INTRODUCTION PSYCHIATRY

MODULE
2024-2025

DR SAIRA FARHAN
Associate Professor Psychiatry/Behavioural Sciences
 Tutors

• Dr. Raza ur Rahman

• Dr Saira Farhan
“It is impossible for the part to be well, if the whole is
not well”
Socrates
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
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.
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.

• 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.
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
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
 Themes

Theme 1: Basic Psychiatry

•Psychopathology 1
•Psychopathology 2
Theme 2: Organic Psychiatry and substance Abuse

• A. Acute confusional state (Delirium)

• Neurocognitive disorder (Dementia)
• Substance Use 1
• Substance Use 2
Theme 3: Brief psychotic disorders and Schizophrenia

• Brief psychotic disorders and Schizophrenia

• Schizoaffective disorders & other Psychotic Disorder due

to other medical condition
Theme 4: Mood disorders

•Depressive Disorders

•Bipolar Affective disorders- 1

•Suicide and deliberate self-harm

•Psychotherapy
Theme 5: Anxiety disorders

• Generalize Anxiety and Panic disorders

• Obsessive compulsive disorder, phobic disorders and

post-traumatic stress disorder

• Somatic Symptoms and related disorders

Theme 6: Child psychiatry

• Attention deficits /Hyperactivity disorder and Mood

disorder in childhood

• Intellectual Disability/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Theme 7: Miscellaneous

• Sleep and Eating Disorders and Sexual Disorders

• Abuse and neglect

• Personality disorders 1 and 2

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