NIMHANS points

  • Historical concepts of psychiatry and psychology (Kraeplin, Bleuler, Kanner etc). See Appendix of Niraj Ahuja.

  • Important experiments in history: Attachment, Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology. Skip Zimbardo, look for Piaget's tasks or Attachment observations etc.

  • Concepts in Developmental Psychology (Wherever you see "stages" be jt Piaget or Erikson, Kohlberg, Vygotsky's Learning concepts)

  • Concepts in learning theories which have too many differences amongst each other but sound similat. For example, Difference betweer habituation and extinction, differences in schedules of reinforcement.

  • Clinical Psychology Overview. Where, how, Models of Clinical Psych.

  • ICD 10 / DSM 5: Depression cardin features, Bipolar Types, Intellectual disability IQ ranges, Personality disorder classification etc. ICD-11 changes in personality disorders and in other categories.

  • Psychopathology: Go through psychiatry textbooks like Niraj Ahuja, Synosis- Dont go too much into the depth of a particular phenomenon (for now). Look for anything italiscized, boxed for it to be important. Blueler's 4 As of Schizophrenia, Types of Substances, Alcoholism Subtypes etc. Read some Fish. Types of Hallucinations or Delusions. Difference between Neurosis and Psychosis.

  • Mental Health Law (MCA, RPWD basics)

  • Basic Neuro concepts like parts and functions of a neuron, blood-brain barrier, main functions of lobes

  • Personality Theories by Sullivan, Horney, Erikson (imp), Trait Models, Dimensional Models in Personality Disorders too.

  • Others: Defense Mechanisms, Sampling Design, Degree of Freedom, Central Tendency Measures, Personality Test dimensions: Neo PI, EPQ, MMPI, 16PF, projective/semi-projective.