Department of Psychiatry
- About Department
- Infrastructure
- Dept: Equipment’s / Teaching aids
- Dept. of Psychiatry- Curriculum
- Student Support & Progression
- Teaching Learning
- Best Practice-
- Governance and Leadership
- Brochure
Goals
- Teaching undergraduate students in psychiatry is to impart knowledge and skills that may enable them to diagnose treat common psychiatric disorders, handle psychiatric emergencies and to refer complication/unusual manifestation of common disorders to the specialist
Objectives
- Comprehensive nature and development of different aspects of normal human behavior like learning motivation, personality & intelligence;
- Recognize difference between normal and abnormal behavior;
- Classify psychiatric disorders;
- Recognize clinical manifestations of the following common syndromes and plan
their appropriate management of organic psychosis, functional psychosis,
schizophrenia, affective disorders, neurotic disorders, personality disorders,
psycho-physiological disorders, drug and alcohol dependence, psychiatric
disorders of childhood and adolescence. - Describe rational use of different modes of therapy in psychiatric disorders.
- Ability to promote mental health and mental hygiene
- Knowledge of etiology (bio-psycho-social-environmental interactions),clinical
features, diagnosis and management of common psychiatric disorders across all
ages. - Ability to recognize and manage common psychological and psychiatric
disorders in a primary care setting, institute preliminary treatment in disorders
difficult to manage, and refer appropriately. - Ability to recognize alcohol/ substance abuse disorders and refer them to
appropriate centers. - Ability to assess risk for suicide and refer appropriately.
- Ability to recognize temperamental difficulties and personality disorders.
- Assess mental disability and rehabilitate appropriately.
- Understanding of National and State programmes that address mental health and
welfare of patients and community
Vision
The Goal of the department is to train students to become doctors who have an astute clinical sense, requisite latest medical knowledge and clinical skills to serve the medical needs of our society and overall to develop a human, sympathetic caring attitude and fit medical leader
Mission
To achieve excellence in patient are, teaching of medicine and research.
Infrastructure
| Name | Size |
|---|---|
| Professor & Head | 5.24 x 4.41 = 23.10 Sq. m |
| Associate Professor | 3.10 x 5.23 = 16.213 Sq m |
| Assistant Professor | 5.31 x 3.17 x 2 = 16.83 Sq m |
| Tutors /Demonstrators | 5.31 x 5.04 = 26.76 Sq m |
| Departmental Office | 5.31 x 3.17 = 16.83 Sq m |
| Library Cum- Seminar Room | 5.31 x 6.35 = 34 Sq. mtr |
| Non –Teaching Room | 5.31 x 3.17 = 16.83 Sq m |
| Research Lab Space | 5.18 x 3.80 = 19.68 Sqm |
| Equipment |
ICMR Research Lab 2 computers and 2 printers |
| Research Projects completed in past 3 years |
1. BIND-Project (ICMR Funded) 2. COVID-19 Vaccine hesitancy intervention (ICMR Funded) 3. IPS – Suicide risk assessment Project 4. Correlates of depression among perinatal women |
Infrastructure: Departmental Library
| Psychiatry Books | Quantity / Details |
|---|---|
| Central Library | 149 |
| Departmental Library | 100 |
| Journal | 50 |
| e-consortia (Books & Journals) | Elsevier & DELNET e-consortia |
| Department is equipped with | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service | Yes/No | Details |
| ECT | Yes | Modified under GA |
| Psychological & IQ Testing / Disability Assessment | Yes | Binet Kamath, Weschler test, WAIS IV, WISC IV, Cattell intelligence scale |
| Medico-Legal Services | Yes | Opinions are given for MLC whenever needed |
| Care & stay of Acute (Emergency) cases | Yes | Separate male & female Wards with CCTV surveillance in corridors and security available |
| Chronic Psychiatry care facility / Rehabilitation | Yes | Available Long acting injectable given to the patients on day care |
| Psychological Assessments | Yes | Depressive, anxiety, psychotic and IQ assessment scales |
| Psychotherapy | Yes | Cognitive behavioral therapy, family therapy and behavioral therapy |
| Occupational therapy | Yes | Engagement in activities, rehabilitation services |
| Community based Psychiatry clinics | Yes | During camps in the villages and rural and urban health centers, schools and college |
- The department adheres to the NMC and MUHS, Nashik norms for undergraduate education.
- New CBME curriculum has been implemented from 2019
–Orientation Programme
–Foundation Course
–Students feedback
–Early clinical exposure
–ATECOM
- All faculty use ICT to support & enhance the delivery of classroom teaching.
- Departmental level Seminars, Poster competitions are conducted under the guidance of
- faculty
- Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE) is carried out by internal assessment (formative)
- examinations. .
- OSCE/ OSPE
- Psychiatry Elective postings for III/I MBBS are in the fields of neuropsychiatry ;
- research oriented.
- Students feedback provide us input and actions
- Early Diagnosis and Management of psychiatric disorders
- Self-directed learning
- Early clinical Exposure
- Class tests
- Problem Solving- Case based learning
- Poster Competitions
- AETCOM
- We screen all the perinatal women attending our OBGY OPD for depression. Pregnant females with diagnosis of depression are followed up every 2 weeks.
- Application of Psychiatric Rating scales by the Interns for the all the patients. They
are able to conduct a structured clinical interview while assessing patients in a more
through and timely manner. Objectively quantify the change in symptoms
Departmental faculty takes additional responsibilities in
- Mentorship activities
- Student Psychological cell
- Anti-ragging committee.
- Part of TWO ICMR FUNDED PROJECTS ON PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH
- AND COVID 19 VACCINE HESITANCY .Published 7 manuals on perinatal mental health and COVID 19 vaccine hesitancy
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