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
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
