The best selling resource for the psychiatry clerkship
Excel on your rotation, impress on the wards, and score your highest on the shelf exams with this best-selling reference. This new edition of First Aid for the Psychiatry Clerkship has been updated with the latest clinical perspectives and research. Ask just about any student who has been through their psychiatry rotation and they will tell you that THIS was the resource they turned to. It not only aligns with national clerkship curricula, but also follows the shelf exam blueprint and is full of helpful mnemonics, ward tips, exam tips, and integrated mini-cases. The chapter “How to Succeed in the Psychiatry Clerkship” provides a solid foundation for setting new clerks up for success in their psychiatry rotation.
The text highlights all of the important topics, presenting a clear, concise review of psychiatry with a strong clinical emphasis that guides you in the diagnosis and treatment of many problems seen by psychiatrists.
First Aid for the Psychiatry Clerkship features:
The latest clinical research and perspectives
Helpful mnemonics
Ward tips and integrated mini-cases
Images, diagrams, and flow charts in a fresh new-full color design
A complete chapter on How to Succeed on the Psychiatry Clerkship
Summary boxes with high-yield information needed for exam success
Author(s): Latha Ganti, Matthew S. Kaufman, Sean M. Blitzstein
Edition: 6
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Year: 2021
Language: English
Commentary: TRUE PDF
Tags: Psychiatry Clerkship; Psychiatry
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Contributing Authors
Introduction
Chapter 1 How to Succeed in the Psychiatry Clerkship
Chapter 2 Examination and Diagnosis
Chapter 3 Psychotic Disorders
Chapter 4 Mood Disorders
Chapter 5 Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, Trauma, and Stressor-Related Disorders
Chapter 6 Personality Disorders
Chapter 7 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Chapter 8 Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter 9 Geriatric Psychiatry
Chapter 10 Psychiatric Disorders in Children
Chapter 11 Dissociative Disorders
Chapter 12 Somatic Symptom and Factitious Disorders
Chapter 13 Impulse Control Disorders
Chapter 14 Eating Disorders
Chapter 15 Sleep-Wake Disorders
Chapter 16 Sexual Dysfunctions and Paraphilic Disorders
Chapter 17 Psychotherapies
Chapter 18 Psychopharmacology
Chapter 19 Forensic Psychiatry
Chapter 20 Approach to the Psychiatric Patient in the Emergency Department
Index
