Overview
Core Clinical Cases guides you to think of the patient as a whole, rather than as a sequence of unconnected symptoms. With its practical approach strongly linked to underlying theory, the series integrates your knowledge with the realities of managing clinical problems, and provides a basis for developing problem-solving skills.
The core areas of undergraduate study are covered in a logical sequence of learning activities: each case is followed by a detailed answer, along with a number of OSCE-style questions to help you practise for the exam. Related OSCE counselling style questions and answers also feature at the end of each section.
Key concepts and important information are highlighted, and the reader-friendly layout reflects exactly the type of question you will encounter, making the perfect revision aid for all types of case-based examination.
Core Clinical Cases in Psychiatry provides a highly structured case history text which presents key psychiatric disorders and conditions in a clear and comprehensive manner. A variety of clinical cases are followed by detailed questions and answers on subjects ranging from schizophrenia, affective disorders, drug and alcohol psychiatry, child, adolescent and old-age psychiatry and personality disorders.
Synopsis
"Core Clinical Cases - a Problem Solving Approach guides you to think of the patient as a whole, rather than as a sequence of unconnected symptoms. With its practical approach strongly linked to underlying theory, the series integrates you knowledge with the realities of managing clinical problems, and provides a basis for developing problem-solving skills." The core areas of undergraduate study are covered in a logical sequence of learning activities: each case is followed by a detailed answer, along with a number of OSCE-style questions to help you practise for the exam. Related OSCE counselling style questions and answers also feature at the end of each section.
Doody Review Services
Reviewer:William Miles, MD(Rush University Medical Center)
Description:This is a collection of psychiatric clinical scenarios and discussions.
Purpose:The purpose is to present medical students with clinical case scenarios that are common in psychiatric practice, and take them through a process of assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. These are worthy objectives, and the authors succeed in meeting them.
Audience:According to the authors, the book is written specifically for medical students. However, psychiatry residents and even primary care clinicians might find it useful as a way to review clinical presentations of psychiatric illness.
Features:The book is divided into several sections, each pertaining to a broad topic of discussion, such as psychosis, mood disorders, chronic conditions, child/adolescent psychiatry, and so on. Each section then presents several clinical scenarios, with key questions one should consider when reading through each clinical vignette. Full answers to the questions and discussions then follow. There are no illustrations, but several tables are scattered throughout. Interestingly, there is no reference list. There is a brief glossary of abbreviations in the front, and a thorough index in the back.
Assessment:This book is written by clinicians from the United Kingdom, and therefore ICD-10 rather than DSM-IV diagnostic categories are used. As a result, book has limited value for U.S. medical students or clinicians. In other words, there are better psychiatry case-vignette books available in the United States. Still, the book is thorough and well organized, and may be useful to American readers who want to review clinical psychiatry.
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From The Critics
Reviewer: William Miles, MD(Rush University Medical Center)Description: This is a collection of psychiatric clinical scenarios and discussions.
Purpose: The purpose is to present medical students with clinical case scenarios that are common in psychiatric practice, and take them through a process of assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. These are worthy objectives, and the authors succeed in meeting them.
Audience: According to the authors, the book is written specifically for medical students. However, psychiatry residents and even primary care clinicians might find it useful as a way to review clinical presentations of psychiatric illness.
Features: "The book is divided into several sections, each pertaining to a broad topic of discussion, such as psychosis, mood disorders, chronic conditions, child/adolescent psychiatry, and so on. Each section then presents several clinical scenarios, with key questions one should consider when reading through each clinical vignette. Full answers to the questions and discussions then follow. There are no illustrations, but several tables are scattered throughout. Interestingly, there is no reference list. There is a brief glossary of abbreviations in the front, and a thorough index in the back. "
Assessment: "This book is written by clinicians from the United Kingdom, and therefore ICD-10 rather than DSM-IV diagnostic categories are used. As a result, book has limited value for U.S. medical students or clinicians. In other words, there are better psychiatry case-vignette books available in the United States. Still, the book is thorough and well organized, and may be useful to American readers who want to review clinical psychiatry. "
3 Stars from Doody