Kaplan and Sadock's Study Guide and Self-Examination Review in Psychiatry

Description

Kaplan & Sadock's Study Guide and Self-Examination Review in Psychiatry is a comprehensive review of the specialty and perfect for stand-alone review or as preparation for the PRITE in-service, ABPN Part I, and recertification examinations. The book contains more than 1,600 multiple-choice questions and answers, with explanatory discussions of correct and incorrect responses. Chapters parallel the essential corresponding chapters in Kaplan & Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry, a staple of psychiatry education around the globe. Terms and definitions are consistent with DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10.

Features

• NEW: Pedro Ruiz joins the author team
• More than 1,600 multiple-choice questions/answers/explanations
• Test-taking hints

Table of contents

• Preface

1. Neural Sciences
2. Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology
3. Contributions of the Psychosocial Sciences to Human Behavior
4. Clinical Neuropsychological Testing
5. Theories of Personality and Psychopathology
6. The Patient–Doctor Relationship and the Psychiatric Interview
7. Clinical Examination of the Psychiatric Patient
8. Signs and Symptoms in Psychiatry
9. Classification in Psychiatry and Psychiatric Rating Scales
10. Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders and Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition
11. Neuropsychiatric Aspects of HIV Infection and AIDS
12. Substance-Related Disorders
13. Schizophrenia
14. Other Psychotic Disorders
15. Mood Disorders
16. Anxiety Disorders
17. Somatoform Disorders
18. Factitious Disorders
19. Dissociative Disorders
20. Human Sexuality
21. Gender Identity Disorders
22. Eating Disorders
23. Normal Sleep and Sleep Disorders
24. Impulse-Control Disorder Not Elsewhere Classified
25. Adjustment Disorders
26. Personality Disorders
27. Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
28. Nonconventional Approaches in Mental Health Care
29. Psychiatry and Reproductive Medicine
30. Relational Problems
31. Problems Related to Abuse or Neglect
32. Additional Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention
33. Emergency Psychiatric Medicine
34. Psychotherapies
35. Biological Therapies
36. Child Psychiatry: Assessment, Examination, and Psychological Testing
37. Mental Retardation
38. Learning Disorders
39. Motor Skills Disorder: Developmental Coordination Disorder
40. Communication Disorders
41. Pervasive Developmental Disorders
42. Attention-Deficit Disorders
43. Disruptive Behavior Disorders
44. Feeding and Eating Disorders of Infancy or Early Childhood
45. Tic Disorders
46. Elimination Disorders
47. Other Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence
48. Mood Disorders and Suicide in Children and Adolescents
49. Anxiety Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence
50. Early-Onset Schizophrenia
51. Adolescent Substance Abuse
52. Child Psychiatry: Additional Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention
53. Psychiatric Treatment of Children and Adolescents
54. Forensic Issues in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
55. Geriatric Psychiatry
56. End-of-Life Care and Palliative Medicine
57. Forensic Psychiatry
58. Ethics in Psychiatry

• Appendix A: Objective Examinations in Psychiatry
• Index

Authors

Benjamin J Sadock MD Menas S. Gregory Professor of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine; Attending Psychiatrist, Tisch Hospital; Attending Psychiatrist, Bellevue Hospital Center; Honorary Medical Staff, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
Virginia A Sadock MD Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine; Attending Psychiatrist, Tisch Hospital; Attending Psychiatrist, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY
Pedro Ruiz MD Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami FL