Everything you need to prepare for your important psychiatry exams! 88+ chapters of content. A study outline for each chapter. 200 board exam questions.

From Massachusetts General Hospital - ranked #1 Department of Psychiatry, for 16 consecutive years, and one of the world's leading centers for psychiatry education, research, and treatment - comes this unrivaled, complete overview of the field of psychiatry. This remarkable text is designed as a study aid for excelling on shelf exams, board certification and re-certification exams. The Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Update & Board, 3rd edition can be used for CME credits, or as a clinical refresher; it combines review material with a Q&A format (geared to each chapter) - and gives you the latest information in the field, using the most recent DSM-IV terminology. 250 board-style questions with annotated answers. With in-depth coverage that ranges from neuroanatomy and psychopathology to therapeutics, to group therapy and imaging, the book is designed to meet the curriculum requirements of the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology. It considers the full spectrum of both psychiatric and neurological disorders including: - Neuromuscular disease - Seizures - Stroke and TIA - Dementia - Sleep Disorders - Mental Retardation - Eating Disorders - Disturbances of Mood and Anxiety - Behavioral Disturbances - Neuropsychiatric Disturbances - And many others This unique skill-and-knowledge-building tool gives you a thorough look at topics of special interest, such as medico-legal issues in medical practice, the violent patient, HIV disease, psychosexual disorders, suicide, substance use and abuse, mood/mental disorders and the reproductive cycle, child and geriatric psychiatry, and end-of-life care. What's more, it also provides step-by-step guidelines for the administration of psychopharmacologic drugs and the management of their reactions.

Updated to reflect all of the latest research in psychology and neurology, Psychiatry Test Preparation and Review Manual, 2nd Edition precisely mirrors the written ABPN board exam so you can expertly prepare and achieve your highest score. Enhance your preparation with recommended readings from key textbooks in the field. Understand why your answers are correct or incorrect through detailed explanations of each possible response.

This easy-to-use manual is the only review tool of its kind! Distilled from the parent text on consultation-liaison psychiatry, it presents hundreds of questions-with rationales-that challenge the reader's knowledge in all aspects of psychosomatic medicine. Written by a practicing clinician-from one of the premier psychiatric departments in the world-for those working at the interface of medicine and psychiatry, it covers the entire burgeoning field of psychosomatic medicine. Readers will also find how to best prepare for the first-time ever board examination in the field coming in June 2005. Features 800 clinically relevant questions that test the reader's understanding of the full range of common topics on the diagnosis and treatment of the in-hospital, medically ill patient. Includes correct answers accompanied by detailed rationales. Presents questions that focus on simple recall, as well as those that challenge the reader's interpretive and problem-solving skills. Uses a standard testing format with multiple-choice, true/false, and matching sets.

Prepare for success on your board and shelf exams with the all-new Massachusetts General Hospital Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams. Based on the popular and authoritative Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, 2nd Edition, this practical review tool contains 600 questions with annotated answers, offered both in print and online. You'll have convenient, flexible access to hundreds of relevant, carefully reviewed questions from MGH—the name trusted by psychiatry residents and practicing clinicians as a leader in psychiatry information and reference. - Contains 600 multiple-choice questions and annotated answers that test your knowledge of every aspect of psychiatry, offering highly effective preparation for your primary certification exams. - Divides questions into 94 sections that match the parent text, Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, 2nd Edition. - Helps you gain a better understanding of exam presentation and format as you study relevant content that is fully up to date with DSM-5. - Allows you to study both in print and online, or review offline with the eBook download.

Preeminent authorities from MGH present a reference that is carefully designed to simplify access to needed current clinical knowledge. A user-friendly organization - with abundant boxed summaries, bullet points, case histories, and algorithms--provided the speedy answers you need.

From the leading psychiatry department in the world, comes the second edition of this unique, symptom-oriented approach to the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric diseases. Features coverage of all the salient features of psychiatric diseases as well as new emphasis on evidence-based algorithms, psychopharmacological advances, and the pediatric patient.