M.D in Psychiatry

1. BASIC SCIENCES AS APPLIED TO PSYCHIATRY
· NEUROANATOMY
Ø Developmental
Ø Central peripheral autonomic
Ø Principles of Brain imaging
· NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
o Normal sleep
o Basic cell
o Of thought ,cognition mood and Motor function
· NEUROCHEMISTRY
o Neurotransmitters
o In emotion, memory,behaviour
· Applied Neurophysiology., Neurochemistry., Neuroanatomy in relation to
physical factors affecting psychiatric disorders.
PSYCHOLOGY
§ Basic principles e.g. Learning, memory, motivation, emotion and stress
etc.
§ Applied psychology - behaviour science
§ Sensory processes and perception
§ Thinking and language
§ Social perception, Influences and relationships
§ Attitudes and beliefs
§ Developmental psychology child development
§ Personality structure
§ Psychological assessment and testing (IQ and cognition)
§ EEG
§ Genetics
2. PSYCHIATRY, NEUROLOGY, NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND
BEHAVIOURAL MEDICINE
PSYCHIATRY
· Introduction to mental health and psychiatric disorders
· History taking and clinical examination in psychiatry
· Classificatory systems.
· History of Psychiatry
· Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
· Mood Disorders
· Anxiety and Somatoform and dissociative disorders
· Substance related disorders
· Sexual disorders
· Sleep disorders
· Eating disorders
· Psychiatric disorders due to General Medical Consumption including HIV
· Disaster and Psychiatry
· Special population in psychiatry
· Personality disorders
· Impulse control disorders
· Adjustment disorders
· Relational problems
· Psychiatric emergencies
· Deliberate self harm / Suicide