Main description:

Psychiatry: a clinical handbook provides all the essential information required for a successful psychiatry rotation.

Written by two recently qualified junior doctors and a consultant psychiatrist, the book offers an exam-centred, reader-friendly style backed up with concise clinical guidance.

The book covers diagnosis and management based upon the ICD-10 Classification and the latest NICE guidelines. 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 state examination are listed
a concise definition and basic pathophysiology/aetiology is outlined.

The book also boasts a range of features to test your understanding of the subject:

Self-assessment questions are provided at the end of each chapter.
A common OSCE scenarios chapter with mark schemes, to aid practising with colleagues in preparation for exams.
An exam-style questions chapter with detailed answers written by a Consultant Psychiatrist.

Printed with an attractive full colour design, the book includes mnemonics, clinical photos, diagrams, OSCE tips and key fact boxes.

Psychiatry: a clinical handbook is ideal for medical students, junior doctors and psychiatry trainees.

From reviews:

"This book excels as a guide for studying, for a variety of reasons. Notably, the pedagogic quality truly benefits from the authors' deliberate use of a variety of formats for presenting information. As a result, nearly any medical student could find this book easy to use." Doody, July 2016

"One of the best psychiatry books I have ever read. It is organised in a neat, concise manner with tables, colours, mnemonics, OSCE tips to name but a few." Amazon reviewer

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: Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders

5.1 Overview of anxiety disorders

5.2 Generalized anxiety disorder

5.3 Phobic anxiety disorders

5.4 Panic disorder

5.5 Post-traumatic stress disorder

5.6 Obsessive-compulsive disorder

5.7 Medically unexplained symptoms

6: Eating disorders

6.1 Anorexia nervosa

6.2 Bulimia nervosa

7: Alcohol and substance misuse

7.1 Substance misuse

7.2 Alcohol abuse

8: Personality disorders

9: Suicide and self-harm

9.1 Deliberate self-harm

9.2 Suicide and risk assessment

10: Old age psychiatry

10.1 Delirium

10.2 Dementia

11: Child psychiatry

11.1 Autism

11.2 Hyperkinetic disorder

11.3 Learning disability

12: Management

12.1 Psychotherapies

12.2 Antidepressants

12.3 Antipsychotics

12.4 Mood stabilizers

12.5 Anxiolytics and hypnotics

12.6 Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

12.7 Mental health and the law (England and Wales)

13: Forensic psychiatry

14: Common OSCE scenarios and mark schemes

15: Exam-style questions

Glossary of terms

Appendix A: Answers to exam-style questions

Appendix B: Answers to self-assessment questions

Appendix C: Figure acknowledgements

Index