The students are to be introduced with basic principles, major concepts and classification in psychiatry, along with basic principles of diagnosticprocedures and therapy of psychiatric disorders across the lifespan:
- Mental health and psychopathology - basics in understanding of psychological functions and detailed introduction in psychiatric examination
- Etiology and pathogenesis of different psychiatric disordersđ
- Clinical features, diagnosis and differential diagnosis of the most frequent and important syndromes in psychiatry across the lifespan
- Treatment, prognosis, and prevention of the most frequent and important mental health problems and psychiatric disorders based on the contemporary evidence
The knowledge achieved during the course in Psychiatry will enablefuture doctors of medicine to:
- Diagnose and treat mental health problems that are most common in human population, possible to be treated at primary medical care facilities by algorithm-based approaches,
- Recognize and diagnose major psychiatric disorders and estimate the risks associated with acute and chronic psychiatric conditions
- Recognize and diagnose psychiatric symptoms which could be the signs or manifestations of organic brain or somatic diseases
- Have the basic knowledge of psychopathology and therapy in psychiatry necessary for the future education and residency training in all fields of medicine
- Acquiring an open minded view of mental health and illness which will enable future doctors to diminish the stigmatization of psychiatric patients and psychiatry as a discipline
Institute for Mental Health (Milana Kašanina 3) - I M H
Professor NAĐA MARIĆ BOJOVIĆ (course director)
Associate Professor MILICA PEJOVIĆ MILOVANČEVIĆ
Associate Professor OLIVERA VUKOVIĆ
Associate Professor ČEDO MILJEVIĆ
Associate Professor BOJANA PEJUŠKOVIĆ
Assistant Professor MILUTIN KOSTIĆ
Assistant Professor VANJA MANDIĆ-MARAVIĆ
Clinical Teaching Assistant DANILO PEŠIĆ
Clinical Teaching Assistant ANA MUNJIZA JOVANOVIĆ
Clinical Teaching Assistant SANJA ANDRIĆ PETROVIĆ
Clinical Teaching Assistant MARIJA MITKOVIĆ VONČINA
Clinical Teaching Assistant ROBERTO GRUJIČIĆ
Clinical Teaching Assistant MAJA MILOSAVLJEVIĆ
Secretary - Ivana Gavrilovic
Clinic for Psychiatry, University Clinical Center of Serbia (Pasterova 2) - U K C S
Associate Professor MILAN LATAS
Associate Professor MAJA LAČKOVIĆ
Assistant Professor ZORANA PAVLOVIĆ
Assistant Professor BOJANA DUNJIĆ KOSTIĆ
Cllinical Teaching Assistant SRETEN VIĆENTIĆ
Clinical Teaching Assistant STEFAN JEROTIĆ
1. Kaplan-Sadock - Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry, 6th edition (2019), Wolters Kluwer
2. Practical manual 2022
http://studiesinenglish.med.bg.ac.rs/files/courses/psychiatry/Practical%202022.pdf
3. Practice Guideline for the Psychiatric Evaluation of Adults, Third Edition American Psychiatric Association (APA). American Psychiatric Association (APA); 2015
Academic Year 2026-2027 (Winter semester - on Tuesday)
09 30 - 11 45 PRACTICAL (Groups 1-5)
12 00 - 12 45 SEMINAR (groups A-C)
13 00 - 14 30 LECTURE
COLLOQUIUM - 01.12.2026.
Venue
Institute of Mental Health, Milana Kašanina 3, Belgrade
STUDENT EVALUATION - GRADING POLICY
- Practical classes
Evaluation is entered in the Attendance log (please provide the photo at the beginning of the semester) and consists of the evaluation of attendanceand activities assessment during the practical classes.
- Activity *
0-5 points activity during the practical and seminar classes
0-5 points for the lecture attendance (1 point 7-8; 3 points 9-11; 5 points 12 and more)
*(if a student missed more than 50% of lectures, he/she does not get activity points)
- Colloquium
The Colloquium - Topics covered by lectures and seminars presented before December 1st, 2026 are topics for the Colloquium.
The test consists of 20 questions.
Repeated colloquium - see the Rulebook
The results of the colloquium are entered into the student Attendance log. Each question carries 1 point, the maximum number of points from the colloquium is 20.
If the student fails to take Colloquium, he/she can take examination without previously earned points.
- The Exam
Practical part of the final exam consists of 1 clinical vignette. The answers could be formatted trough MCQs, open ended questions and/ortrough the discussion with teacher. The maximal total number of points is 20.In order to pass the practical exam, it is necessary to give correct answers and to discuss correctly to the 50% + 1 question.
The finalpart of the exam is consisting of MCQ test with 50 questions, covering psychological medicine, diagnosis, differential diagnosis of psychiatric disorders, therapy, prevention and domain of psychiatry and related fields. The maximal total number of points is 50. In order to pass the exam, it is necessary to give correctanswers to the 50% + 1 question.
GRADING POLICY
Attendance of lectures, seminar and practical classes and activity 0-10 points
Colloquium 0-20 points
Practical Exam 0-20 points
Final Exam 50 points
Research topics