Madras Medical College Chennai
Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
044 2530 5000
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Doctor of Medicine(MD) Psychiatry
Doctor of Medicine (MD) Psychiatry
Course
MD Psychiatry is a three-year postgraduate medical program in Psychiatry offered by Madras Medical College Chennai. MBBS holders from MCI approved university are eligible for this program. The program creates competent psychiatrists to diagnose, counsel, treat, prevent, and ensure patients' mental well-being. They also handle substance abuse disorders. Some psychiatrists opt for advanced specializing, including child and adolescent psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, psychosomatic, psychoanalysis, or psychiatry research. Madras Medical College is affiliated to Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai. Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University syllabus consists of papers like psychology, anatomy, physiology, the biochemistry of the brain, neurology and neurosurgery, child psychiatry, community psychiatry, social psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, preventive psychiatry, practical training at mental asylums, biostatistics, research methodology and clinical epidemiology, ethics,medico-legal aspects of psychiatry, psychiatry health policy issues. On completion of the course, Psychiatrists can find out their career opportunities in hospitals, mental health institutes, clinics, community agencies, courts, jails, nursing homes, military, rehabilitation centres, colleges, universities.
Duration: 3 years
Eligibility
Candidates must have pass MBBS degree from a recognized University
Higher Studies
- M.Ch (Master of Chirurgiae)
- MS (Master of Surgery)
- DM (Doctorate of Medicine)
- PhD Psychiatry
Career Opportunities
- Psychiatrist
- Medical Article Publisher
- Mental Healthcare Consultant
- Doctor
- Medical curriculum/policy maker
- Educator
- Researcher
