Description
Elsevier Science Crash Course Psychiatry 4Th Edition by Marwick
The (printed) ‘Updated Edition’ now comes with added value access to the complete, downloadable eBook version via Student Consult. Search, read and revise whilst on the move and use the interactive self-assessment to test your understanding. Crash Course - a more flexible, practical learning package than ever before.
Crash Course - your effective every day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have all the core information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success.
A winning formula now for over 15 years, each series volume has been fine tuned and fully updated, with an improved layout tailored to make your life easier. Especially written by junior doctors - those who understand what is essential for exam success - with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert Faculty Advisers, the result is a series of books which exactly meets your needs and you know you can trust.
Psychiatry can present a unique and sometimes daunting set of challenges to those approaching the specialty for the first time. This substantially revised fourth edition provides an accessible yet comprehensive introduction to this fascinating field. Ideal both as a revision aid and for preparation for work in A&E, the wards, clinics or GP surgeries, this book is full of practical hints and tips which will inspire confidence and to guide you towards systematic assessments, rational diagnoses and evidence based management plans.
Key Feature:-
- More than 220 line artworks, tables and boxes present clinical, diagnostic and practical information in an easy-to-follow manner
- Friendly and accessible approach to the subject makes learning especially easy
- Written by junior doctors for students - authors who understand exam pressures
- Contains ‘Hints and Tips’ boxes, and other useful aide-mémoires
- Succinct coverage of the subject enables ‘sharp focus’ and efficient use of time during exam preparation
- Contains a fully updated self-assessment section - ideal for honing exam skills and self-testing
Table of Content:-
PART I: THE PATIENT PRESENTS WITH:
1 The patient with low mood
2 The patient with elevated or irritable mood
3 The patient with suicide or self-harm intent
4 The psychotic patient
5 The patient with anxiety, fear or avoidance
6 The patient with a reaction to a stressful event or bereavement
7 The patient with obsessions and compulsions
8 The patient with medically unexplained symptoms
9 The patient with impairment of consciousness, memory or cognition
10 The patient with alcohol or substance use problems
11 The patient with personality and impulse-control problems
12 The patient with eating or weight problems
PART II: DISEASES AND DISORDERS
13 The mood (affective) disorders
14 The psychotic disorders: schizophrenia
15 The anxiety and somatoform disorders
16 Dementia and delirium
17 Alcohol and substance-related disorders
18 The personality disorders
19 Eating disorders
20 Disorders related to menstruation, pregnancy and the puerperium
21 The sleep disorders
22 The psychosexual disorders
23 Child and adolescent psychiatry
24 Old-age psychiatry
25 Forensic psychiatry
PART III: HISTORY, EXAMINATION AND COMMON INVESTIGATIONS
26 Psychiatric assessment and diagnosis
27 Pharmacological therapy and ECT
28 Psychological therapy
29 Mental health legislation
30 Mental health service provision
PART 1V: SELF-ASSESSMENT