📘 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.
