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Core Psychiatry

  • 3rd Edition - January 8, 2012
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Padraig Wright, Julian Stern, Michael Phelan
  • Language: English

2013 BMA Medical Book Awards Highly Commended in Psychiatry! A new edition of a highly successful, award winning textbook for trainee psychiatrists, covering in one volume all… Read more

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2013 BMA Medical Book Awards Highly Commended in Psychiatry!

A new edition of a highly successful, award winning textbook for trainee psychiatrists, covering in one volume all the subjects required for the new MRCPsych and similar exams. Written in a highly engaging manner, it will also prove invaluable to qualified psychiatrists who need to keep up-to-date with the latest developments, as well as clinical psychologists, general practitioners, psychiatric nurses and senior medical students

Concise yet comprehensive, Core Psychiatry relfects the latest developments in the curriculum plus all that is new and essential in clinical practice and the sciences that underpin it. It includes new information on the new Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act as well as enhanced sections on psychopharmacology, old age psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry and rehabilitation. The book also makes refernce to the latest NICE guidelines and includes new sections on sleep medicine and trauma psychiatry.

Key features

  • New edition of a popular MRCPsych curriculum based text
  • Previous edition ‘Highly Commended’ (Mental Health category) in the BMA Awards 2005
  • Contains useful summary boxes, lists and key points to make last minute learning easy
  • Comprehensive and authoritative resource written by contributors to ensure complete accuracy and currency of specialist information

Readership

Candidates for the Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and similar exams such as the MRANZCP.

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 20, 2012
  • Language: English

About the editors

PW

Padraig Wright

Affiliations and expertise
Vice President, Psychiatry, Glaxo Smith Kline and Honorary Lecturer in Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK

JS

Julian Stern

Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy, St Mark's Hospital, Harrow, London, UK

MP

Michael Phelan

Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK

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