Monday - Friday ( 8.00 - 16.30 )

WELCOME TO

THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY AND SOCIAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Dr Nemache Mawere - Chairperson

Welcome to the Department of Psychiatry and Social Behavioral Sciences. The department takes pride in offering the best knowledge and teaching methods to medical students in the faculty of medicine. The department teaches several courses under the new Bachelor of Science in Medical Sciences (BMS) program as well as the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). We provide core courses in Psychiatry and Social Behavioral Sciences. Our department is aimed at improving the quality of medical doctors in the country by training them on the important aspects of communication, policy, psychology, and human behavior. Psychology courses aim to enhance theoretical knowledge of psychopathology, therapeutic interventions, and therapeutic modalities through lectures and clinical instruction. Here is a list of the core topics we teach in the faculty.

PROGRAMMES

BMS courses
  • Information literacy and Digital Skills
  • Introduction to medical ethics and medical law
  • Language and communication skills
  • Health governance, policy management and health care financing
  • Sociology and Psychology for health Sciences (Sociology and Psychology for health Sciences I and Sociology and Psychology for health Sciences II)

OUR STAFF

Dr Nemache Mawere - Chairperson

Position

Chairperson of Dept of Psychiatry and Social Behavioural Sciences

Contact:

nemache.mawere@nust.co.zw or docmaweren@yahoo.com ;

Courses:

Psychiatry (Part IV-Introduction, History, and Mental State Exam, Substance Use Disorders, Psychopharmacology, Child Psychiatry, Organic Mental Disorders-Modules); Social Behavioural Sciences (Part II-Psychology of Health and Medical Ethics and Law module); Biomedical Sciences (Part I-Psychology of Health module, Medical Ethics, and Medical Law module)

Education

MBChB’ Diploma in Mental Health, MMed (Psychiatry)-all from the University of Zimbabwe

Work Experience:

Worked in various Mines and Industries; Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services; Ministry of Health and Child Care (currently Chief Medical Officer for Ingutsheni Central Hospital)

Member:

Zimbabwe College of Psychiatry, National Mental Hospital Board-Zimbabwe

Research Area:

Addictions, Community and Forensic Psychiatry

Research Consortia-: None

Publications: None

Conferences: 

Keynote Speaker-NSSA Occupational Health Conference and Psychologists Annual Conference. Presenter at several conferences on Mental Health

Community Work:

Presentations to community groups, print and electronic media (radio and Television)