Psychiatry: Clinical Cases Uncovered / Edition 1

by Peter Byrne, Nicola Byrne

Overview

Rehearse for life in clinical practice with this easy-to-use and unique series, which combines cases drawn from real-life experiences with a refreshing approach to presentations as you would see them in day-to-day situations.

Get the most from clinical practice, with Clinical Cases Uncovered

Psychiatry is one of the most interesting and challenging areas of study in medicine and Clinical Cases Uncovered is your guide through.

With presentations ranging from psychosis to memory loss and from insomnia to self-harm, you tackle each problem as it arises in everyday settings. Tips and key features are highlighted throughout so you can refer back to each case for exam revision and well into your career.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781405159838
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	08/18/2008
Series:	Clinical Cases Series , #25
Pages:	242
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Peter Byrne, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at Newham University Hospital, Glenn Road, London.

Nicola Byrne,Consultant Psychiatrist, Maudsley Hospital, London.

Table of Contents

Introduction.

How to use this book.

Part 1 Basics.

Approach to the patient.

Mental health treatments.

Part 2 Cases.

Case 1 A 20-year-old student who collapses in the supermarket.

Case 2 A 47-year-old woman who lives in fear that God will punish her.

Case 3 An 18-year-old college drop-out gets an eviction order from his parents.

Case 4 An 18-year-old trainee chef who cannot go to work.

Case 5 Sudden deterioration of a 78-year-old woman in a nursing home.

Case 6 A 72-year-old woman with antisocial behaviour.

Case 7 A 64-year-old retired teacher's depression is getting worse.

Case 8 A 17-year-old man has been cutting his arms.

Case 9 A 9-year-old disruptive child faces expulsion from school.

Case 10 A 48-year-old security guard with new symptoms every day.

Case 11 A 28-year-old man has been arrested at the airport.

Case 12 A 24-year-old new mother in distress.

Case 13 A 15-year-old head prefect with pneumonia is behaving secretly.

Case 14 Insomnia in a 26-year-old successful City man.

Case 15 A 15-year-old child assaults his foster mother.

Case 16 A 42-year-old woman insists she is pregnant.

Case 17 The wife of a 66-year-old GP with Parkinson’s disease is worried about him.

Case 18 Complete loss of memory in a fi t middle-aged man.

Case 19 A 32-year-old woman puts her GP under pressure.

Case 20 The 21-year-old critical medical student.

Case 21 A 24-year-old legal secretary with depressed mood and suicidal thoughts.

Case 22 A 41-year-old woman with epilepsy develops a different pattern of fits.

Part 3 Self-assessment.

MCQs.

EMQs.

SAQs.

Answers.

Index of cases by diagnosis.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Bezalel Dantz, MD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This is one of a series of review books designed to help trainees develop clinical skills and prepare for medical exams via a case-based format. Clinical vignettes are introduced, followed by questions that guide the reader through the diagnostic process.
Purpose: The purpose is to prepare medical students and graduate trainees for examinations in psychiatry.
Audience: Although targeted at trainees, the book also is useful for educators, as the cases provide excellent material for group learning.
Features: Part I of the book's three parts, on the basics, reviews the psychiatric history, mental status examination, case formulation and management strategies. The authors do a commendable job of distilling a wealth of information into 35 pages. They include helpful interviewing techniques, a quick synopsis of psychotropic medications, and a nice overview of nonpharmacologic treatments. Part II includes 22 cases, ranging from panic disorder, to late onset schizophrenia, to neuropsychiatric complications of Parkinson's disease. The authors use each case as a focal point for reviewing an entire topic (or two). The chapter on late onset schizophrenia, for example, explores legal issues related to the involuntary admission and administration of medications to a patient with poor insight. Outstanding tables are included with each case. The same chapter on late onset schizophrenia includes a table distinguishing features of early vs. late onset schizophrenia. Considerable time is devoted to the development of a differential diagnosis and ruling out organic etiologies for each case. Part III is devoted to self-assessment questions, provided in multiple choice format, matching format, and short answer questions. Correct answers are provided at the end of the book. The book also includes an index of cases by diagnosis. Readers interested, for example, in learning more about postpartum depression can use the index to identify the corresponding case. A bibliography of relevant articles and books appears at the end of each case.
Assessment: This book serves its purpose well. It is an ideal way to shift the learning process from rote memorization to a learner-centered process. The case-based discussions make psychiatric disorders come alive, placing students in the role of medical detective. I will incorporate this book into my practice as a medical educator.

Doody's Review Service

'This book serves its purpose well. It is an ideal way to shift the learning process from rote memorization to a learner-centered process. The case-based discussions make psychiatric disorders come alive, placing students in the role of medical detective.' (Doody's Reviews)

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