Main description:

A concise book for both trainee and qualified psychiatrists which summarises information on a wide range of topics such as important journal articles, clinical trials, government White Papers, guidelines and rating scales which are vital for both good exam performance and clinical practice, but which are not available elsewhere between one set of covers.

Contents:

Addictions. Affective disorders. Anxiety disorders. Appraisal and revalidation. Asylum seekers. Capacity. Child and adolescent. Community psychiatry. Continuing professional development. Cross-cultural psychiatry. Department of health. Driving regulations. Dual diagnosis. Eating disorders. Ethics. Electro-convulsive therapy. Evidence-based medicine. Forensic psychiatry. Gender. Guidelines. GMC. Learning disability psychiatry. Liaison psychiatry. Mental health act. Mental health policies. Old age psychiatry. Peri-natal psychiatry. Personality disorder. Psychotherapy. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Rating scales. Rehabilitation psychiatry. Risk. Royal College of Psychiatrists. Schizophrenia. Service Provision. Stigma. Suicide. Definitions.