- ISBN13: 9780071598651
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Real life cases for the psychiatry clerkship and shelf-exam
You need exposure to high-yield cases to excel on the psychiatry clerkship and the shelf-exam. Case Files: Psychiatry presents 60 real-life cases that illustrate essential concepts in psychiatry. Each case includes a complete discussion, clinical pearls, references, definitions of key terms, and USMLE-style review questions. With this system, you’ll learn in the context of real patients, rather then merely memorize facts.
- 60 high-yield psychiatry cases, each with USMLE-style questions
- Clinical pearls highlight key concepts
- Primer on how to approach clinical problems and think like a doctor
- Proven learning system maximizes your shelf-exam scores
I found this book, along with First Aid for psych, a great resource. It provides a great overview over of the DSM-IV topics with good realistic examples. If you don’t have a lot of time (like any resident does), using this will help.
I also found the handbook of psychiatric drugs (2008 edition) helpful–really good pocket guide, especially for any inpt psych rotation!!
Rating: 4 / 5
These cases are a good representation of many of the diagnoses in the DSM-IV, and it was very useful to help cement the concepts of psychiatry. The questions at the end of each chapter were good for testing comprehension.
Rating: 5 / 5
When preparing for the vignette portion of oral psychiatry boards, I found this book very helpful for quick review and answer template creation. It is very accessibly written and the lack of easy-to-read study materials for the vignette portion of the exam makes it a very useful adjunct and is a nice “restful” prep when compared to the cut-and-dry DSM-IV memorization. One problem many encounter is “freezing up” during the impersonal, time-limited vignette exam – making it difficult to “cough up” all the necessary diagnostic and treatment possibilities within allotted time. The focus on less-is-more in this book allowed me to read it several times and I was able to answer many of similar vignette-related questions on what felt like an auto-pilot. Keep in mind that ABPN oral tests “bread-and-butter” of psychiatry, meaning that it is unlikely that a vignette is going to focus on controversial or arcane areas of the field (unlike SHELF, PRITE or written boards, where anything goes). Obviously, it is very important to practice the vignettes listed on ABPN site and keep your differential as wide as possible. Can’t give it 5 stars because of factual errors mentioned by other reviewers.
Rating: 4 / 5
this is a very good book. It reinforces what i am learning on the psych wards
Rating: 5 / 5
Very good book. I can recommend it to everybody who has to do with psychiatry in clinical practice, school,… The book is a good companion in training in diagnostical matters.
Rating: 5 / 5