According to the course teaching requirements of psychiatry

a serial teaching cases of case-based learning (CBL) is built based on cases from psychology department to assist in the theory teach-ing of Psychiatry. During the teaching process

the scenes where patients came to the psychology depart-ment were simulated and the information about the cases was provided step by step. For each step

students would be asked to discuss a series of questions regarding the cases in different groups. Along with CBL

students could thoroughly learn the main points of diagnosis and principles of treatment for common psy-chiatric disorders. The teaching effect showed that students' involvement in CBL courses

the interests in learning

self-study ability

independent thinking ability

capacity for self-expression

ability of creative thinking and comprehensive analysis and problem solving ability.were greatly improved. Most students were interested in CBL and it produced fruitful teaching results.