Foundations of Psychiatry

This subject is not offered in 2016.

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Objectives, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.
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The aim of this subject is to provide students with an introduction to the perspectives, underpinnings and practice of psychiatry.

• Demonstrate knowledge of the biomedical, psychological and social sciences which inform psychiatric practice.
• Understand the principles of adult learning and continuing professional development.
• Demonstrate the ability to access and critically review the psychiatric literature.
• Discuss the ethics of psychiatric practice and relate this to clinical cases.
• Conduct and write up a comprehensive psychiatric assessment and formulation.
• Demonstrate knowledge of psychiatric research methodologies.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the impact of mental illness on families and carers and basic family interventions.
• Demonstrate knowledge of systems of service delivery and the role of psychiatry in relation to other clinical disciplines.

Written Exam 1.5 hours (100%)

• Gelder et al, Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, 5th Edition 2006 Oxford
• Oyebode, Sims Symptoms in the Mind, 4th Edition 2008 Saunders
• Castle and Bassett, A Primer of Clinical Psychiatry, 2009 Churchill Livingstone
• Murray, Essential Psychiatry, 4th Edition 2008 Cambridge
• Tyrer and Silks, Cambridge Textbook of Effective Treatments in Psychiatry, 2008 Cambridge

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.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.