Overview

MD Psychiatry is a three-year-long postgraduate course that deals with the discipline of medicine in terms of mental health. The students have a wide variety of job roles, providing them the job opportunities as Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Forensic Psychiatrist Clinical Psychiatrist Staff Psychiatrist Prison Psychiatrist Behavioral Specialist Neuropsychiatrist, etc.

MD Psychiatry makes use of instructional material, special instructional methodology, learning-teaching assistive devices of this type that make it easier for the students to grasp the concepts of medicinal health in regards to mental health. The Doctor of medicine process to get admission does not differ according to the specialization students choose to pursue. According to Wikipedia, "A psychiatric or psychotropic medication is a psychoactive drug taken to exert an effect on the chemical makeup of the brain and nervous system. Thus, these medications are used to treat mental illnesses."

Why Choose MD Psychiatry?

Students often wonder about the various Doctorate of Medicine in Psychiatry details before choosing the course. Before deciding on a career, students come across mundane questions like, "What is MD Psychiatry?" and "Why choose MD Psychiatry?”. The following prompts are given down to comprehend the topic on hand:

What is MD Psychiatry All About? 

MD Psychiatry is a course that requires the students to complete a three-year study. It is a full-time postgraduate course that focuses on the treatment of patients dealing with mental health. The main objective of MD Psychiatry in India is to educate students in the way of medicines are administered to patients of mental health.

Syllabus

Semester I

Semester II

Basic Sciences as applied to Psychiatry

Clinical Psychiatry

Monoamine Neurotransmitters and their implications for Psychiatric Disorders

Approaching to Psychiatric Diagnosis and Classification

Excitatory Amino Acids in Psychiatric Disorders

Aetiology and Clinical Profile of Dementias

Neuropeptides and their relevance to Psychiatry

Organic Delusional, Mood and Personality Disorders

 

MD Psychiatry Second Year Syllabus

Semester III

Semester IV

Anxiety disorders

Models of psychotherapy: An overview

Nosological status and natural history

Scientific evaluation of the efficacy of psychotherapy: methodological problems

Reactions to severe stress

Brief dynamic psychotherapies

The current concept of dissociative disorders

Behavioral therapies

 

MD Psychiatry Third Year Syllabus

Semester V

Semester VI

Human Rights of psychiatric patients

Dementia: Differential Diagnosis and Management

Ethics in Psychiatry

Delirium: Differential Diagnosis and Management

Indian Mental Health Act

Psychiatric Syndromes with Epilepsy

Epidemiology of psychiatric Illness in Old Age with Special Reference to India.

Neuro-psychiatric Sequelae of HIV Infection

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