Main description:

An up-to-date and concise book providing all the essential information required for a successful psychiatry rotation.

Written by two senior psychiatry professors, the book offers an exam-centered, reader-friendly style backed up with concise clinical guidance.The book covers diagnosis and management based upon the DSM-5 Criteria. For every psychiatric condition:

the diagnostic pathway is provided with suggested phrasing for sensitive questions
the relevant clinical features to look out for in the mental status examination are listed
a concise definition and basic pathophysiology/etiology is outlined.

To aid your learning, self-assessment questions are provided at the end of each chapter. A chapter is dedicated to OSCE scenarios to help practicing with colleagues in preparation for exams. Board-style exam questions with detailed answers are also provided.

Printed with an attractive full color design, the book includes mnemonics, clinical photos, diagrams, OSCE tips, and key fact boxes. Clinical Psychiatry is exactly the type of book medical students, residents, and psychiatry trainees need to help develop a strong psychiatric understanding.

From reviews:
"This is a well-organized, easily accessible overview of psychiatry for learners, specifically medical students rotating in psychiatry... a wonderful resource for those looking for a general introduction to clinical psychiatry." Doody's Reviews, April 2020

Clinical Psychiatry has been adapted for the US market from Psychiatry: a clinical handbook.

Contents:

Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Outline of the book

1: Introduction to psychiatry

2: Assessment in psychiatry

2.1 Psychiatric history taking

2.2 Mental state examination

3: Mood disorders

3.1 Overview of mood disorders

3.2 Depressive disorder

3.3 Bipolar affective disorder

4: Psychotic disorders

4.1 Overview of psychosis

4.2 Schizophrenia

5: Anxiety disorders

5.1 Overview of anxiety disorders

5.2 Generalized anxiety disorder

5.3 Phobic anxiety disorders

5.4 Panic disorder

6: Trauma and stressor-related disorders

7: Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders

8: Somatic symptom disorders

9: Feeding and eating disorders

9.1 Anorexia nervosa

9.2 Bulimia nervosa

10: Substance-related and addictive disorders

10.1 Substance misuse

10.2 Alcohol-use disorders

11: Personality disorders
12: Suicide and self-harm

12.1 Deliberate non-suicidal self-harm

12.2 Suicide and risk assessment

13: Neurocognitive disorders

13.1 Delirium

13.2 Dementia

14: Child psychiatry

14.1 Autism spectrum disorders

14.2 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

14.3 Learning disability

15: Management

15.1 Psychotherapies

15.2 Antidepressants

15.3 Antipsychotics

15.4 Mood stabilizers

15.5 Anxiolytics and hypnotics

15.6 Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

15.7 Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

15.8 Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)

16: Mental health law and forensic psychiatry

16.1 Mental health and the law

16.2 Forensic psychiatry

17: Common OSCE scenarios

18: Board-style questions

Glossary of terms

Appendix A: Answers to board-style questions

Appendix B: Answers to self-assessment questions

Appendix C: Figure acknowledgements

Index