Revision Notes in Psychiatry, Third Edition

✍ Scribed by Hall, Anne D.; Ho, Roger; Puri, Basant K

• Publisher: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 828
• Edition: Third edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Revision Notes in Psychiatry, Third Edition continues to provide a clear and contemporary summary of clinical psychiatry and the scientific fundamentals of the discipline. It is an essential study aid for all those preparing for postgraduate examinations in psychiatry and a superb reference for practising psychiatrists.

Structured to follow the entire MRCPsych exam syllabus, the book covers the following key areas, along with the CACS examination:

Paper 1:





General and adult psychiatric disorder

History and mental state examination

Cognitive assessment

Neurology and psychology for psychiatrists

Psychopathology

History of psychiatry and psychiatric ethics

Paper 2:





Psychopharmacology

Neurobiology for psychiatrists

Psychiatric genetics

Epidemiology

Advanced psychological processes and treatments

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Critical appraisal

Learning disability

Child and adolescent psychiatry

Old age psychiatry

Forensic psychiatry

Consultation liaison psychiatry

Neuropsychiatry

Psychosexual medicine

Fully updated with recent references and many additional figures, this third edition features a wealth of new material (including NICE guidelines) and updates the DSM-IV-TR criteria to the new DSM-5. Designed to meet the needs of today's candidates, Revision Notes in Psychiatry, Third Edition continues to provide a source of trusted expert information to ensure examination success for all those taking higher examinations in psychiatry.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Chapter 1. Descriptive psychopathology --
chapter 2. Classification --
chapter 3. Basic psychology --
chapter 4. Social psychology --
chapter 5. Human growth and development --
chapter 6. Description and measurement --
chapter 7. Cognitive assessment and neuropsychological processes --
chapter 8. Social sciences and stigma --
chapter 9. Dynamic psychopathology and psychoanalytic theories --
chapter 10. History of psychiatry --
chapter 11. Basic ethics, principles of law, and philosophy of psychiatry --
chapter 12. Neurology and neurological examination --
chapter 13. Neuroanatomy --
chapter 14. Neuropathology --
chapter 15. Neuroimaging techniques --
chapter 16. Neurophysiology --
chapter 17. Neurochemistry --
chapter 18. General principles of psychopharmacology --
chapter 19. Psychotropic drugs and adverse drug reactions --
chapter 20. Genetics --
chapter 21. Psychiatric epidemiology --
chapter 22. Biostatistics --
chapter 23. Research methodology and critical appraisal --
chapter 24. Physical therapies --
chapter 25. Advanced psychological process and treatment --
chapter 26. Schizophrenia and delusional disorders --
chapter 27. Mood disorders, suicide, and parasuicide --
chapter 28. Neurotic and stress-related disorders --
chapter 29. Personality disorders --
chapter 30. Cross-cultural psychiatry --
chapter 31. Liaison, organic, and neuropsychiatry --
chapter 32. Addiction and psychoactive substance use disorders --
chapter 33. Disorders specific to women and perinatal psychiatry --
chapter 34. Eating disorders and metabolic syndrome --
chapter 35. Sexual disorders --
chapter 36. Sleep disorders --
chapter 37. Child and adolescent psychiatry --
chapter 38. Learning disability --
chapter 39. Old-age psychiatry --
chapter 40. Forensic psychiatry.

✦ Subjects

Psychiatry -- Handbooks, manuals, etc;Psychiatry;HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General;MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine;MEDICAL / Diseases;MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine;MEDICAL / Internal Medicine