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Training in Psychopharmacology-Pharmacopsychiatry for Residents in Psychiatry

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In the majority of the countries, specialization in psychiatry comprises a 4–6-year training program, but the number of hours declared as psychopharmacology teaching comprises only 20–40 h within a 5-year resident teaching program. This chapter presents the actual situation of psychopharmacology-pharmacopsychiatry training for specialization in psychiatry, and it proposes a curriculum and a learning catalogue. Indeed, among the rare instruments available, there is the curriculum of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP), but it is not widely introduced. The chapter also presents teaching forms and discusses the question about who should teach these disciplines and how both learning and teaching should then be evaluated. It is concluded that a curriculum should include 150–200 h of theoretical teaching in psychopharmacology-pharmacopsychiatry and contain additional 300–400 h centered on practical bedside teaching and provided by senior psychiatrists and other experienced colleagues.

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Baumann, P. (2019). Training in Psychopharmacology-Pharmacopsychiatry for Residents in Psychiatry. In: Hermans, M., Chay-Hoon, T., Pi, E. (eds) Education about Mental Health and Illness. Mental Health and Illness Worldwide. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2350-7_9

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