Table of Contents

The doctor-patient relationship; human development throughout the life cycle; the brain and behaviour; contributions of the psychosocial sciences to human behaviour; psychology and psychiatry - psychometric and neuropsychological testing; theories of personality and psychopathology; clinical examination of the psychiatric patient; typical signs and symptoms of psychiatric illness defined; classification in psychiatry and psychiatric rating scales; delirium, dementia, amnesia and other cognitive disorders; neuropsychiatric aspects of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS); substance-related disorders; schizophrenia; other psychotic disorders; mood disorders; anxiety disorders; somatoform disorders; factitious disorders; dissociative disorders; human sexuality; gender identity disorders; eating disorders; normal sleep and sleep disorders; impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified; adjustment disorders; personality disorders; psychological factors affecting medical condition (psychosomatic disorders); relationship problems; problems related to abuse or neglect; additional conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention (follow DSM-IV; but do not include Sections 49.1-49.4); psychiatric emergencies; psychotherapies; biological therapies; child psychiatry - assessment, examination, and psychological testing; mental retardation; learning disorders (academic skills disorders); motor skills disorder; pervasive developmental disorders; attention deficit disorders (including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder NOS); disruptive behaviour disorders; anxiety disorders of childhood or adolescence; feeding and disorders of infancy or early childhood; tic disorders; communication disorders; elimination disorders; other disorders of infancy, childhood, or adolescence; mood disorders and suicide (including bereavement); schizophrenia with childhood onset; child psychiatry - special areas of interest; psychiatric treatment of children and adolescents; geriatric psychiatry; forensic psuchiatry; ethics in psychiatry; history of psychiatry.