Phone: (847) 578-8720
Fax: (847) 578-3328

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Phone: (847) 578-8720
Fax: (847) 578-3328

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Clinical Neuroscience Course

Sophomore required course, offered in the Fall and Winter Quarters

The Clinical Neuroscience Course is a multidisciplinary course focusing on brain structure and function and their clinical manifestations.  Faculty include members of the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Neurology.  Term I covers brain organization strategies for the diagnosis of central nervous system disease.  These strategies include the mental status and cognitive assessmsent examinations, psychological testing, and routine (e.g., blood count) and specialized (e.g., lumbar puncture, magnetic resonance imaging) laboratory testing, normal and abnormal personality.  Term II covers disorders of the central nervous system encompassing psychopathology.  For these disorders, prevalence, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment and prevention are covered.  Students watch videos of psychiatric patients and have an opportunity to watch psychiatric patients being interviewd by core faculty.

Course Director      Frederick S. Sierles, MD      frederick.sierles@rosalindfranklin.edu Course Coordinator      Sue Shaw      sue.shaw@rosalindfranklin.edu       847-578-8722

Clinical Neuroscience Course

Sophomore required course, offered in the Fall and Winter Quarters

The Clinical Neuroscience Course is a multidisciplinary course focusing on brain structure and function and their clinical manifestations.  Faculty include members of the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Neurology.  Term I covers brain organization strategies for the diagnosis of central nervous system disease.  These strategies include the mental status and cognitive assessmsent examinations, psychological testing, and routine (e.g., blood count) and specialized (e.g., lumbar puncture, magnetic resonance imaging) laboratory testing, normal and abnormal personality.  Term II covers disorders of the central nervous system encompassing psychopathology.  For these disorders, prevalence, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment and prevention are covered.  Students watch videos of psychiatric patients and have an opportunity to watch psychiatric patients being interviewd by core faculty.

Course Director      Frederick S. Sierles, MD      frederick.sierles@rosalindfranklin.edu Course Coordinator      Sue Shaw      sue.shaw@rosalindfranklin.edu       847-578-8722