First Aid for the Psychiatry Clerkship, 4th Edition

The #1-selling psychiatry clerkship book provides just what you need to deliver a strong performance on the psychiatry clerkship and earn honors on the shelf exam.

Completely revised to reflect new DSM-5 criteria, First Aid for the Psychiatry Clerkship: Fourth Edition is your high-yield insider’s guide to the psychiatry rotation, and gives you the core information you need to impress on the wards and earn honors on the clerkship exam. Peppered with mnemonics, ward tips, exam tips, and integrated mini-cases, the fourth edition of this best-selling book focuses on helping you hone in on, and remember, the most important concepts for the clerkship and the exam.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: How to Succeed in the Psychiatry Clerkship
Chapter 2: Examination and Diagnosis
Chapter 3: Psychotic Disorders
Chapter 4: Mood Disorders
Chapter 5: Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, Trauma, and Stressor-Related Disorders
Chapter 6: Personality Disorders
Chapter 7: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Chapter 8: Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter 9: Geriatric Psychiatry
Chapter 10: Psychiatric Disorders in Children
Chapter 11: Dissociative Disorders
Chapter 12: Somatic Symptom and Factitious Disorders
Chapter 13: Impulse Control Disorders
Chapter 14: Eating Disorders
Chapter 15: Sleep-Wake Disorders
Chapter 16: Sexual Dysfunctions and Paraphilic Disorders
Chapter 17: Psychotherapies
Chapter 18: Psychopharmacology
Chapter 19: Forensic Psychiatry