Crash Course Psychiatry
For UKMLA and Medical Exams
- 6th Edition - March 9, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Robyn Canham, Hollie Craig
- Editors: Philip Xiu, Katie FM Marwick, Steve Birrell
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 5 7 3 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 8 1 7 - 3
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A winning formula now for over 25 years, having sold over 1 million copies and translated in over 8 languages, each series volume has been fine-tuned and fully updated with a full-colour layout tailored to make your life easier. Especially written by senior students or junior doctors – those who understand what is essential for exam success – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert Faculty Advisers, the result is books that exactly meet your needs and you know you can trust.
Each chapter guides you succinctly through the full range of curriculum topics in the UKMLA syllabus, integrating clinical considerations with the relevant basic science and avoiding unnecessary or confusing detail. A range of text boxes help you get to the hints, tips and key points you need fast! A fully revised self-assessment section matching the latest exam formats is included to check your understanding and aid exam preparation. The accompanying enhanced, downloadable eBook completes this invaluable learning package.
Series volumes have been honed to meet the requirements of today’s medical students, although the range of other health students and professionals who need rapid access to the essentials of psychiatry will also love the unique approach of Crash Course. Whether you need to get out of a fix or aim for a distinction Crash Course is for you!
Featuring updates throughout, this students’ comprehensive guide to psychiatry is now aligned with criteria from the International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD-11). New chapters have been added to cover Psychiatric Emergencies, The Patient with Psychotic Symptoms, Sexual Problems and Disorders, and Intellectual Disability.
- Fully aligned to UKMLA requirements, with key ‘conditions’ and ‘presentations’ highlighted in handy checklists - save valuable revision time and be confident you have the syllabus covered
- Written by senior students and recent graduates - those closest to what is essential for exam success
- Quality assured by leading Faculty Advisors - ensures complete accuracy of information
- Features the ever popular 'Hints and Tips' boxes and other useful aide-mémoires - distilled wisdom from those in the know
- Updated self-assessment section matching the latest exam formats – confirm your understanding and improve exam technique fast
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- How To Use
- Copyright
- Series editor’s foreword
- Prefaces
- Acknowledgements
- Series editor’s acknowledgement
- Dedications
- RAPID UKMLA Index
- Section 1. General
- 1. Psychiatric assessment and diagnosis
- Interview technique
- Psychiatric history
- Collateral History
- Mental state examination
- Risk assessment
- Physical examination
- The formulation: presenting the case
- Classification in psychiatry
- 2. Pharmacological therapy and electroconvulsive therapy
- Antidepressants
- Mood stabilizers
- Antipsychotics
- Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs
- Other drugs used in psychiatry
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- 3. Psychological therapy
- Psychotherapeutic approaches
- Indications for psychological therapy
- 4. Mental health and the law
- mental health act 1983 as amended by the mental health act 2007
- Mental Health (Care & Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
- The Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland, 2016)
- Common law
- Human rights legislation
- Fitness to drive
- 5. Mental health service provision
- History
- Primary care
- Secondary Care
- 6. The patient with thoughts of suicide or self-harm
- Definitions and clinical features
- Assessment of patients who have inflicted harm upon themselves
- Suicide risk factors
- Patient management following self-harm or attempted suicide
- Discussion of case study
- 7. Psychiatric emergencies
- Acute behavioural disturbance
- Adverse drug reactions
- Section 2. Presenting complaints
- 8. The patient with neurodevelopmental differences
- Definitions
- Clinical features and differential diagnosis
- Assessment
- Discussion of case study
- 9. The patient with psychotic symptoms
- Definitions and clinical features
- Differential diagnoses
- Algorithm for the diagnosis of psychotic disorders
- Assessment
- Discussion of case study
- 10. The patient with elated or irritable mood
- Definitions and clinical features
- Differential diagnosis
- Assessment
- Algorithm for the diagnosis of mood disorders
- Discussion of case study
- 11. The patient with low mood
- Definitions and clinical features
- Differential diagnosis
- Assessment
- Discussion of case study
- 12. The patient with anxiety, fear or avoidance
- Definitions and clinical features
- Differential diagnosis
- Assessment
- Discussion of case study
- 13. The patient with obsessions and compulsions
- Definitions and clinical features
- Differential diagnosis
- Discussion of case study
- 14. The patient with a reaction to a stressful event
- Definitions and clinical features
- Bereavement
- Prolonged grief disorder
- Differential diagnosis
- Discussion of case study
- 15. The patient with abnormal response to physical symptoms
- Definitions and clinical features
- Differential diagnosis
- Assessment
- Discussion of case study
- 16. The patient with eating, feeding or weight problems
- Definitions and clinical features
- Assessment
- Differential diagnosis of patients with low weight
- Discussion of case study
- 17. The patient with alcohol or substance use problems
- Definitions and clinical features
- Alcohol-related disorders
- Other substance-related disorders
- Differential diagnosis
- Assessment
- Discussion of case study
- 18. The patient with personality problems
- Definitions and clinical features
- Classification
- Assessment
- Differential diagnosis
- Discussion of case study
- 19. The patient with impairment of consciousness or cognition
- Definitions and clinical features
- Common cognitive disorders
- Differential diagnosis
- Assessment
- Discussion of case study
- Section 3. Cause and management
- 20. Dementia and delirium
- Dementia
- 21. Older adult psychiatry
- Mental illness in older adults
- Assessment considerations in older adults
- Treatment considerations in older adults
- 22. Alcohol and substance disorders
- Alcohol disorders
- Other psychoactive substances
- Addictive disorders
- 23. The psychotic disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Schizoaffective disorder
- Delusional disorder
- Acute and transient psychoses
- 24. The mood (affective) disorders
- Depressive disorders
- Bipolar disorder
- Dysthymia and cyclothymia
- 25. The anxiety, stress-related, OCD-related and bodily distress disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Stress-related disorders
- Obsessive–compulsive and related disorders
- Dissociative disorders and bodily distress disorder
- 26. Eating disorders
- Anorexia and bulimia nervosa
- Binge-eating disorder
- 27. The sleep–wake disorders
- Definitions and classification
- 28. Sexual problems and disorders
- Sexual dysfunction
- Disorders of sexual preference (paraphilias)
- Gender incongruence
- 29. Disorders relating to the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and the puerperium
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Menopause
- Psychiatric considerations in pregnancy
- Puerperal disorders
- Perinatal substance misuse
- 30. The personality disorders
- The personality disorders
- 31. Intellectual disability
- Epidemiology and aetiology
- 32. The neurodevelopmental disorders
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorders
- Tourette syndrome
- 33. Child and adolescent psychiatry
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Attachment
- Epidemiology
- Mental illness in children and adolescents
- Child abuse
- Assessment considerations in young people
- 34. Forensic psychiatry
- Mental disorder and crime
- Assessing and managing risk of violence
- Considerations in court proceedings
- 35. Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) – sample questions
- Overview of sample questions
- History of cognitive decline from a relative
- History of low mood
- Assessing risk to self
- Brief alcohol intervention
- Schizophrenia explanation and advice
- History of anxiety
- Clinical cases
- High yield association table
- Self-Assessment
- UKMLA High Yield Association Table
- UKMLA Single Best Answer (SBA) Questions
- UKMLA SBA Answers
- OSCEs and Short Clinical Cases
- Glossary
- Index
- Edition: 6
- Published: March 9, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443115738
- eBook ISBN: 9780443118173
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Philip Xiu
Philip Xiu a GP Registrar, Yorkshire Deanery, Leeds, UK.
Affiliations and expertise
GP Registrar, Yorkshire Deanery, Leeds, UKKM
Katie FM Marwick
Affiliations and expertise
Honorary Specialty Registrar in General Adult Psychiatry, NHS Lothian; Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, UK