Psychiatry: Just the Facts

All the essentials of psychiatry in an instant!

This concise yet all-inclusive review is the perfect tool to prepare for primary certification and recertification exams or for use as a clinical refresher. Its streamlined format condenses and simplifies the most important content for maximum yield and comprehension--making it valuable for both residents and psychiatrists at the point of care.

FEATURES:

• Compact review of board-type material--including numerous real-world board review questions and answers--for specialization in psychiatry
• Trusted insights from preeminent psychiatry educator Dr. Ronald Albucher and a team of top-name academics and clinicians in the field of psychiatry
• Standardized, bulleted template covering the full scope of psychiatry, encompassing the key points of: Epidemiology; Pathophysiology; Clinical presentation, evaluation, diagnosis, and assessment (including comorbidity); Laboratory studies; Treatment; Outcomes
• Highlights and summarizes key concepts to assure quick absorption of the material
• Logical chapter organization, arranged by disorder
• Timely chapter devoted to ethics and forensic issues
• Detailed bibliography that provides opportunities for further study