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Doctor of Medicine(MD) Psychiatry
Doctor of Medicine (MD) Psychiatry
Course
MD Psychiatry is a Doctor of Medicine program by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Bengaluru. MBBS graduate from a recognized university is eligible to join this program. Psychiatry focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, therapy, prevention of mental, emotional and behavioural disorders, including addiction problems.Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences syllabus includes topics 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. Some psychiatrists go for advanced specializing, including child and adolescent psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, psychosomatic, psychoanalysis, or psychiatry research. Course completed psychiatrists can go for private practices or work in clinics, mental health hospitals, clinics, community agencies, prisons, nursing homes, rehabilitation centres, military, colleges and universities.
Duration: 3 years
Eligibility
Candidates must have pass MBBS Graduation 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
