First Aid for the Psychiatry Clerkship 6th Edition by Latha Ganti, ISBN-13: 978-1264257843
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- Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical; 6th edition (September 9, 2021)
- Language: English
- 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 1264257848
- ISBN-13: 978-1264257843
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
Table of Contents:
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
Sean Blitzstein, MD, is a staff psychiatrist at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center; director of the psychiatry clerkship and clinical associate professor of Psychiatry, at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Latha Ganti, MD, MS, MBA, FACEP, is the vice chair for Research & Academic Affairs for the University of Central Florida/HCA Emergency Medicine Residency Program of Greater Orlando; associate medical director of Polk County Fire Rescue; and professor of Emergency Medicine and Neurology at the University of Central College of Medicine in Orlando, Florida.
Matthew S. Kaufman, MD, is medical director of the Emergency Department at Jersey City Medical Center in Bayonne, New Jersey.
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