This is a quick reference book for the management of psychiatric medical emergencies. The book is aimed at practicing psychiatrists, residents, students, social workers, nurses and any other mental health professsional in the accident and emergency department.
The best-selling general psychiatry text since 1972, Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry is now in its thoroughly updated Tenth Edition. This complete, concise overview of the entire field of psychiatry is a staple board review text for psychiatry residents and is popular with a broad range of students in medicine, clinical psychology, social work, nursing, and occupational therapy, as well as practitioners in all these areas. The book is DSM-IV-TR compatible and replete with case studies and tables, including ICD-10 diagnostic coding tables.
Ideal for any student or health care professional who needs an authoritative text that is sharply focused on clinical psychiatry, this book contains the most relevant clinical material from the bestselling "Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry, 10th Edition" and includes updated information on recently introduced psychiatric drugs.
Thoroughly updated, this popular quick-reference handbook summarizes the etiology, epidemiology, clinical characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment of all psychiatric disorders in adults and children.
This reference provides, for each disorder, key points of aetiology, epidemiology, clinical picture, and treatment. Psychopharmacological principles are presented for the range of drugs used in treating mental and emotional conditions, and there is a colour psychotropic drug identification guide.
Whether it's used in conjunction with Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry, Tenth Edition or as a stand-alone review book, this study guide is an excellent aid in preparing for boards and other psychiatry exams and in reinforcing your knowledge. It offers chapter overviews of Synopsis, Tenth Edition and over 1,600 multiple-choice questions with discussions of correct and incorrect answers. The study guide includes terms and definitions consistent with DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10 and case studies with diagnostic and treatment strategy suggestions, as well as tables, figures, and test-taking hints.
