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Basic Psychiatry

  • Classification of Psychiatric Disorders
  • Common Etiology of Psychiatric Disorders
    • Genetic factors
    • Environmental Factors * Social Factors
    • Biological Factors
  • Presenting Problems and Symptoms and Signs (Phenomenology) of Common Psychiatric Disorders
  • Paychiatnc History Taking and Mental State Examination

Neurological Diseases related to Psychiatry

  • Seizure Disorder
  • Headache
  • Vestibular Disorders
  • Neuroinflammatory Disorders
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neurodegenerative Disorders
  • Intracranial Mass Lesion, Raised Intracranial Pressure
  • Infections of Nervous System
  • Disorders of Cerebellar Function = Disorders of Peripheral Nerves
  • Cerebrovascular Disease (CVD)

 

iii. Endocrine Disorders related to Psychiatry

  • Disorders to Thyroid Gland
  • Disorders of Reproductive System
  • Disorders of Adrenal glands
  • Disorders of Hypothalamus and Pituitary Glands
  • Disorders of Endocrine Pancreas and Parathyroid Gland

iv. Nutritional Disorders related to Psychiatry

  • Under-Nutrition and Obesity and its Relation to Psychiatric Disorders (Protein energy malnutrition, Vitamin deficiency etc.)

v. Behavioral Sciences

  • Definition of Behavioral Sciences and Social Sciences
  • Behavior and its Determinants
    • Factors Related to Brain (cortical lobar function)
    • Factors Related to Endocrine System (Thyroid, Adrenal and Pituitary Gland)
    • Psychosocial Factors
  • Concept of Health and Mental Health
  • Definition and Types of Emotion and Concept of Motivation
  • Doctor Patient Relationship, Medical Ethics, Good Prescribing
  • Intelligence: Mental age, Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

vi. Medical Statistics

  • Statistical Averages / Measures of Central Tendency
  • Measures of Dispersion
  • Scales of Measurement