M.D. (Psychiatry), Doctor of Medicine in Psychiatry, Syllabus, Eligibility, Duration, Degree Course

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Doctor of Medicine in Psychiatry

Duration

3 Years

Level

Post Graduation

Type

Degree

Eligibility

M.B.B.S.

M.D. Psychiatry or Doctor of Medicine in Psychiatry is a postgraduate Psychiatry course. A psychiatrist is a physician (a medical doctor-either an MD or a DO) who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, addictive, and emotional disorders. The Course helps to train the medical, psychological, and social components of mental, emotional, and behavioural disorders and utilize a broad range of treatment modalities; including diagnostic tests, prescribing medications, psychotherapy, and helping patients and their families cope with stress and crises. The course includes neurobiology, biopsychology, prescription of psychiatric drugs and diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders. The syllabus for the course is divided into six semesters and it is career orienting in nature.

M.D. Psychiatry Eligibility

Candidates should have passed an M.B.B.S. degree with minimum 55% marks from a recognised university board.
Some of the very reputed institutes conduct an entrance examination for admission.

M.D. Psychiatry Syllabus

Syllabus of Psychiatry as prescribed by various Universities and Colleges.

Sem. I
Sr. No.	Subjects of Study
	Basic Sciences as applied to psychiatry
	• Monoamine Neurotransmitters and their implications for Psychiatric Disorders • Excitatory Amino Acids in Psychiatric Disorders • Neuropeptides and their relevance to Psychiatry • Second Messenger Systems and Beyond • Basic and applied Electrophysiology • Magnetic Resonance and Implications for Psychiatry • Consciousness • Sleep and Dreaming • Chronobiology • Transcultural Psychiatry • Aggression: Psychology and Biology • Intelligence • Learning Theories • Information Processing: Brain Models of Mind • Experimental Animal Research and Implications for Mental Disorders
Sem. II
	Clinical Psychiatry
	• Approaching to Psychiatric Diagnosis and Classification • Etiology and Clinical Profile of Dementias • Organic Delusional, Mood and Personality Disorders • Concept and Typology of Schizophrenia • Biological Basis of Schizophrenia • Course, Outcome and Prognosis of Schizophrenia • Brief and Reactive Psychosis • Etiological Theories of Mood Disorders • Subtypes of Depressive Disorders and their Clinical Relevance • Course and Outcome of Mood Disorders • Paranoid Disorders • Concept and Typology of Personality Disorders • Antisocial Personality Disorders
Sem. III
	• Anxiety disorders: Nosological status and natural history • Reactions to severe stress • The current concept of dissociative disorders • Somatization disorders: Diagnosis and clinical features • Nosological status and clinical features of Neurasthenia • Non-organic sleep disorders • Recent advances in eating disorders • Management of premature ejaculation • Psychiatric aspects of homosexuality • Biological basis of anxiety • Habit and impulse disorders
Sem. IV
	• Models of psychotherapy: an overview • Scientific evaluation of the efficacy of psychotherapy: methodological problems • Brief dynamic psychotherapies • Behavioural therapies • Cognitive therapies • Supportive psychotherapies • Psychological management of sexual dysfunctions • Comparative pharmacology of antipsychotic drugs • Short-term side effects of antipsychotic drugs and their management • Tandive dyskinesia: pathophysiology and management • Recent advances in antidepressant drug therapy • Management of a suicidal patient • Role of Lithium in Psychiatric disorders • Adjuncts and alternatives to Lithium in the management of mood disorders • Drug treatment of generalized anxiety and panic disorders • Recent advances in drug treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorders • Electro-convulsive Therapy: current trends
Sem. V
	• Human Rights of psychiatric patients • Ethics in Psychiatry • Indian Mental Health Act • Epidemiology of Psychiatric Illness in Old Age with Special Reference to India. • Current Issues in Management of Elderly Psychiatric Patients. • Integration of Mental Health into Primary Care - Its Role and Future in India. • Classification of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders. • Learning Disorders of Childhood • Child Abuse and Neglect • School Refusal • Pervasive Development Disorders of Childhood • Preventive Aspects of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders • Neuro-Psychological Assessment of Children
Sem. VI
	• Dementia: Differential Diagnosis and Management • Delirium: Differential Diagnosis and Management • Psychiatric Syndromes with Epilepsy • Neuro-psychiatric Sequel of HIV Infection • Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry • Psychological Aspects of Cardiovascular Disorders • Psychological Aspects of Gastrointestinal Disorders • The Terminally Ill Patient and Family • Psychological Aspects of Breast Cancer • Obesity • Concept and Assessment of Disability • Concept and Measurement of Quality of Life • Neuro-psychologic Assessment and its Relevance to Psychiatric Diagnosis and Management • Stress and Psychological Disorders • Psychological Aspects of Organ Transplantation

M.D. Psychiatry Colleges

All India Institute of Medical Sciences - AIIMS Delhi, New Delhi
Aligarh Muslim University - AMU, Aligarh
Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot
Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry

M.D. Psychiatry Course Suitability

Candidates willing for further higher studies such as Ph.D. also are suitable for it.
They have to need to develop skills in talking with people who have disordered thinking and hallucinations and skills in working with families and with the special needs of children.
They should have liberal nature as they must deal with regular discussions with patients about their problems; the psychiatrist helps them find solutions through changes in their behavioural patterns, the exploration of their past experiences, or group and family therapy sessions.
Those who want to identify social, economic, environmental, biological and emotional determinants of mental health, and institute diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, preventive and promotive measures to provide holistic care to a patient are a good suit for it.

How is M.D. Psychiatry Course Beneficial?

M.D. Psychiatry is also beneficial for further studies such as Ph.D. etc.
Psychiatrists assess and treat mental illnesses through a combination of psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, hospitalization, and medication.
The Course also helps to provide diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services to the mentally ill both at the institutional and community levels.
The course is beneficial to equip the trainee with basic skills in psychiatry and scientific foundations in behavioural sciences.
They can also work as counsellors in large-scale industries, rehabilitation centres dealing with drug addiction, alcoholism, and mental problems.
They can seek employment in regular hospitals and mental hospitals. They can set up their own private clinics.

M.D. Psychiatry Employment Areas