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Sl. No. |
Subjects of Study
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1 |
Semester I |
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Basic Sciences as applied to Psychiatry
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• Monoamine Neurotransmitters and their implications for Psychiatric Disorders • Excitatory Amino Acids in Psychiatric Disorders • Neuropeptides and their relevance to Psychiatry • Second Messenger Systems and Beyond • Basic and applied Electrophysiology • Magnetic Resonance and Implications for Psychiatry • Consciousness • Sleep and Dreaming • Chronobiology • Transcultural Psychiatry • Aggression: Psychology and Biology • Intelligence • Learning Theories • Information Processing: Brain Models of Mind • Experimental Animal Research and Implications for Mental Disorders |
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2 |
Semester II |
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Clinical Psychiatry
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• Approaching to Psychiatric Diagnosis and Classification • Aetiology and Clinical Profile of Dementias • Organic Delusional, Mood and Personality Disorders • Concept and Typology of Schizophrenia • Biological Basis of Schizophrenia • Course, Outcome and Prognosis of Schizophrenia • Brief and Reactive Psychosis • Etiological Theories of Mood Disorders • Subtypes of Depressive Disorders and their Clinical Relevance • Course and Outcome of Mood Disorders • Paranoid Disorders • Concept and Typology of Personality Disorders • Antisocial Personality Disorders |
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3 |
Semester III |
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• Anxiety disorders: Nosological status and natural history • Reactions to severe stress • The current concept of dissociative disorders • Somatization disorders: Diagnosis and clinical features • Nosological status and clinical features of Neurasthenia • Non-organic sleep disorders • Recent advances in eating disorders • Management of premature ejaculation • Psychiatric aspects of homosexuality • Biological basis of anxiety • Habit and impulse disorders |
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4 |
Semester IV |
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• Models of psychotherapy: an overview • Scientific evaluation of the efficacy of psychotherapy: methodological problems • Brief dynamic psychotherapies • Behavioural therapies • Cognitive therapies • Supportive psychotherapies • Psychological management of sexual dysfunctions • Comparative pharmacology of antipsychotic drugs • Short-term side effects of antipsychotic drugs and their management • Tardive dyskinesia: pathophysiology and management • Recent advances in antidepressant drug therapy • Management of a suicidal patient • Role of Lithium in Psychiatric disorders • Adjuncts and alternatives to Lithium in the management of mood disorders • Drug treatment of generalized anxiety and panic disorders • Recent advances in drug treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorders • Electro-convulsive Therapy: current trends |
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5 |
Semester V |
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• Human Rights of psychiatric patients • Ethics in Psychiatry• Indian Mental Health Act • Epidemiology of Psychiatric Illness in Old Age with Special Reference to India • Current Issues in Management of Elderly Psychiatric Patients • Integration of Mental Health into Primary Care - Its Role and Future in India • Classification of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders • Learning Disorders of Childhood • Child Abuse and Neglect • School Refusal • Pervasive Development Disorders of Childhood • Preventive Aspects of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders • Neuro-Psychological Assessment of Children |
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6 |
Semester VI |
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• Dementia: Differential Diagnosis and Management • Delirium: Differential Diagnosis and Management • Psychiatric Syndromes with Epilepsy • Neuro-psychiatric Sequel of HIV Infection • Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry • Psychological Aspects of Cardiovascular Disorders • Psychological Aspects of Gastrointestinal Disorders • The Terminally Ill Patient and Family • Psychological Aspects of Breast Cancer • Obesity • Concept and Assessment of Disability • Concept and Measurement of Quality of Life • Neuro-psychologic Assessment and its Relevance to Psychiatric Diagnosis and Management • Stress and Psychological Disorders • Psychological Aspects of Organ Transplantation |
