PSYCHIATRY EXAMINATION SYLLABUS
1. The historical development of the concept of mental illness.
2. Disturbances of perception.
3. Thinking. Disturbances in form and in content of thinking.
4. Intelligence. Mental retardation. Dementia.
5. Disturbances of memory and attention.
6. Mood and affect disturbances.
7. Disturbances of volition.
8. Disturbances of consciousness.
9. Cognitive disorders-delirium, dementia, amnestic disorder.
10. Shizophrenia. History, definition, clinical findings, subtypes.
11. Shizophrenia. Course, outcome, differential diagnosis. Clinical management.
12. Mood disorders. History, epidemiology, diagnostic criteria, clinical findings, classification.
13. Mood disorders. Etiology, pathophysiology, course, outcome, differential diagnosis,
treatment.
14. Anxiety disorders. Panic disorder and agoraphobia. Management.
15. Anxiety disorders. Generalized anxiety disorder. Posttraumatic stress disorder.
Management.
16. Dissociative disorders. Obsessive-compulsive disorder. Somatoform and related disorders.
17. Alcohol-related disorders. Epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, clinical features.
Management.
18. Substance-related disorders. Epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, clinical features.
Management.
19. Disorders of childhood and adolescence. Mental retardation. Autistic disorder. ADHD.
20. Suicide and violent behaviour.
21. Treatments.
Psychosocial
treatments.
Somatic
treatments.
Antipsychotics.
Antidepressants. Mood-stabilizers. Anxiolitics. Psychostimulants. ECT.
Recommended literature:
1. Nancy Andreasen et al. Introductory.Textbook of Psychiyatry. Third edition.
2. Kaplan and Sadock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry. 7 th edition.
3. Basant K. Puri, Ian H. Treasaden. Textbook of Psychiatry. 3rd edition.