Kaplan & Sadock's
Study Guide and Self-Examination Review in Psychiatry
Eighth edition
by B. J. Sadock

Whether it's used in conjunction with Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry, Tenth Edition or as a stand-alone review book, this study guide is an excellent aid in preparing for boards and other psychiatry exams and in reinforcing your knowledge.

Kaplan & Sadock's Study Guide and Self-Examination Review in Psychiatry offers chapter overviews of Synopsis, Tenth Edition and over 1,600 multiple-choice questions with discussions of correct and incorrect answers.

The study guide includes terms and definitions consistent with DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10 and case studies with diagnostic and treatment strategy suggestions, as well as tables, figures, and test-taking hints.

Contents

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

Appendix A: Objective Examinations in Psychiatry

Index

Also available: Kaplan & Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry, 10th edition

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