3. “It is impossible for the part to be well, if the whole is
not well”
Socrates
4.
5. How Psychiatry is different from medicine ?
• History and Mental State Examination is different and
almost diagnostic.
• BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL
• Psychological and social factors in disease causative
factors and management
• Stigma
• Normal vs Abnormal
• Symptoms
• Behaviour
• culture
6. Why Psychiatry is important ?
• Medical specialities have made advances in various
areas within their domain, humanism has often got
neglected and forgotten.
(HOLISTIC APPROACH IS MISSING)
• 14% of the global burden of disease has been attributed
to neuropsychiatric disorders
• Mental disorders, a highly prevalent group of non-
communicable diseases, affect the lives of 1 out of 5
persons each year.
7. Why Psychiatry is important ?
• Knowledge of Psychiatry equips the students to deal with
various difficult and complex situations during medical
practice (multidisciplinary services)
• Psychiatric Problems are common among General
Practice - 25 %
• Suicide is the leading cause of death.
8. • According to World Health Organization (WHO), 700,000
people die by suicide annually and it is the second leading
• cause of death among 15–29 year old.
• This means globally 16,000,000 individuals per annum
make an attempt to kill themselves.
9. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
• 1.1Discuss the etiology, epidemiology and pathological
and pharmacological basis of psychiatric disorders
• 1.2 Describe the clinical features, diagnostic criteria,
management and prognosis of psychiatric disorders
• 2.1 Interpret the findings of history and mental state
examination to develop a differential diagnosis
• 2.2 Make an appropriate selection of relevant
investigations required in diagnosing mental disorders
10. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
• 2.3 Formulate the appropriate management plan (pharmacological
and nonpharmacological) of the most common mental health
disorders
• 2.4 Obtain history and perform physical examination of the patient
with signs and symptoms of mental illnesses
• 2.5 Perform mental state examination independently
• 3.1 Demonstrate professional and ethical attitude in Psychiatry
settings as described in Majmaah curriculum
• 3.2 Communicate effectively with colleague’s in team-based
activities, patients and their relatives in psychiatric settings
12. Theme 2: Organic Psychiatry and substance Abuse
• A. Acute confusional state (Delirium)
• Neurocognitive disorder (Dementia)
• Substance Use 1
• Substance Use 2
13. Theme 3: Brief psychotic disorders and Schizophrenia
• Brief psychotic disorders and Schizophrenia
• Schizoaffective disorders & other Psychotic Disorder due
to other medical condition
15. Theme 5: Anxiety disorders
• Generalize Anxiety and Panic disorders
• Obsessive compulsive disorder, phobic disorders and
post-traumatic stress disorder
• Somatic Symptoms and related disorders
16. Theme 6: Child psychiatry
• Attention deficits /Hyperactivity disorder and Mood
disorder in childhood
• Intellectual Disability/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
17. Theme 7: Miscellaneous
• Sleep and Eating Disorders and Sexual Disorders
• Abuse and neglect
• Personality disorders 1 and 2
18. Examination
• Mid module (week 4)
• Only written exam
• Final written exam(week 8)
OSCE
• Overall marks for the module will be calculated out of 100
(continuous + final assessment marks). Pass marks >60 %.
95% attendance is mandatory to appear in the exam
