Dec 14, 2025  
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DDS 517 - Psychiatry


Course Career Undergraduate
Units 2
Approved Hours 4 WEEKS
Fee index 4
Faculty Medicine and Dentistry
Department Dentistry
Typically Offered either term

Description
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders. Each mental health disorder will be explored in terms of definition, epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, signs, symptoms, investigations, treatment and prognosis.