Main description:

Succinct, user-friendly, thoroughly referenced and prepared by leading experts in the field, this book is the only single textbook you will need to succeed in the Royal College of Psychiatrists' MRCPsych and other related higher examinations.

Chapters follow the structure and syllabus of the examination ensuring that you receive the necessary essential information to pass and indeed succeed
Approachable and succinct text with colour illustrations and key summary points further help to clarify complex concepts and provide you with useful revision tools
The evidence-based approach used throughout is important to help you relate theory and research to clinical practice

The book is carefully structured and sequenced to building upon the basic sciences underpinning psychiatry, through to an in-depth description of pharmacological and psychological treatments used.

Contents:

History of psychiatry. Human development. Neuroanatomy. Classification and diagnostic systems: ICD-10, DSM-IV-TR and DSM-V. Clinical psychopharmacology. Management: Psychiatric services and management, and leading and organising service development and delivery. Forensic psychiatry.