MD

Instruments in Psychiatry
Epidemiology
Basics of statistics
Scientific writing and publishing
Skills of psychiatric interview
Ethics of research process

 

2- Psychology and Psychopathology

Basic Psychology
Conscious and unconscious processes
Psycho-physiology and neurochemistry
Social psychology and social sciences
Women psychology
Family psychology
Human growth and developmental psychology
Culture, society and religion in relation to psychology
Psychological assessment and psychometrics
Doctor – patient relationship
Psychology in relation to medicine
Basic genetics in relation to psychiatry
Psychopathology (an overview to the phenomenological approaches).
Concept on normality Vs abnormality
Family dynamics & psychiatric disorders
Psychopathology of affect, speech and language, motor behavior, perception, thinking, consciousness, self-awareness and volition and insight.
Psychopathology of homicide, aggression and violence
Psychopathology of gender and sexual disorders
Dynamic psychopathology

 

3- Psychiatry course specification:

 MODULE 1

History taking and mental state examination
Schizophrenia
Other psychotic disorders
Mood disorders
Major depression disorder
Neurotic and stress related disorders
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Panic disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Substance use disorder

 

MODULE 2

Organic mental disorders
Personality disorders
Sexual disorders
Eating disorders
Service planning and administration
Psychiatric disorders in women
Guidelines of management of psychiatric disorders in pregnant and lactating women
Psychiatric emergencies
Investigation in psychiatry
Psychometric assessments

 

MODULE 3

 

Child psychiatry
Old age psychiatry
Addiction psychiatry
Cultural psychiatry
Psychotherapy, physical treatments and other models of therapy
Sleep disorders
Forensic and Ethics

 

MODULE 4

Basics psychopharmacology.
Genetic and counseling.
Prevention in psychiatry.
Future of psychiatry.
Stigma because of mental illness.
Commonly used instruments in psychiatry.
Quality of life in psychiatry.
Role of family in psychiatric disorder.

Fever in psychiatry.

Clinical audit.

 

 

4 – Psychotherapy

 

Etymology and Forms
Psychotherapy systems
Psychoanalytical
Cognitive behavioral
Psychodynamic
Existential
Humanistic
Brief therapy
Systematic
Transpersonal
Specific schools and approaches
Behavior therapy
Gestalt therapy
Group psychotherapy
Medical and non-medical models
Expressive therapy
Integrative psychotherapy
Hypnotherapy
Narrative therapy
Models and Adaptations for children