Department of Psychiatry
Holistic mental health care and education — addressing the full spectrum of psychiatric disorders with compassion and scientific rigour.
Psychiatry trains students to see mental illness as a medical condition deserving the same rigour, compassion and multidisciplinary teamwork as any physical disease — a lens too often missing in general medical training.
Vision
At the forefront of mental health care
To be at the forefront of mental health care, guided by a competent, committed and consistent approach to patient care, mental health education and research.
Mission
How we get there
Prevention, management and rehabilitation of psychiatric disorders through a comprehensive health-care package, striving for global standards of clinical care. To provide mental health education and multidisciplinary training of international standard to the next generation of health-care providers, and to engage in quality research.
Department Objectives
What the department aims to deliver for patients, students and the wider field.
- Provide quality psychiatric care to patients and families through a multidisciplinary approach.
- Provide clinical learning experience to undergraduates, postgraduates and interns posted in the department.
- Build up the research potential of the department.
- Provide modern facilities and infrastructure on par with global standards.
Other Clinical Departments
Psychiatry is one of thirteen departments in the final Clinical stage of the MBBS program.
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