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Well written and easy to navigate, the book is aimed at medical students on their psychiatry rotation and is a very useful last minute resource to brush up on those key points...well presented and one of the most approachable books on the market. GKT Gazette, Oct 2006

1 The psychiatric history and mental state examination (MSE) 2 Diagnosis and classification in psychiatry 3 Schizophrenia: phenomenology and aetiology 4 Schizophrenia: management and prognosis 5 Depression 6 Bipolar affective disorder (including mania) 7 Suicide and deliberate self-harm (DSH) 8 Stress reactions (including bereavement) 9 Anxiety disorders 10 Obsessions and compulsions 11 Eating disorders 12 Disorders of personality 13 Substance misuse 14 Alcohol abuse and dependence 15 Disorders of female reproductive life 16 Functional disorders in old age 17 Acute confusional states (delirium) 18 The dementias 19 Neuropsychiatry I 20 Neuropsychiatry II 21 Child psychiatry I 22 Child psychiatry II 23 The psychiatry of adolescence 24 Learning disability (mental retardation) 25 Consultation - liaison psychiatry 26 Psychiatry in the community 27 Forensic psychiatry 28 The 1983 Mental Health Act (MHA) 29 Risk assessment and management in psychiatry 30 Psychosexual disorders 31 Psychiatric aspects of HIV and AIDS 32 Psychological treatments 33 Physical treatments I 34 Physical treatments II 35 Cross-cultural psychiatry 36 Unusual psychiatric syndromes 37 Preparing for clinical examinations in psychiatry Further Reading, Questions, Answers, Index