Social and cultural psychiatry (semester 2)
Professor D O'Connor and Dr Eng Seong Tan
Seminars aim to present candidates with perspectives that may not have been prominent in their hospital-based psychiatric training to date. Topics include the study of mental disorder in other cultures; the practice of psychiatry in a multi-cultural setting; the basic principles of epidemiology and the association between mental disorder and social events and relationships. Candidates are asked to prepare presentations on key areas thus promoting self-directed learning of the theoretical and clinical aspects of this subject.
Assessment
Essay: 5000 words * Assessment of candidate's presentation
Recommended texts
Henderson A S An introduction to social psychiatry OUP, 1988