MMED PSYCHIATRY                                                                                                                                                               Psychiatry Collaborator: Dr Ramlall

PART I  (PSYT8A2)

Programme Coordinator: Ms C. Geils/ Ms T Naidoo (May-July)/ Dr N Vawda (Oct-Dec)

VENUE

THEME

DATE

MODULE

LECTURER

.

Introduction

and

Basic Skills

_________________

Human Development

17 Jan

1)     Course Introduction and Overview: An introduction to Clinical Health Psychology/Behavioural Medicine

2)     Clinical Interviewing Skills

Prof BJ Pillay

24 Jan

Suicide Risk Assessment

Mr D Evans

31 Jan

Problem Solving and Crisis Intervention

Dr N Vawda

 7 Feb

Fundamental Theories of Development:

• Freud’s Psychosexual Stages of Development
• Object Relations Theory
• Piaget’s Cognitive Stages of Development

Dr S Noor Mahomed

14 Feb

Infancy & Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood, Old Age I

Dr S Noor Mahomed

21 Feb

Infancy & Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood, Old Age II

Dr S Noor Mahomed

S1

Cognition

28 Feb

Cognitive Processes I: Perception and processes of attending

Ms A Zank

6 Mar

Cognitive processes II: Thinking and Memory

Ms A Zank

13 Mar

Learning: A Basis to Human Development

Prof B J Pillay

3 April

Social issues related to mental health:

• Social roles, social deviance, social class and stigma, diversity, the nature and effect of life-changing events.
• Social correlates of mental illness, including effects of migration, uprooting, acculturation, urbanisation, industrialisation, poverty and social drift.

Ms E Johnston

10 April

Culture and Mental Health I: Family and kinship systems in various ethnic groups.

Ms B Siyothula

_________________

8 May

Culture and Mental Health II:

• Concepts of mental health and illness in distinctive ethnic groups in Southern Africa; Culture-bound syndrome.
• Healing practices in distinctive ethnic groups including role of indigenous healers, diviners, etc).

Ms B Siyothula

Research

Methodology

15 May

Psychosocial rehabilitation

Ms. A Kramers-Olen

29 May

Maternal Mental Health

Prof AL Pillay

5 June

Forensic Mental Health

Prof AL Pillay

S1

12 June

An Introduction to Research Methodology

Prof AL Pillay

19 June

The use of Quantitative Statistics in Research

Ms C Geils

26 June

An introduction to Qualitative Research

Ms C Geils

S1

Psychological Measurement

3 July

Introduction to Adult & Child Assessment

Prof AL Pillay

3 July

Adult & Child Neuropsychological Assessment

Ms A Zank

3 July

Intellectual Assessment

Prof AL Pillay

3 July

Personality Assessment

Prof AL Pillay

Basic Principles of Psychotherapy

10 July

Basic Principles of Psychotherapy/ Micro techniques of  Psychotherapy –  I

Ms E Johnstone

17 July

Basic Principles of Psychotherapy/ Micro techniques of  Psychotherapy –  II

Ms MJ Peters

24 July

Family Therapy  –  Theory & Psychotherapeutic Method I

Ms MJ Peters

31 July

Family Therapy – Theory and Psychotherapeutic Method II

Ms E Johnstone

S1

Psychotherapeutic Method and Practice

7 Aug

Behavioural theory and approaches to psychotherapy

Ms. A  Kramers-Olen

14 Aug

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Ms T Naidu

4 Sep

Psychoanalytic  & Psychodynamic theory  (including Short term )& approaches to Psychotherapy I

Ms C Geils

11 Sep

Psychoanalytic  & Psychodynamic theory  (including Short term )& approaches to Psychotherapy II

Ms C Geils

18 Sep

Neo Freudian Approach –Jung’s Theory of personality & approach to Psychotherapy

Mr D Evans

25 Sep

Humanistic & Existential conceptions of Personality & Psychotherapeutic applications

Ms C Geils

2 Oct

Group Therapy – Theory and Psychotherapeutic Approach I (including the dynamics & effects of  groups& social networks)

Ms B Siyothula

9 Oct

Group Therapy – Theory and Psychotherapeutic Approach II

Ms B Siyothula

23 Oct

Indications and contra-indications for psychotherapy: Resistance, transference and countertransference; planning and monitoring psychotherapy according to patient dynamics.

Ms A Zank

30 Oct

Ethics in psychotherapy

Ms. A. Zank