Course Content
Neuroscience & Nervous System Module — 4th Year MBBS

📘 Step 1. Curriculum Coverage

💊 Pharmacology

 

  • Monoamine hypothesis of depression.
  • Classification of antidepressants.
  • SSRIs: types, selective agents, pharmacokinetics, mechanism, uses, adverse effects and interactions.
  • TCAs: types, mechanism, uses, adverse effects and interactions.
  • MAO inhibitors: types, pharmacokinetics, mechanism, uses, adverse effects and interactions.
  • Serotonin syndrome.
  • Hypertensive cheese reaction.
  • St John’s Wort.
  • Switching antidepressant classes.
  • Augmentation therapy.
  • ECT in depression.
  • Concept of mood stabilization.
  • Mood-stabilizing drugs.
  • Lithium: pharmacokinetics, mechanism, uses, adverse effects and drug interactions.

🧠 Psychiatry

 

  • Depressive disorders: classification, aetiology, clinical features and management.
  • Atypical depression: recognition and management.
  • Seasonal affective disorder and management.
  • Suicide-prevention measures.
  • Bipolar affective disorder: clinical features and management.

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