Unit Code: PSY801

Unit Name: Psychiatry I

Description: This course is designed to provide students with the foundation knowledge and skills to identify and manage common mental health disorders among individuals in the community. These will include training on basic performance skills in history-taking, physical and mental status examination, differential diagnoses, diagnosis and identification of mental disorders, correlation between organic and mental disorders, and recognition of mild to extreme psychological disorders, and interventions at primary and secondary levels.

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Prerequisite: Minimum Entry Requirement.

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 120

Offered In: Semester 1,2