NEUROPSYCHIATRY

PSY5NPS

2014

Credit points: 5

Subject outline

This series of seminars analyses a number of frequently occurring neurological and psychiatric diseases with respect to their pathophysiological basis, their clinical presentation and pharmacological and the physical treatment approaches taken to them. The material is analysed from the molecular to the systemic level, with specific transmitter-related diseases being analysed in detail. Topics include schizophrenia, depression, anxiety disorders, somatic-stress disorders, basic pharmacology, and drug effects on cognition.

Faculty: Faculty of Science, Tech & Engineering

Credit points: 5

Subject Co-ordinator: Simon Crowe

Available to Study Abroad Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Exchange Students: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Admission to SMCNP or SDPCN

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Melbourne, 2014, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Simon Crowe

Class requirements

SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours seminar every two weeks on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"One 2-hour seminar for 6 weeks."

Assessments

Assessment elementComments%
one 1-hour multiple choice examination100