Syllabus for the post of Assistant Professor (Psychiatry)
Detailed syllabus for the post of Assistant Professor (Psychiatry) ( Medical Education)
Module I [10 Marks]
Basic Science – functional and behavioural Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, Neurochemistry, Neuroimaging,
Development of the Brain, Brain and Behaviour, electrophysiology, neurogenesis, psychoneuroimmunology, psychoneuroendocrinology
Module II [8 Marks]
Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders
Module III [8 Marks]
Affective disorders
Module IV [7 Marks]
Anxiety disorders, OCD and Reaction to Stress
Module V [9 Marks]
Child Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, Women and Mental Health
Module VI [5 Marks]
Sleep disorders, Sexual dysfunction and Eating disorders
Module VII [5 Marks]
Somatoform disorders and Dissociative Disorders, Psychosomatic disorders
Module VIII [5 Marks]
Ethics and Forensic Psychiatry
Module IX [8 Marks]
Psychopharmacology and other Biological therapies (Electroconvulsive therapy, rTMS etc)
Module X [5 Marks]
Psychotherapy
Module XI [5 Marks]
Psychiatric Emergencies
Module XII [7 Marks]
Psychology, death, dying, bereavement, child development (embryo, fetus, infant, child, adolescence, adulthood, late
adulthood), important persons who contributed to psychosocial sciences (Jean Piaget,), attachment theory, learning
theories, sociology and ethology, anthropology and cultural psychiatry, theories of personality and psychopathology, Freud, Erik Erikson.
Module XIII [8 Marks]
Organic brain syndromes (delirium, dementia and other amnestic and cognitive disorders), Mental disorders due to General Medical Condition, Substance Use Disorders, Personality Disorders
Module XIV [10 Marks]
Epidemiology and biostatistics, Community Psychiatry and Rehabilitation
NOTE: – It may be noted that apart from the topics detailed above, questions from other topics prescribed for the educational qualification of the post may also appear in the question paper. There is no undertaking that all the topics above may be covered in the question paper
