General Master

First part

Psychology

• 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
• Introduction in Epidemiology, statistics
• Psychological assessment and psychometrics
• Doctor – patient relationship
• Psychology in relation to medicine
• Basic genetics in relation to psychiatry

Second part

• History taking and mental state examination
• Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
• Mood disorders
• Neurotic and stress related disorders
• Addiction Psychiatry
• 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
• Child psychiatry
• Old age psychiatry
• Cultural psychiatry
• Psychotherapy, physical treatments and other models of therapy
• Sleep disorders
• Forensic and Ethics

Other topics
• 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.

Psychiatry

• History taking and mental state examination
• Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
• Mood disorders
• Neurotic and stress related disorders
• Addiction Psychiatry
• 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
• Child psychiatry
• Old age psychiatry
• Cultural psychiatry
• Psychotherapy, physical treatments and other models of therapy
• Sleep disorders
• Forensic and Ethics

Other topics
• 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.

Master in child and adolescent psychiatry

Okasha Institute Of Psychiatry announce the opening of online registration for Master in child and adolescent psychiatry, Ain Shams University. thanks to our mentors prof, dr. Ahmed Okasha and Prof. dr. Zeinab bishry. prof. dr. Mona El Sheikh would be responsible for the Master.

the link for registration:

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Welcome Statement:

        The Department of Neuropsychiatry welcomes you to the Master of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. As a department we are committed to medical student education and continuously strive to improve your educational experience.

       This handbook presents information guide and logbook activity of this degree administered by the Neuropsychiatry department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.

 Mission Statement:

    The Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University graduates trained physicians, with competitive skills at both national and regional levels, who are capable of teaching, learning and life long training, and are committed to the medical service standards and professional ethics. The faculty supports the overall continuous development of programs and courses and scientific research with emphasis on the expansion of applied scientific research and health care programs to serve needs of community and enhancement of environmental development.

   The mission of this degree is to provide the candidates with an excellent learning experience of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and to provide them with training in both theoretical and clinical skills essential to the practice of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Thus, qualify the candidate to be capable of providing the optimum health care service to the society and improving the scientific research. Ain Shams University awards the degree of Master of Science in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry as a postgraduate academic specialty training degree for physicians who have completed at least a Master of Science degree in neuropsychiatry as a prerequisite to formal certification in child and adolescent psychiatry. The Master degree comprises taught courses, a research essay or thesis and a final exam qualifying for registration as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in the Egyptian Child and adolescent psychiatric association and for registration as a specialist in the Egyptian Medical Syndicate.

Senior Supervisor and Affiliated Departments and Hospitals:

Senior Supervisor:

Professor/ Maha Mohamed Sayed Hassan

Email: mahamsayed10@yahoo.com

 Affiliated Departments and Hospitals: Department of Neuropsychiatry at Ain Shams University Hospitals and Okasha Institute of Psychiatry.

Program aims:

1. Understanding the pathophysiology of the different childhood psychiatric disorders and the associated psychopathological background.
2. Development of the necessary knowledge and skills to approach and manage the wide array of childhood psychiatric disorders.
3. Analyze patients’ presentations in developmental and systemic terms and acquire skills necessary to differentiate between distress, disturbance and disorder to differentiate between developmental disorders and simple delays.
4. Effectively perform a detailed and an efficient history taking and examination of children and adolescents and conduct family interviews.
5. Understanding the appropriate use and interpretation of the common psychometric tools and structured diagnostic interviews.
6. Acquiring the skills for competently interpreting the basic neuropsychological reports and draw solid recommendations.
7. Ability to carry out the diagnosis and plan the treatment of the commonly encountered childhood psychiatric diseases and emergencies in a compassionate, appropriate and effective manner.
8. Understand and conduct the basic psychotherapy sessions for children, adolescents and their families.
9. Ability to acquire decision making skills for using different therapeutic modalities, psychoactive medications and environmental manipulations of children and adolescents and their families.
10. Effectively work within a multidisciplinary team and implement liaison with members of the other medical specialties.
11. Capacity to learn independently and to use the medical literature to improve the clinical practice.

Program courses: