FOURTH PROFESSIONAL (PSYCHIARTY-Syllabus)




Total Lecture: 50 Hrs
Exam time: 2 Hrs.                                                                       Total marks: 100
                                                                                                  Written: 50
                                                                                     Oral / Practical: 30
                                                                                                             Sessional: 20
Introduction: Definition, Defence mechanism, Symptomatology, Type and cause of mental disorder, psychosomatic disorder, mental illness,
Classification, diagnosis and prognosis of mental health
Details about the following:
·         Neuroses
·         Psychoses: Schizophrenia (Including Paranid), Maniac depressive Psychosis, Involvement Psychosis.
·         Organic mental disorders
·         Personality disorders
·         Affective disorders
·         Psychoneurosis: Anxiety, Hysteria, Neuroasthenia, Reactive depression, Obsessive-compulsive Neurosis.
·         Organic Reaction: Toxins and Infection
·         Adjustment disorders
·         Mental retardation: Definition, Cause, Clinical feature, and Management
·         Substance abuse
·         Child and adolescence conditions
·         Forensic Psychiatry
·         Psychotherapy: Group therapy, Psychodrama, Behavioural modification, Family therapy, Play therapy, Psychoanalysis, Hypnosis.
·         Mental retardation
·         Drug use in mental health treatment and contraindication
·         Electro convulsive therapy
·        Skills in the patient/ therapist relationship

Books Recommended:
1.      Introduction to Psychology- Mums – I.D.P. Co.
2.      Foundation of Psychology- Weld –Publishing House, Bombay-
3.      Introduction to social psychology – Akolkar Oxford Publishing House
4.      Psychology and Sociology – Applied to Medicine – Porter & Alder- W.B Saunders.
5.      Behavioral Sciences for Medical Undergraduates- mange Meat- Jaypee Brothers.
6.      Elementary Psychology Mohsin Moti Lal Banarsi Dass, Delhi.


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