Important Topics in Psychiatry for NEET-PG

Psychiatry is the toughest in short subjects group. It needs a thorough understanding otherwise you’ll have to scratch your brain to solve the questions.

With a view to make your preparation more effective for Psychiatry, we approached India's leading Psychiatry faculty to cast some light on the important topics of Psychiatry which will prove to be helpful for you for upcoming NEET-PG examination.

Most Important Topics in Psychiatry for NEET-PG

Basics of Psychiatry 

• Mental status examination 
• Bizarre delusion non Bizarre delusion 
• Obsession 
• Thoughts and disorders of thought
• Capgras syndrome 
• Types of delusion 
• Mood and effect
• Perception 
• Hallucinations
• Types of hallucinations
• Delusion versus hallucination
• Classification in psychiatry 
• Psychiatric disorders 
• Difference between neurosis and psychosis

Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders

• Schizophrenia and epidemiology of schizophrenia 
• Etiology 
• Symptoms of schizophrenia 
• Diagnosis of schizophrenia 
• Classification of schizophrenia 
• Subtypes of schizophrenia 
• Prognostic factors of schizophrenia 
• Acute psychotic disorder 
• Schizoaffective disorder 
• Delusional disorder 
• Shared psychotic disorder/ shared delusional disorder 
• Attenuated psychotic syndrome 
• Treatment of schizophrenia: First line drug (antipsychotic/ neuroleptic)
• Long acting injectable LAI/ Depot antipsychotic 
• Psychosocial therapy 

Depressive disorders 

• Depression 
• Bipolar disorder 
• Beck’s cognitive triad of depression 
• Symptoms of depression 
• Physical signs of depression: Veraguth fold and Omega sign 
• Serotonin syndrome 
• Discontinuation syndrome 
• Dysthymia

Anxiety disorders 

• Yerkes dodson curve 
• Types of anxiety 
• Panic disorders and Phobias 
• Social anxiety disorder 
• Separation anxiety disorder
• Selective mutism 

 Trauma and stress related disorder 

• Post traumatic stress disorder 
• Complex PTSD 
• Acute stress disorder 
• Adjustment disorder 
• Grief 

Somatic symptoms related disorders 

• Dissociative disorders 
• Conversional disorder/ functional neurological symptoms disorder 
• Conscious symptoms 
• Pseudocyesis

Substance use and addictive disorders 

• Alcohol
• Blood alcohol concentration 
• Alcohol intoxication 
• Alcohol withdrawal
• Alcohol induced disorders 
• Opioids 
• Opioids intoxication
• Opioids withdrawal 
• Cannabis 
• Cannabis intoxication
• Cannabis withdrawal 
• Cannabis related disorders 
• Hallucinogens 
• PCP and ketamine intoxication
• LSD intoxication 
• Stimulants 
• Tobacco 
• Inhalant drugs 
• Caffine 
• Sedative hypnotic drugs 

Child psychiatry 

• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD 
• Autism spectrum disorder 
• Specific learning disorder 
• Comorbid psychiatric disorder 
• Intellectual disability 
• TIC disorders 
• Disruptive disorders of childhood 
• Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder DMDD

Neurocognitive disorders

• Cognition 
• Consciousness 
• Delirium 
• Dementia 
• Types of dementia 
• LEWY body disease 
• Amnestic disorders 

Sleep disorders 

• Enterocephalogram 
• Sleep stages 
• Distribution of sleep in young adults 
• Sleep stages and its changes
• NREM vs REM
• Sleep wake disorder 
• Parasomnias
• Assessment 

Sexual disorders 

• Phases of sexual cycle 
• Sexual dysfunctions 
• Disorders of sexual  preference 
• Gender identity disorder 

Eating disorder 

• Anorexia nervosa 
• Types of anorexia 
• Bulimia nervosa
• Binge eating disorder 
• Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder 
• PICA 

Bipolar disorder 

• Mania symptoms 
• Bipolar disorder specifiers
• Treatment of bipolar disorder 
• Cyclothymia 
• Other mood disorders 
• PMDD
• Psychiatric aspects of pregnancy 
• Sucide 
• Lithium toxicity and antidote 
• Valproate : side effects 
• Carbamazepine : side effects 

Obsessive compulsive and related disorder 

• Neuroanatomical model of OCD 
• Symptoms and major symptoms of ocd 
• Treatment for OCD 
• Body Dysmorphic disorder 
• Treatment of BDS 
• Hoarding disorder and its treatment 
• Trichotillomania (hair pulling disorder)
• Excoriation (skin picking disorder)
• ICD - 11

Personality disorders

• Various theories of personality disorder and Treatment
• Antisocial personality disorder 
• Borderline personality disorder  
• Histrionic personality disorder 
• Narcissistic personality disorder
• Type A and B personality disorder 

Forensic psychiatry 

• Mental health care act: MHCA 2017
• Protection of children from sexual offenses act - POCSO 2012
• Criminal responsibility 
• Spikes protocol 
• Culture bound syndromes 

Psychology 

• Sigmoid and Freud’s theory 
• Structural theory of mind 
• Defence mechanisms of EGO 
• Stages of psychosexual development
• Cognitive development stages 
• Learning theories 
• Premack’s principle 
• Bio feedback 
• Neuropsychological tests 
• Organic mental disorder 

Brain stimulation and psychotherapy 

• ECT - Electroconvulsion therapy 
• Types of ECT 
• Transcranial magnetic stimulation 
• Vagal nerve stimulations 
• Cognitive behavioral therapy 

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