psychiatry is part of the Saunders Text and Review Series (STARS)- a group of resources specifically designed to meet busy student's needs. Introducticing a new volume in the highly acclaimed STARS series that is tailored to provide medical students with the knowledge of psychiatry needed for success in coursework, on Boards, and in practice. The content is clinically oriented to make learning and application easy. Unique features include guidance on approaching patients in a variety of clinical settings and detailed how-to's on formulating cases.

FEATURES:

• Features a balanced approach to psychiatry that focuses on the psychodynamic, neurobiologic, and psychopharmacologic aspects of each disorders
• Provides guidelines for approaching patients in different clinical settings-in-patient, ER, out-patient, and consultation-liaison
• Enphasizes specific skills and techniques for direct application to patient care
• Features both brief and extensive case vignettes
• Contains a full chapter on the process of case formulation
• Lists all major disorders with DMV IV criteria within tables for easy reference
• Presents a section within each disorder chapter that discusses the clinical interview and provides interview tips

CONTENTS

Section I: Introduction to clinical psychiatry. Evaluation and assessment. Clinical interview. Case formulation. Settings. Section II: Mood disorders. Schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. Cognitive and mental disorders. Anxiety disorders. Subtance abuse. Personality disorders. Eating disorders. Somatoform and factitious disorders. Suicide and violent behaviour. Section III: Psychological factors affecting medical conditions. Life development. Psychopharmacological and other somatic treatments. Psychotherapy