Post Graduate Diploma (P.G.D.) Psychiatric Medicine (DPM) is a 2-year postgraduate course in JSS Medical College and Hospital. The course aims to impart specialised knowledge in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of various mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, mood swings and others through psychoanalysis, counselling, and medication. The course focuses on various factors such as mood, behaviour, cognition, and perception. The students of this course study subjects such as Functional and behavioural neuroanatomy, Child Psychiatry, Impulse-Control Disorders, and Psychosomatic Disorders to name a few. Psychiatrists usually find lucrative careers in large hospitals, specialist psychiatry centres, and de-addiction centres in addition to starting a private practice.