Synthesis of Psychiatric Cases

Synthesis of Psychiatric Cases is aimed at the clinical part of postgraduate psychiatry examinations.

Vivienne Schnieden (Author)

9780521691475, Greenwich Medical Media

Paperback, published 12 January 1998

272 pages
23.5 x 15.6 x 1.7 cm, 0.377 kg

Synthesis of Psychiatric Cases is aimed at the clinical part of postgraduate psychiatry examinations. Each chapter gives clear information on a classic case. In addition, a number of hypothetical cases are included in order to illustrate how varied presentations can be and that the important issues for one case are not necessarily the same as another, despite a similar diagnosis. The book incorporates DSMIV diagnostic criteria together with essential differential diagnoses and management plans. This allows the trainee to build on their theoretical knowledge whilst at the same time emphasising the relevant clinical issues for each patient.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. Affective Disorders: 1. Depression
2. Depression case
3. Bipolar affective disorder
4. Bipolar affective disorder case
5. Post partum problems
6. Post partum problems case
Part II. Psychosis: 7. First admission psychosis
8. Schizophrenia
9. Schizophrenia case
10. Paranoid patient
Part III. Eating Disorders: 11. Anorexia nervosa
12. Anorexia nervosa case
13. Bulimia nervosa
Part IV. Anxiety Disorders: 14. Anxiety
15. Panic disorder
16. Social Phobia
17. Obsessive compulsive disorder
18. Post-traumatic stress disorder
Part V. Substance-related Disorders: 19. Alcohol
20. Alcohol case
Part VI. Dementia: 21. Dementia
22. Dementia case
Part VII. Somatoform Disorders: 23. Chronic pain
24. Liaison case
Part VIII. Suicide and Deliberate Self-harm: 25. Suicide
26. Deliberate self-harm
Part IX. Personality Disorders: 27. Borderline personality disorder
28. Antisocial personality disorder
Part X. Forensic: 29. Dangerous patients
Part XI. Movement Disorders: 30. Drug-induced movement disorders
31. Parkinsonism
32. Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome
Part XII. Psychodynamic: 33. Insight and defence mechanisms
Part XIII. Management of Anxiety in the Exam Situation
Part XIV. Mnemonics.

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ]