A Guide to Psychiatric Examination by Carmelo Aquilina

A Guide to Psychiatric Examination by Carmelo Aquilina

Nothing provides a better foundation for good mental healthcare than access to a range of excellent supervisors and role models. This text is liking having a supervisor in your pocket

Roderick McKay, Past Binational Chair, RANZCP Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Australia

This guide is for anyone working with people with mental health conditions, covering the techniques needed for a good psychiatric interview and preparing readers to work with specific groups, presentations, and in different settings. It covers everything from the basics of psychiatric assessment through to in-depth topics and how to approach examinations.

This jargon free guide is a practical handbook that can be read quickly and consulted as needed to build confidence. It is ideal for medical students, psychiatric trainees, nurses, and allied health professionals.

• Practical guidance on writing reports and communicating your findings effectively
• Starts from first principles to give a sound foundation for all psychiatric interviews
• Covers all mental health conditions with both DSM-V and ICD-11 classifications
• Key topics such as risk assessments, managing difficult encounters, home visits, practising safely
• Insights into how it feels to be interviewed written by a patient

• An eBook included in all print purchases

'An extrmely readable and comprehensive account of the process of taking a hisory from a patient with a psychiatric illness.. All students who read this book will come away aware that they have learned from modelling the masters.' Stephen Tyler, Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 'An essential read, this book is simple to follow and engaging, but above all it got me throught my psychiatry attachment and gave me great confidence.' Helen Garthwaite, 5th year Medical Student, Imperial College London.

Dr Carmelo Aquilina MD. FRCPsych, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist and Clinical head of Old Age Psychiatry Services , Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. Graduated in Malta, trained in Liverpool and London and worked as a Consultant in Sheffield, Eastbourne and London, United Kingdom. James Warner MD MRCP MRCPsych Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, Imperial College London. Honorary Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Central North West London Mental Health Trust.

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ISBN 13	9781904627142
ISBN 10	1904627145
Title	A Guide to Psychiatric Examination
Author	Carmelo Aquilina
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pastest
Year published	2004-10-12
Number of pages	192
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