MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Medicine Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
MPM2000
Descriptive psychiatry (semester 2)
Associate Professor J Kulkarni, Dr A Yung and Dr G Meadows
Synopsis Descriptive psychiatry is structured into three broad groups.
The first three sessions are introductory seminars about the aims of the
course, development as a psychiatrist, the concept of mental illness, and
interviewing techniques. The next group of seminars is devoted to providing the
candidate with different perspectives of psychiatry. To this end, seminars on
the contribution of psychodynamic, behavioural/cognitive, social sciences,
biological sciences and systems theory are included. The third group of
seminars attempts to provide the candidate with a broad overview of a large
number of psychiatric disorders. While providing an introduction to the
specific disorders, there is an emphasis on considering the disorder from
different perspectives.
Assessment One minor essay based on clinical material
Recommended texts
- McHugh P and Slavney P The perspectives of psychiatry Johns Hopkins
UP, 1986
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