means that, now more than ever, there is an urgent need for updating in the most relevant psychiatric areas. Advances in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder or emergencies, caused by the ingestion of different types of drug, encourage specialists to access first level scientific postulates, with a categorical approach that can be incorporated into their daily practice. 

This professional master’s degree is an extensive tour of the most relevant Psychiatric Emergencies, focusing on the developments made in recent years. Through an eminently practical perspective, the teaching team has compiled both the theory and the most rigorous clinical practice in a high quality format, with great multimedia support. 

Specialists will be able to access video summaries, complementary readings, real clinical cases and self-knowledge exercises for each topic covered. All this with the advantage of having a virtual classroom available 24 hours a day, so students can study at their own pace. 

You will have the freedom to decide where, when and how to take on the full course load, with no on-site classes or pre-set schedules to restrict you"

This professional master’s degree in Psychiatric Emergencies contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of practical cases presented by experts in Psychiatric Emergencies
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Get up to date with the most important advances in psychopathological examination in emergencies, neurological diseases, differential diagnosis of anxiety and emergencies derived from new technologies" 

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 allow professionals to learn in a contextual and situated learning environment, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive education programmed to prepare in real situations.

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

You will be able to download all the available content of the virtual classroom from the comfort of your tablet, smartphone or computer of choice"

Learn more about recent developments in the use of psychotropic drugs in Psychiatric Emergencies, psychomotor agitation and acute confusional state"

Given the current and growing relevance of the work of psychiatrists in increasingly complex pathologies, the objective of this program is to provide specialists with the tools, techniques and theories of greater relevance in the area of Psychiatric Emergencies. TECH's careful teaching methodology and the high professional level of the teachers play a key role in guaranteeing specialists access to high-quality material that meets their requirements in order to fulfill their objective of updating their knowledge in a comprehensive manner. 

Incorporate into your daily practice the most rigorous techniques and clinical intervention in Psychiatric Emergencies” 

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, organism screening and psychiatric pathology approach 
• 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) 

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Psychiatry in Emergencies 

• Delve into the different crises that occur daily in the psychiatric emergency room 
• Delve into the management of psychiatric interviews
• Learn about various pattern of relationship models for doctor-patient relations 
• Delve into first-class interviewing skills 
• Apply active listening criteria and facilitate narrative activity 
• Learn how to apply interviewing skills to suicidal patients 
• Delve into the interviewing guidelines appropriate for dealing with agitated patients 
• Analyze the different scales that are useful in psychiatric interviews 
• Study the complementary tests: what and when are they necessary? 

Module 2. Psychiatric Symptoms in Organic and Neurological Pathology 

• Delve into the importance of taking a good medical history to screen for possible organic causes in patients who come to the psychiatric emergency department 
• Highlight the value of an adequate pharmacological anamnesis 
• Delve into the various organic aspects of major interest in relation to people with mental disorders 
• Specialize in choosing potential complementary tests to request in psychiatric cases 

Module 3. Acute Confusional Syndrome 

• Identify at-risk subjects and maintain close surveillance 
• Delve into non-pharmacological primary prevention measures 
• Delve into the therapeutic approach after the onset of the condition 
• Delve into differential diagnosis 

Module 4. Anxiety Disorder Emergencies 

• Differentiate between normal anxiety and pathological anxiety 
• Delve into different nosological entities and approach in emergency situations 
• Learn about psychological approaches to used in psychiatric emergencies 
• Update neurobiological and psychological knowledge of anxiety processes 
• Update on pharmacological and psychological interventions effective in different anxiety disorders 
• Update on pharmacological and psychological interventions in special populations with anxiety 

Module 5. Affective Disorder Emergencies 

• 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 

Module 6. Assessment and Action in Case of Suicidal Behavior 

• Provide professionals involved in the emergency care of patients with suicidal behavior with recommendations on management, global assessment, including assessment of suicidal risk and action planning 
• Indicate questionnaires or scales that can be used as support, such as the assessment of suicidal behavior 
• Provide guidance in the choice to discharge or admit a patient with suicidal behavior 
• Provide recommendations in the development of treatment plans for patients with suicidal behavior 

Module 7. Psychotic Disorder Emergencies 

• Approach the concept and assessment of psychotic patients in emergency medicine 
• Delve into the basic conditions of care for psychotic patients in the emergency department
• Analyze interview techniques used on psychotic patients 
• Synthesize the indications that may constitute an indication for hospitalization in a psychotic patient 
• Analyze the differential diagnosis for acute psychosis 
• Delve into treatment plans and approaches to possible side effects 

Module 8. Psychomotor Agitation 

• Understand the various underlying causes of agitation (somatic, psychiatric, pharmacological or psychoactive substances) 
• Identify risk factors for aggressive behaviors in agitation 
• Delve into different indications for the use of verbal, pharmacological and/or mechanical restraint 
• Delve into the main characteristics of the drugs used in the treatment of psychomotor agitation 
• Know the legal aspects before the use of a restrictive measure in cases of agitation, as well as indication and adequate use 

Module 9. Substance Use Emergencies 

• Delve into the approach to states of intoxication/abstinence, reasons for care and urgent treatment plans in patients with substance dependence 
• Emphasize the importance of taking a complete medical history when the patient's situation allows it 
• Delve into the symptoms derived from drug use for which patients may go to the emergency department 
• Identify risk factors in patients with mental disorders and concomitant substance use 
• Delve into the elaboration of the treatment plan to be followed (crisis intervention, referral to a specific device, criteria for urgent hospital admission) 

Module 10. Special Pharmacopoeia in Emergencies and Practical Psychotropic Drug Management 

• Gain in-depth knowledge of the different psychotropic drugs used in psychiatric emergencies 
• Gain in-depth knowledge of interactions, both pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic 
• Delve into the fundamental recommendations for therapeutic options
• Identify the risk in using psychotropic drugs in the elderly, considering pluripathology and polypharmac

You will advance and update your knowledge throughout the program, progressively meeting all the objectives”