Ebook: Textbook of Psychiatry
Author: Basant K. Puri I. H. Treasaden
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
- Edition: 3
- Language: English
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This is a new edition of a successful introductory textbook on the subject of psychiatry. Clearly written and rich in pedagogic features – such as summary boxes, clinical cases and other aid memoirs – this book is tailored to the learning needs of those entering the discipline for the first time. Particularly suitable for medical students, this book will also act as a ‘primer’ for post-graduates first entering the speciality with a view to a long-term career in the discipline.
- New edition of a well established text with a strongly pedagogic approach to the subject of psychiatry
- Logical writing style gives ready access to key information
- Includes many illustrations
- Contains practical examples throughout to demonstrate the importance of psychiatry to all areas of medicine
- Ideal for medical students and junior doctors
- Suitable as a ‘primer’ for specialist trainees entering the discipline for the first time
- Contains self-assessment material to ensure thorough exam preparation
- New layout aids accessibility and ‘ease of learning’
- New chapter on mental health legislation
- Covers recent changes in neuropsychopharmacology
- Use of colour illustrations
- Contains practical advice on patient management – commencing drug therapy and managing self-harm, for example
- Enhanced sections on autism and other pervasive developmental disorders
- Explores capacity and risk assessment
- Enhanced discussion of the use of psychotherapy in line with current practice
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