BRS Behavioral Science

Part 1 The beginning of life - pregnancy through preschool: pregnancy; childbirth; infancy - birth to 15 months; the toddler years - 15 months to 2 and a half years; the preschool child - 2 and a half to 6 years; review test. Part 2 School age, adolescence, special issues of development and adulthood: latency or school age - 7-11 years; adolescence - 11-20 years; special issues in child development; early adulthood - 20-40 years; middle adulthood - 40-65 years; review test. Part 3 Aging, death and bereavement: aging; stages of dying and death; bereavement (normal grief) versus depression (abnormal grief); review test. Part 4 Genetics, anatomy and biochemistry of behaviour: genetics; neuroanatomy; neurotransmission; biogenic amines; amino acid neurotransmitters; neuropeptides; review test. Part 5 Biological assessment of patients with psychiatric symptoms: overview; measurement of biogenic amines and psychotropic drugs; dexamethasone suppression test (DST); test of endocrine function; neuroimaging and electroencephalogram (EEG) studies; neuropsychological tests; other tests; review test. Part 6 Psychoanalytic theory: overview; Freud's theories of mind; defence mechanisms; transference reactions; review test. Part 7 Learning theory: overview; classical conditioning; operant conditioning; review test. Part 8 Clinical assessment of intelligence, personality and achievement: overview of psychological tests; intelligence tests; achievement tests; personality tests; psychiatric evaluation of the patient with emotional symptoms; review test. Part 9 Substance abuse: substance abuse, dependence, withdrawal, tolerance and demographics; stimulants; sedatives; opioids; hallucinogens; clinical features of substance abuse; treatment; review test. Part 10 Normal sleep and sleep disorders: normal sleep; classification of sleep disorders; insomnia; breathing-related sleep disorder (sleep apnea); narcolepsy; treatment of sleep disorders; review test. Part 11 Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders: schizophrenia; other psychotic disorders; review test. Part 12 Mood disorders: overview; classification of mood disorders; aetiology; treatment; review test. Part 13 Anxiety, somatoform and factitious disorders, and malingering: anxiety disorders; somatoform disorders; factitious disorders (formerly Munchausen's syndrome), factitious disorder by proxy, and malingering; review test. Part 14 Other psychiatric disorders: cognitive disorders; personality disorders; dissociative disorders; obesity and eating disorders; review test. Part 15 Psychiatric disorders in children: pervasive development disorders in children; attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and disruptive behaviour; other disorders of childhood; review test. Part 16 Biologic therapies - psychopharmacology and electroconvulsive therapy. Part 17 Psychological therapies. Part 18 The family, culture and illness. Part 19 Sexuality. Part 20 Aggression and abuse. Part 21 The doctor-patient relationship.