Psychiatry Classes at Kings, India’s No. 1 FMGE Coaching Centre
We are excited to share the news that we have Dr. Mohan Sunil Kumar, a highly regarded expert in psychiatry, to lead our FMGE classes. We strongly encourage all medical students who aspire to become doctors to enroll and benefit from this remarkable opportunity to enrich their understanding and proficiency in psychiatry, ultimately enhancing their chances of success in the upcoming FMGE. At Kings International Medical Academy, we’re dedicated to assisting students in achieving their ambitions of practicing medicine, and this course is just one of the many ways we support them throughout their journey. Let us learn about psychiatry a bit more, shall we?
PSYCHIATRY
Father – Johann Christian Reil
Mental Wellbeing:
- 24/7 happiness
- Stress – Free
- Cope w/ stressors or hassles
- Realizes potential / abilities
- Be productive
- Contribute
Mental Illness:
- Behaviour
- Emotions
- Thoughts
- Distress
- Dysfunctionality
Based on symptoms:
- Neurotic
- Psychotic
- Judgement
- Insight
- Personality
- Reality contact
Based On Brain Involvement:
- Organic/ Neurocognitive Disorders
- Functional
Based on Epidemiology:
- Common:
- Substance use disorder
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Severe:
- Schizophrenia
- Bipolar Disorder
- Other Psychosis
Diathesis Stress Model
- Informants
- Subjective experiences
- Distress
- Dysfunctionality
- No organicity / Medical conditions
- General Appearance & Behaviour
- Eye contact
- Well Kempt
- Ill Kempt
(Depression Avoid Eye contact – Social anxiety Poor ETEC – Autism)
- Rapport – Don’t talk too much about their problems
- Psychomotor Activity
- Speech
- Constancy – stick to topic
- Continuity
- Organization – Etiology to prognosis
- Thought Form
- Thought stream
- Thought content
- Thought Possession
- Loosening of Association
- Word salad (Verbiageration)
- Neologism
- Derailment Tangentiality – Deviating from topic
Thought possession Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- OCD
Perceptual Disorders
- Illusions
- Hallucinations
Higher Mental Functioning
- Attention & concentration
- Orientation
- Memory
- Judgement
- Abstract thinking
- Concrete Thinking
- Insight / Epiphany
