Foundations of Psychiatry
Subject PSYT90005 (2010)
Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.
Credit Points: | 18.75 | ||||||||||||
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Level: | 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate) | ||||||||||||
Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010: February, Parkville - Taught on campus.
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Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: 10 weeks x 3.5-hour seminars Total Time Commitment: Not available | ||||||||||||
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Contact
Ms Ros Hendy, roslynjh@unimelb.edu.auSubject Overview: |
The aim of this subject is to introduce the student to the neurosciences and their relationship to psychiatry. The student will be exposed to the diversity of this field and understand how this knowledge is integrated to understanding the individual and their illness |
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Assessment: | critical review of literature and class presentation (50%) and a written assessment (50%). |
Prescribed Texts: |
Gelder M., Mayou R. and Cowen P., Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001. Sadock B. and Sadock V., Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry: Behavioural Sciences, Clinical Psychiatry, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2003. Charney, DJ, Nestler, EJ and Bunney, B (eds) Neurobiology of Mental Illness, Oxford University Press, 1999.
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Recommended Texts: |
McHugh PR, Slavney PR. The Perspectives of Psychiatry, 2nd ed. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press, 1998. Shorter E. A History of Psychiatry. New york: John Wiley & Sons, 1997. Meadows G, Singh B. Mental Health in Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2001. |
Breadth Options: | This subject is not available as a breadth subject. |
Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
Related Course(s): |
Master of Psychiatry |
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