Medical Psychology and Psychiatry (FY250)

A. Course description
This course on behavioral science (clinical psychology) has two purposes: to introduce you to psycho-social aspects of medical practice and to offer you an overview of clinical psychiatry. Psychiatry has as its allied disciplines sociology and psychology. Behavioral science includes behavioral biology, including biochemical, physiological and pharmacological correlates of behavior; individual behavior including emotions, life cycle, motivation, personality and its psychopathology; and interpersonal and social behavior. Most lecturers are clinicians. It is, therefore, to be expected that the material covered in this course will be clinically relevant. In view of the limited time available, not every topic can be covered. The course is organized into many sections that cover the human health behavior from the biological, psychological and social perspectives.
B. Course Objectives:
 To understand human behavior in health and disease.
 To understand psychosocial aspects of disease.
 To prepare you for Psychiatry Clerkship.