TAMIL NADU PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
SYLLABUS CODE NO. 133
MEDICAL SPECIALITY SUBJECTS
M.D. PSYCHIATRIC MEDICINE / PSYCHIATRY
(P.G. DEGREE STANDARD)

• History of Psychiatry.
• Normality and Abnormality.
• Psychiatric History, Mental Status and Psychiatric Report.
• Clinical Interview.
• Signs and Symptoms in Psychiatry.
• Classification in Psychiatry.
• Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic Disorders and Other Coginitive Disorders and
• Mental Disorders Due to a Medical and Neurological Conditions.
• Neuropsychiatric Aspects of HIV and AIDS.
• Alochol, Opioids and other Substance-Related Disorders.
• Schizophrenia.
• Schizophreniform, Schizoaffective, Delusional and Other Psychotic Disorders.
• Mood Disorders.
• Anxiety Disorders.
• Somatoform Disorders, Factitious Disorders and Malingering.
• Dissociative Disorders.
• Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilias and Gender Identity Disorders.
• Eating Disorders and Obesity.
• Sleep Disorders.
• Impluse-Control and Adjustment Disorders.
• Psychosomatic Medicine.
• Personality Disorders.
• Suicide, Violence and Other Psychiatric Emergencies.