Essential Notes in Basic Sciences for the MRCPsych

Wai-Ching Leung, Kirsty Passmore

• Consent and legal responsibilities. Management of property. Powers of attorney. Effects of psychiatric disorders. Human rights. Mental Health Acts. Chromosomes. Chromosomal abnormalities. Inheritance. Genetic epidemiology. Molecular genetic techniques. Inherited conditions. Prenatal identification and genetic counseling. Genetic heterogeneity. Concepts. Measures of association between cases, disease and exposure surveys. Epidemiological data. Sampling. Interpreting associations. Screening. Estimating needs. Types of data. Prediction and hypotheses. Power. Clinical trials. Statistics. Definitions. Parametric and non-parametric tests. Predicting. Reliability and validity. Qualitative research. Case studies. Neuroanatomy. Neurochemistry. Neuropathology. Neurophysiology. Sociology. Agencies of socialization. Community. Social stratification. Theories of stratification. Social classes and inequality. Social changes. Conformity and deviance. Social causes of illness. Adversity and resilience. History of UK Health Services. Cultural models. Social role of medicine. Sex and gender. Race inequalities. Culture, Society and Psychiatry. History of Psychiatry.