MPM2010

Research in psychiatry (semester 2)

Associate Professor J Kulkarni and Dr P Power

Synopsis This subject of the Master of Psychological Medicine course provides an integration and revision of material presented in the first three years, with a greater emphasis on clinical application. Courses in psychogeriatrics and forensic psychiatry are included. The subject also comprises sessions about basic research tools such as statistics, epidemiology and research design. Candidates are expected to apply these tools when understanding a research study to form the basis of a minor thesis during the following year.

Assessment Written examination (135 minutes) in each semester

Prescribed texts

Psychogeriatrics
Burns A and Levy R Dementia Chapman Hall, 1994
Chiu E and Ames D (eds) Functional psychiatric disorders of the elderly CUP, 1994
Greenberg M and others Making sense of psychiatric cases OUP, 1986
Jacoby R and Oppenheimer C (eds) Psychiatry and the elderly OUP, 1991
Jorm A F and Henderson A S The problem of dementia in Australia AGPS, 1993
Sederer L Inpatient diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric illness Williams and Wilkins, 1983
Forensic psychiatry
Gunn J and Taylor P (eds) Forensic psychiatry Butterworth Heinemann, 1993