The long-awaited Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Practice is a portable
and concise companion to its parent textbook, Introductory Textbook
of Psychiatry, Sixth Edition, the preeminent introduction to
psychiatry for residents, medical students, and other health
professionals. The Pocket Guide is designed to be carried with them
on clinical rotations and contains the information needed for
patient assessment and clinical management in an easily accessible
and convenient format. Mirroring the larger text, the guide takes
as its premise that physicians-regardless of their ultimate role in
medicine-should be able to define and recognize mental illnesses,
to identify methods for treating them, and, for those few who
become researchers, to help develop methods for discovering their
causes and implementing preventive measures. This pocket version,
compatible with DSM-5, includes criteria sets for the most common
disorders that learners encounter and is organized to follow the
developmental lifespan. The author, who co-edited the larger text,
has retained many of the attributes that made the parent text
successful, while adding new, user-friendly features: * Completely
up-to-date information on all of the disorders and descriptions of
newly released medications. * A writing style that is interesting,
consistent, and highly accessible, with no redundancy. * A wealth
of tables, lists, and other strategies for presenting information
in a concise and easy-to-understand manner. * Content organized in
parallel with the Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry to make it
easier to locate additional learning resources-such as case
vignettes, useful clinical "pearls," self-assessment questions, and
a glossary of terms-as needed.* An emphasis on the satisfaction of
working with psychiatric patients of all types and in all settings
that will be appreciated by learners beginning their journey in the
field. Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Practice is a highly readable,
interesting, and useful resource. Although the book is written
primarily for medical students and residents in their first years
of training, it will prove useful for individuals seeking
psychiatric training from the perspectives of other disciplines
such as nursing or social work. The Pocket Guide can be combined
with the larger and more detailed Introductory Textbook of
Psychiatry and the student-oriented Study Guide to Introductory
Psychiatry, to constitute a library of resources on psychiatric
disorders and their assessment that sets the stage for lifelong
learning.
General
Imprint: |
American Psychiatric Publishing Inc
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2018 |
Authors: |
Donald W. Black
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Dimensions: |
206 x 113 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
400 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-61537-154-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
Other branches of medicine >
Psychiatry
|
LSN: |
1-61537-154-0 |
Barcode: |
9781615371549 |
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