100 Cases in Psychiatry

by Barry Wright, Subodh Dave, Nisha Dogra

Overview

The new edition of this best-selling title from the popular 100 cases series explores common psychiatric and mental health scenarios that will be encountered by the medical student and junior doctor during practical training on the ward, in the emergency department, in outpatient clinics and in the community, and which are likely to feature in qualifying examinations. The book covers a comprehensive range of presentations from hallucinations to self-harm, organized by sub-specialty area for ease of reference. Comprehensive answers highlight key take home points from each case and provide practical advice on how to deal with the challenges that occur when practising psychiatry at all levels.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138373761
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	09/18/2018
Series:	100 Cases
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Barry Wright is Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Hull York Medical School. He has worked with children up to the age of 18 and their families with a wide range of different abilities and difficulties in the Leeds and York Partnership Foundation NHS Trust for over 18 years. He is Clinical Lead of the National Deaf Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (NDCAMHS).

Subodh Dave is Honorary Associate Professor, University of Nottingham; Consultant Psychiatrist, Derby; and Programme Lead, MMedPsych, University of Zambia, Lusaka

Nisha Dogra is Professor of Psychiatry Education and Honorary Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, The Greenwood Institute of Child Health, University of Leicester, UK where she is the Course Director for the MSc/PGDip/PGCert Child and Adolescent Mental Health and pursues a variety of research interests.

Table of Contents

Prelims. Cases. Index.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Bradley R. Cutler, MD (Edward Hospital and Health Services)
Description: Part of the 100 Cases series, this is a collection of psychiatry cases designed with the student in mind.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide the readers with a structured framework for assessing and managing psychiatric patients by using real patient presentations.
Audience: The book is intended to facilitate "self-directed learning, clinical reasoning, and problem-solving" in students. In particular, it is meant to help students prepare for their psychiatric rotations, practice for standardized patient assessments, and study for written examinations.
Features: In its 100 cases, the book covers a broad variety of subjects from child and adolescent psychiatry to geriatric psychiatry. Each case begins with a patient history followed by the significant findings of the clinical exam as well as any additional pertinent data. A list of questions then encourages readers to determine the appropriate assessment and plan. Following this initial case presentation, subsequent pages provide a detailed approach for the case, with sections detailing diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, and key points.
Assessment: While most psychiatric books describe psychiatric disorders without the context of a patient, this book adds an extra dimension by describing mental illnesses in the context of a particular patient. The names of the cases alone provide the readers with a teaser, drawing them into the case. For example, once case is titled, "A Drink a Day to Keep my Problems Away" while another is called, "I Only Smoked a Bit of Cannabis and Took a Couple of Es." The cases describe actual patient presentations, allowing the readers to engage and picture patients they may see on the wards. The list of questions encourages readers to ask even more questions, prompting them to consider a wide variety of diagnoses, assessments, and treatment options. Each case discussion provides a helpful framework for approaching the patient. Among the excellent topics the book covers are the basic tenets of CBT, the CAGE questionnaire, and Schneider's first rank symptoms of schizophrenia. Moreover, cases on psychoanalysis with descriptions of transference and countertransference make clear that the authors are dedicated to teaching readers about the importance of therapy in addition to medication management. Medical students will find this to be an outstanding book, helping them to learn how to assess not just diseases, but the patients as well.

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"Medical students will find this to be an outstanding book, helping them to learn how to assess not just diseases, but the patients as well. " —Doody's

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