Saunders' Pocket Essentials of Psychiatry - Softcover

Puri, Basant K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0702018775 ISBN 13: 9780702018770

Publisher: W. B. Saunders Company Limited, 1995

Synopsis

This book provides a short introduction to psychiatry for medical students during their psychiatric clerkship and for residents in psychiatry. This handy pocketbook provides a concise introduction to the subject and helps with exam revision. Revision questions are included.

Provides a compact, highly portable resource perfect for clinical rounds.

Emphasizes important points with a clear and concise use of bullet points and diagrams.

Includes DSM-IV criteria for many major psychiatric disorders.

Contains a useful glossary.

Provides DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for major disorders.

Includes approximately 40 line drawings to clarify key concepts.

Provides final exam questions and answers geared toward the new curriculum.

Contains new content on a myriad of topics, including: the signs and symptoms of anxiety; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; recreational drug use; community based treatment; chronic fatigue syndrome (ME); personality, epidemiology and aetiology; management and organization of services; psychological and social aspects of management; drug treatments; and risk assessment.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. B. Saunders Company Limited
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0702018775
• ISBN 13: 9780702018770
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1