Psychiatry is the branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional and behavioral disorders and their the diagnosis, treatment and prevention. The term psychiatry was first coined by the German physician Johann Christian Reil in 1808 and literally means the 'medical treatment of the soul' Off late, mental ailments have come into light and are being given their due importance in the field of medicine. There is better reporting of cases and consequently more and more is being done to provide patients with good treatments and facilities both quantitatively and qualitatively.

The course has been created with an aim to communicate the core essence of Psychiatry to the students of medical science. As an area of medical field that has been gaining popularity from quite some time, Psychiatry as a subject needs to be carefully and thoroughly understood before a student begins his/her medical practice and deals with people with psychiatric ailments. Every module elaborates upon different aspects of human psychology and subtly brings forward the maladaptations related to mood, behavior, cognition, and perceptions in various psychiatric disorders and the methods and ways to fine-tune them.