For Psychiatry Postgraduates & Residents
Exam Prep Notes
Weave has put together a set of notes to relieve your exam anxiety, so you can focus on patient care and learning.
Weave has put together a set of notes to relieve your exam anxiety, so you can focus on patient care and learning.
Start with the Study Guides for comprehensive coverage of each topic. These are your primary reference. Fill in the form once, and download as many guides as you need, your details are remembered for future visits.
Neuroscience, psychology, assessment, research methods, and genetics
Neuroanatomy, neurotransmitters, neurophysiology, and sleep science.
Psychodynamic theories, defence mechanisms, developmental psychology.
Psychological testing, assessment instruments, and clinical scales.
Biostatistics, study design, evidence synthesis, and critical appraisal.
Psychiatric genetics, epigenetics, and risk factor models.
Schizophrenia, mood disorders, substance use, anxiety, personality, and more
Schizophrenia, schizoaffective, delusional disorders, and first-episode psychosis.
Depression, bipolar disorder, cyclothymia, and treatment algorithms.
Alcohol, opioids, stimulants, cannabis, pharmacology and management.
GAD, panic, phobias, OCD, PTSD, and trauma-related disorders.
Cluster A/B/C, dimensional models, and evidence-based treatment.
Eating disorders, sleep disorders, sexual dysfunction, and dissociative disorders.
Child psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, and somatic therapies
Neurodevelopmental disorders, ADHD, ASD, conduct disorders, and adolescent psychiatry.
MHA 2017, fitness to stand trial, criminal responsibility, and medico-legal reports.
Electroconvulsive therapy, rTMS, consultation-liaison, and emergency psychiatry.
Neuropsychiatry, pharmacology, and community psychiatry
Seizure disorders, psychiatric comorbidities, and anticonvulsant use in psychiatry.
Alzheimer's, vascular, Lewy body, FTD, diagnosis, staging, and management.
Thyroid, adrenal, metabolic syndrome, and psychiatric manifestations.
Post-stroke psychiatry, traumatic brain injury, and neuropsychiatric rehabilitation.
HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders, Parkinson's, and neuropsychiatric syndromes.
Psychopharmacology updates, novel agents, pharmacogenomics, and treatment guidelines.
Community psychiatry, NMHP, DMHP, disability evaluation, and public health perspectives.
Additional reference material across topics
Cross-cutting supplementary material spanning multiple papers.
National and state-stratified question-frequency map for MD and DNB Psychiatry. Star ratings, year-by-year question pools, and a heatmap-driven priority view across all four papers.
Topic-focused deep dives. Each module: comprehensive study chapter + clinical quick reference.
Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system dysfunction in psychiatric conditions.
Bedside neurological examination and cognitive assessment in dementia patients.
Pharmacology, monitoring protocols, and efficacy in treatment-resistant psychosis.
Mood stabilizer mechanism, dosing, monitoring, and adverse effects in bipolar disorder.
CYP450 enzymes, drug metabolism, and clinically significant psychotropic interactions.
Baseline investigations, neuroimaging, EEG, ECG, and metabolic monitoring in psychiatry.
Cerebral lobe anatomy, functions, and bedside cognitive testing for focal lesions.
Withdrawal neurobiology, delirium tremens assessment, and pharmacological management.
Suicide theories, risk stratification, assessment tools, and prevention strategies.
Antipsychotic selection, landmark trials, EPS, and neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
Antidepressant selection, SSRI side effects, and evidence-based anxiety disorder treatment.
Catatonia pathophysiology, bedside assessment, lorazepam challenge, and treatment.
Basal ganglia circuits, tremor, chorea, dystonia, myoclonus, and tics classification.
Epilepsy classification, seizure differentiation, management algorithms, and PNES.
Psychopharmacology dosing in elderly, pregnancy, children, and hepatic/renal impairment.
Sleep architecture, sexual dysfunction, and eating disorders, neurobiology and treatment.
Canonical psychiatric trials, acronyms, key findings, and clinical impact summaries.
The clinician's regulated nervous system as therapeutic instrument, polyvagal theory, projective identification, and physiological synchrony in managing aggression.
Thirteen-volume psychotherapy curriculum, from history and foundations through modality-by-modality technique, to landmark trials and a 130-MCQ question bank.
High-yield single document covering the entire psychotherapy syllabus in 2–3 hours.
History of psychotherapy, common factors, ethics, and research methods.
Freud through contemporary psychodynamic practice, ego, object relations, self.
Beck and Ellis, cognitive models, thought records, cognitive restructuring.
Classical and operant conditioning, systematic desensitization, and exposure therapy.
DBT, ACT, MBCT, CFT, and Schema Therapy, mechanism, techniques, and evidence.
Rogers, Perls, Yalom, Maslow, person-centred and existential therapies.
IPT, EMDR, MBT, TFP, MI, EFT, and TA, indications and core techniques.
Yalom group process, Minuchin structural family therapy, Bowen, and Gottman.
Child psychotherapy, psychosis-adapted therapy, and culturally adapted therapy.
Master table, disorder to first-line psychotherapy with evidence tier.
Canonical psychotherapy trials every psychiatrist should know, findings and impact.
130+ MCQs with detailed explanations across all major psychotherapy modalities.
More resources coming soon, weekly study packets, consolidation notes, and mock exams.
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