| 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 |
