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All the essentials of psychiatry in an instant! This concise yet all-inclusive review is the perfect tool to prepare for primary certification and recertification exams or for use as a clinical refresher. Its streamlined format condenses and simplifies the most important content for maximum yield and comprehension--making it valuable for both residents and psychiatrists at the point of care.
FEATURES:
- Compact review of board-type material--including numerous real-world board review questions and answers--for specialization in psychiatry
- Trusted insights from preeminent psychiatry educator Dr. Ronald Albucher and a team of top-name academics and clinicians in the field of psychiatry
- Standardized, bulleted template covering the full scope of psychiatry, encompassing the key points of:Epidemiology; Pathophysiology; Clinical presentation, evaluation, diagnosis, and assessment (including comorbidity);Laboratory studies;Treatment;Outcomes
- Highlights and summarizes key concepts to assure quick absorption of the material
- Logical chapter organization, arranged by disorder
- Timely chapter devoted to ethics and forensic issues
- Detailed bibliography that provides opportunities for further study
List of contents
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
1.Mood Disorders
2.Psychosis
3.Substance-Related Disorders
4.Anxiety Disorders
5.Personality Disorders
6.Delirium, Dementia, and Cognitive Disorders
7.Ethics and Forensic Issues
8.Life Cycle and Adjustment Disorders
9.Childhood Disorders That Persist Into Adolescence and Adulthood
10.Somatoform and Factitious Disorders
11.Eating Disorders
12.Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
13.Dissociative Disorders
14.Impulse Control Disorders
15.Sleep Disorders
Questions
Answers
Index
About the author
Ronald Albucher MD is Associate Program Director, Department of Psychiatry, at the University of California-San Francisco. He is very active in educational circles within psychiatry, especially at the residency level which is the core market for this text. He is a contributor to the Pearls of Wisdom series of review books.
Summary
Covers the scope of the field of Psychiatry for board review or clinical reference along with board review questions and answers.
