MRCPsych on the Go: Revision Essentials
Hello! My name is Dr Aalap Asurlekar, and I am a psychiatry trainee in the UK. I created MRCPsych on the Go to make revision for the MRCPsych exams easier to fit around busy clinical work.
This podcast is designed for psychiatry trainees preparing for Paper A, B, CASC but also, medical students. Each episode focuses on key syllabus topics and explains them in clear, structured language to help you understand and retain the most important concepts.
Topics range from psychopathology, psychopharmacology, neuroscience, sociology, behavioral science, psychological therapies to clinical assessment. Episodes include exam style questions and clinical scenarios to support active recall and exam preparation.
The aim is to provide focused, high yield psychiatry revision you can listen to during commutes, walks or between shifts.
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MRCPsych on the Go: Revision Essentials
18. What Drives Us: Motivation, Drives, Homeostasis and the Hypothalamus
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Why do you reach for food when you are hungry, or feel restless when you have been sitting still too long? The answer lies deep inside your brain, in a region the size of a pea.
In this episode, we explore the biology of motivation, covering primary and secondary drives, Hull's drive reduction theory and the concept of homeostasis. We also examine the role of the hypothalamus in regulating hunger and satiety, including the hormones leptin and ghrelin and the lateral and ventromedial hypothalamic systems.
These ideas are clinically relevant to conditions involving disrupted appetite, addiction and behavioural change.
Ideal for MRCPsych Part A revision, medical students and anyone curious about the biological roots of human motivation. Aligned with the Royal College of Psychiatrists MRCPsych Part A syllabus, paragraph 1.1.7.