TEP Psiquiatria study plan

Build a one-page drug table covering mechanism, starting dose, titration, therapeutic range where relevant, key adverse effects and monitoring for the main antidepressant, antipsychotic, mood-stabiliser and benzodiazepine classes

Rehearse a structured 15-minute diagnostic interview (chief complaint, timeline, functional impact, risk assessment, mental state examination) aloud on two recorded occasions and audit each recording against a checklist

Explain the difference between potency, efficacy and tolerability for antipsychotics, and state which receptor profiles predict which adverse effects

Summarise the principles of ECT (indications, consent, cognitive adverse effects, maintenance strategy) in your own words without notes

List the main drug interactions and monitoring requirements (lithium levels, clozapine blood counts, ECG for QT) that examiners test repeatedly

Distinguish unipolar from bipolar depression on clinical grounds and justify why antidepressant monotherapy is risky in bipolar disorder

Map the full depressive episode criteria and specifiers onto three worked vignettes, assigning severity and the correct first-line treatment

Compare augmentation, switching and combination strategies for treatment-resistant depression and state the evidence tier for each

Describe the acute and maintenance management of mania and of bipolar depression, including which agents are avoided in each phase

Calculate and interpret a corrected QT interval and a lithium level in the context of toxicity risk

Differentiate the schizophrenia spectrum (brief psychotic disorder, schizophreniform, schizophrenia, schizoaffective, delusional disorder) by duration, functional decline and mood overlap

Apply the first-episode psychosis pathway: assessment, physical workup to exclude organic causes, antipsychotic choice, metabolic monitoring

Explain positive, negative and cognitive symptom domains and how each responds to treatment

State the criteria and management of neuroleptic malignant syndrome versus serotonin syndrome versus acute dystonia

Analyse the evidence for clozapine in treatment-resistant schizophrenia and list its mandatory monitoring

Separate panic disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder and PTSD by onset pattern, trigger and core cognition

Outline first-line psychological and pharmacological treatment for each of those four conditions and name the treatments to avoid

Describe OCD as a distinct entity: insight, compulsions, and why SSRIs at higher dose and exposure with response prevention are preferred

Explain trauma-related presentations including acute stress reaction, PTSD and complex PTSD, and the timing of intervention

Recognise psychotic features inside mood and anxiety presentations and justify the diagnostic hierarchy used

Apply withdrawal, intoxication and maintenance management for alcohol, opioid and benzodiazepine dependence, including thiamine and benzodiazepine-taper protocols

Score and interpret a withdrawal scale and state admission criteria for medically assisted detoxification

Assess suicide risk using a structured framework and document a defensible risk formulation with a management plan

Manage the agitated or violent patient in the emergency department: de-escalation, choice of agent, route and monitoring

Distinguish delirium from dementia and from acute functional psychosis in the emergency setting, and state the first investigation steps

Classify the major neurocognitive disorders by pattern of onset, domain affected and reversibility, and list the reversible causes to screen for

Interpret a mini-mental state score in the context of education and premorbid function, and describe when formal neuropsychological testing is indicated

Distinguish delirium, depression and dementia using the standard differentiating features

Describe the core features and first-line management of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD and adolescent depression

Explain the principles and safeguards of assessing capacity in an older adult with cognitive impairment

Match CBT, psychodynamic, interpersonal, systemic and supportive approaches to the presentations where each has the strongest evidence

Describe the structure of a CBT session and the role of behavioural activation, exposure and cognitive restructuring

Outline the legal framework for involuntary admission, consent to treatment and confidentiality, and apply it to two scenarios

Explain fitness to stand trial and criminal responsibility concepts and the psychiatrist's role in each

State the ethical duties around boundary-setting, dual agency and reporting risk to third parties

Interpret sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, likelihood ratios, number needed to treat and confidence intervals in a short clinical trial abstract

Identify the main study designs and their biases, and judge whether a paper's conclusion follows from its method

Complete two full-length timed mock examinations under exam conditions and log every error by domain

Re-teach your five weakest error clusters aloud from memory and rewrite those notes in condensed form

Consolidate the pharmacology, diagnostic criteria and legal facts you repeatedly miss into a final revision sheet