Massachusetts General Hospital Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams
1000 Questions and Annotated Answers
- 2nd Edition - July 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Theodore A. Stern
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 9 8 3 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 8 0 6 3 - 1
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Prepare for success on your board and shelf exams with the fully revised Massachusetts General Hospital Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams, Second Edition. Expertly edited by renowned author and educator Dr. Theodore A. Stern as a companion to his popular and authoritative Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, Third Edition, this practical review tool contains 1,000 unique questions with annotated answers, both in print and online. You’ll have convenient, flexible access to hundreds of relevant and carefully reviewed questions from the institution trusted most by residents and practicing clinicians for its leadership in psychiatry information and reference.
- Contains 1,000 multiple-choice questions and annotated answers (400 more than in the first edition) that test your knowledge of every aspect of psychiatry, offering highly effective preparation for your primary certification exams
- Includes new content in key areas, such as psychiatric management of patients with cardiac disease, renal disease, pulmonary disease, and gastrointestinal disease; COVID-19 infection, burns, trauma, and intensive care unit treatment; and care of LGBTQAI+ patients
- Divides questions into manageable sections that correspond directly to chapters in the parent text, Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, 3rd Edition; you’ll know exactly where to find detailed information for deeper learning and review
- Helps you gain a better understanding of exam presentation and format as you study relevant content that is fully up to date with DSM-5
- Edited by highly accomplished and award-winning clinician and educator, Dr. Theodore A. Stern, editor of Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, 3rd Edition, as well as the Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry, 8th Edition
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
Residents, fellows
Part I: Approach to the Patient
1 The Doctor-Patient Relationship
2 The Psychiatric Interview
3 Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic
Procedures
4 Treatment Adherence
Part II: Human Development
5 Child, Adolescent, and Adult
Development
Part III: Rating Scales and Psychological/
Neuropsychological Testing
6 Diagnostic Rating Scales and Psychiatric
Instruments
7 Understanding and Applying Psychological
Assessment
8 Neuropsychological Assessment
Part IV: The Psychotherapies
9 Coping With Medical Illness and
Psychotherapy of Medically Ill Patients
10 An Overview of the Psychotherapies
11 Brief Psychotherapy: An Overview
12 Couples Therapy
13 Family Therapy
14 Group Psychotherapy
15 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Behavioral
Therapy, and Cognitive Therapy
Part V: Disorders of Cognition
16 Delirium
17 Neurocognitive Disorders and Dementia.
18 Intellectual Disability
Part VI: Psychiatric Diagnoses and Conditions
19 The DSM-5 and DSM-5-Text Revision: A
System for Psychiatric Diagnosis
20 Psychiatric Neuroscience: Incorporating
Pathophysiology into Clinical Case
Formulation
21 Mental Disorders Due to Another Medical
Condition
22 Sleep Disorders
23 Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct
Disorders
24 Somatic Symptom Disorders
25 Factitious Disorders and Malingering
26 Substance Use Disorders
27 Psychosis and Schizophrenia
28 Depressive Disorders
29 Bipolar Disorder
30 Psychiatric Illness During Pregnancy
and the Postpartum Period
31 Anxiety Disorders and Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder
32 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related
Disorders
33 Dissociative Disorders
34 Sexual Disorders and Sexual
Dysfunction
35 Eating Disorders: Evaluation and
Management
36 Grief, Bereavement, and Adjustment
Disorders
37 Personality and Personality Disorders
38 Catatonia, Neuroleptic Malignant
Syndrome, and Serotonin Syndrome
39 Child and Adolescent Psychiatric
Disorders
Part VII: Psychosomatic Medicine
40 Psychiatric Management of Patients With
Cardiac Disease
41 Psychiatric Management of Patients With
Renal Disease
42 Psychiatric Management of Patients With
Gastrointestinal Disease
43 Pretransplant Assessment and
Posttransplant Management
44 HIV Infection and AIDS
45 COVID-19 Infection
46 Psychiatric Co-morbidities and
Complications of Cancer and Cancer
Treatment
47 Psychiatric Care of Patients With
Pulmonary Disease
48 Burns, Trauma, and Intensive Care Unit
Treatment
Part VIII: Treatment Approaches
49 The Pharmacotherapy of Anxiety
Disorders
50 Antipsychotic Drugs
51 Pharmacologic Approaches to
Depression and Treatment-Resistant
Depression
52 Device Neuromodulation and Brain
Stimulation Therapies
53 Lithium and Its Role in Psychiatry
54 The Use of Antiepileptic Drugs in
Psychiatry
55 Pharmacotherapy of Attention-Deficit/
Hyperactivity Disorder Across the
Life Span
56 Drug-Drug Interactions in
Psychopharmacology
57 Side Effects of Psychotropic Medications
58 Natural Medications in Psychiatry
Part IX: Special Topics in Psychiatry
59 The Suicidal Patient
60 Law and Psychiatry
61 Intimate Partner Violence
62 Psychiatric Correlates and
Consequences of Abuse and Neglect
63 Patients With Genetic Syndromes
64 Serious Mental Illness
65 Community Psychiatry
66 Culture and Psychiatry
67 Psychiatric Epidemiology
68 Collaborative Care and Primary Care
Psychiatry
69 Geriatric Psychiatry
70 Care at the End of Life: Psychiatric and
Ethical Apects
71 Care of LGBTQIA+ Patients
72 Obesity and Its Management
Part X: Neuropsychiatry
73 Neuroanatomical Systems Relevant to
Neuropsychiatric Disorders
74 The Neurologic Examination
75 Neuropsychiatric Principles and Differential
Diagnosis
76 Neuroimaging in Psychiatry
77 Clinical Neurophysiology and
Electroencephalography
78 Epilepsy and Its Psychiatric
Manifestations
79 Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of
Headaches
80 Pathophysiology, Psychiatric
Comorbidity, and Treatment of Pain
81 Psychiatric Aspects of Stroke Syndromes
82 Psychiatric Manifestations of
Traumatic Brain Injuries
Part XI: Care in Special Settings
83 Emergency Psychiatry
84 Military Psychiatry
85 Disaster Psychiatry
86 Global Psychiatry and Mental Health in the
Postpandemic Period
87 The Interface of Climate and Psychiatry
88 Sport Psychiatry
89 School Collaboration and Consultation
Part XII: Preparing for the Future
90 Coping With the Rigors of
Psychiatric Practice
91 Mindfulness and Resilience
Index
1 The Doctor-Patient Relationship
2 The Psychiatric Interview
3 Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic
Procedures
4 Treatment Adherence
Part II: Human Development
5 Child, Adolescent, and Adult
Development
Part III: Rating Scales and Psychological/
Neuropsychological Testing
6 Diagnostic Rating Scales and Psychiatric
Instruments
7 Understanding and Applying Psychological
Assessment
8 Neuropsychological Assessment
Part IV: The Psychotherapies
9 Coping With Medical Illness and
Psychotherapy of Medically Ill Patients
10 An Overview of the Psychotherapies
11 Brief Psychotherapy: An Overview
12 Couples Therapy
13 Family Therapy
14 Group Psychotherapy
15 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Behavioral
Therapy, and Cognitive Therapy
Part V: Disorders of Cognition
16 Delirium
17 Neurocognitive Disorders and Dementia.
18 Intellectual Disability
Part VI: Psychiatric Diagnoses and Conditions
19 The DSM-5 and DSM-5-Text Revision: A
System for Psychiatric Diagnosis
20 Psychiatric Neuroscience: Incorporating
Pathophysiology into Clinical Case
Formulation
21 Mental Disorders Due to Another Medical
Condition
22 Sleep Disorders
23 Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct
Disorders
24 Somatic Symptom Disorders
25 Factitious Disorders and Malingering
26 Substance Use Disorders
27 Psychosis and Schizophrenia
28 Depressive Disorders
29 Bipolar Disorder
30 Psychiatric Illness During Pregnancy
and the Postpartum Period
31 Anxiety Disorders and Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder
32 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related
Disorders
33 Dissociative Disorders
34 Sexual Disorders and Sexual
Dysfunction
35 Eating Disorders: Evaluation and
Management
36 Grief, Bereavement, and Adjustment
Disorders
37 Personality and Personality Disorders
38 Catatonia, Neuroleptic Malignant
Syndrome, and Serotonin Syndrome
39 Child and Adolescent Psychiatric
Disorders
Part VII: Psychosomatic Medicine
40 Psychiatric Management of Patients With
Cardiac Disease
41 Psychiatric Management of Patients With
Renal Disease
42 Psychiatric Management of Patients With
Gastrointestinal Disease
43 Pretransplant Assessment and
Posttransplant Management
44 HIV Infection and AIDS
45 COVID-19 Infection
46 Psychiatric Co-morbidities and
Complications of Cancer and Cancer
Treatment
47 Psychiatric Care of Patients With
Pulmonary Disease
48 Burns, Trauma, and Intensive Care Unit
Treatment
Part VIII: Treatment Approaches
49 The Pharmacotherapy of Anxiety
Disorders
50 Antipsychotic Drugs
51 Pharmacologic Approaches to
Depression and Treatment-Resistant
Depression
52 Device Neuromodulation and Brain
Stimulation Therapies
53 Lithium and Its Role in Psychiatry
54 The Use of Antiepileptic Drugs in
Psychiatry
55 Pharmacotherapy of Attention-Deficit/
Hyperactivity Disorder Across the
Life Span
56 Drug-Drug Interactions in
Psychopharmacology
57 Side Effects of Psychotropic Medications
58 Natural Medications in Psychiatry
Part IX: Special Topics in Psychiatry
59 The Suicidal Patient
60 Law and Psychiatry
61 Intimate Partner Violence
62 Psychiatric Correlates and
Consequences of Abuse and Neglect
63 Patients With Genetic Syndromes
64 Serious Mental Illness
65 Community Psychiatry
66 Culture and Psychiatry
67 Psychiatric Epidemiology
68 Collaborative Care and Primary Care
Psychiatry
69 Geriatric Psychiatry
70 Care at the End of Life: Psychiatric and
Ethical Apects
71 Care of LGBTQIA+ Patients
72 Obesity and Its Management
Part X: Neuropsychiatry
73 Neuroanatomical Systems Relevant to
Neuropsychiatric Disorders
74 The Neurologic Examination
75 Neuropsychiatric Principles and Differential
Diagnosis
76 Neuroimaging in Psychiatry
77 Clinical Neurophysiology and
Electroencephalography
78 Epilepsy and Its Psychiatric
Manifestations
79 Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of
Headaches
80 Pathophysiology, Psychiatric
Comorbidity, and Treatment of Pain
81 Psychiatric Aspects of Stroke Syndromes
82 Psychiatric Manifestations of
Traumatic Brain Injuries
Part XI: Care in Special Settings
83 Emergency Psychiatry
84 Military Psychiatry
85 Disaster Psychiatry
86 Global Psychiatry and Mental Health in the
Postpandemic Period
87 The Interface of Climate and Psychiatry
88 Sport Psychiatry
89 School Collaboration and Consultation
Part XII: Preparing for the Future
90 Coping With the Rigors of
Psychiatric Practice
91 Mindfulness and Resilience
Index
- Edition: 2
- Published: July 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Theodore A. Stern
Dr. Theodore A. Stern is the Ned H. Cassem Professor of Psychiatry in the field of Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation at Harvard Medical School (HMS), Chief Emeritus of The Avery D. Weisman, Psychiatry Consultation Service, and Director of the Thomas P. Hackett Center for Scholarship in Psychosomatic Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Dr. Stern has co-authored more than 550 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and he has edited or authored more than 60 books (including the MGH Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry, the MGH Psychiatry Update and Board Preparation, Learning About Psychopharmacology, Facing Overweight and Obesity, Facing Pelvic Pain, Facing Memory Loss and Dementia, Facing Serious Mental Illness, and the MGH Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams). Dr. Stern is a Past-President of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) and is the Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of its journal, Psychosomatics (now called Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry). He has won the coveted “Best Teacher Award” from the graduating residents at the MGH/McLean Hospital Psychiatric Residency Training Program, the Cynthia N. Kettyle Teaching Award from the HMS Department of Psychiatry, the MGH Department of Psychiatry’s Award for Exceptional Mentorship in the Clinical Realm, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Liaison Psychiatry, and the Thomas P. Hackett Award from the ACLP (its highest honor).
Affiliations and expertise
Psychiatrist and Chief Emeritus, Avery D. Weisman Psychiatry Consultation Service, Director, Thomas P. Hackett Center for Scholarship in Psychosomatic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Ned H. Cassem Professor of Psychiatry in the Field, Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA