Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Practice
Brand: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Categories: Books, New, Used & Rental Textbooks, Medicine & Health Sciences



Dimensions: 4.5 x 0.5 x 8.1 inches
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1615371540
Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc
Print length: 400 pages
Publication date: April 23, 2018
ISBN-13: 978-1615371549
Edition: 1st
subtitle: 1st Edition
author: Donald W. Black
review: Editorial Reviews Review This Pocket Guide is a companion to the 6th edition of a very popular Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry. It is comprehensive, thorough, readable and both easy to navigate through and carry around. This volume, aimed mainly at medical students and beginning psychiatry residents, is an excellent teaching tool and great text for psychiatry novices. --Richard Balon, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry & Associate Chair for Education, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan It is DSM-5 compatible and is a very practical pocket book for trainees to carry with them and to refer to frequently when evaluating or managing psychiatric patients. --Henry A. Nasrallah, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Sydney W. Souers Endowed Chair, Saint Louis University From the Inside Flap Developed as a concise, user-friendly companion to the Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry, Sixth Edition, the Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Practice was written for psychiatry residents and medical students on clinical rotation. Thorough, yet succinct enough to be carried in a coat pocket, the guide is DSM-5 compatible and provides an easily accessible, authoritative introduction to psychiatry. Reflecting the textbook from which it was derived, its chapters cover the diagnostic system; interviewing and assessment; the various psychiatric disorders; legal issues relevant to psychiatry; psychiatric emergencies; and both psychosocial and somatic treatments. Copious tables, examples, lists, and other elements, such as numerous DSM-5 criteria sets for the most common disorders that learners encounter, summarize the most important information for easy memorization and retrieval on the run, making the guide a condensed and convenient entry point to the comprehensive and classic Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry, which has become the bestselling text in its niche. Students, residents, and others who seek a psychiatric reference in portable form will find the Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Practice an up-to-date and indispensable tool that is uniquely suited to their needs. From the Back Cover Developed as a concise, user-friendly companion to the Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry, Sixth Edition, the Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Practice was written for psychiatry residents and medical students on clinical rotation. Thorough, yet succinct enough to be carried in a coat pocket, the guide is DSM-5 compatible and provides an easily accessible, authoritative introduction to psychiatry. Reflecting the textbook from which it was derived, its chapters cover the diagnostic system; interviewing and assessment; the various psychiatric disorders; legal issues relevant to psychiatry; psychiatric emergencies; and both psychosocial and somatic treatments. Copious tables, examples, lists, and other elements, such as numerous DSM-5 criteria sets for the most common disorders that learners encounter, summarize the most important information for easy memorization and retrieval on the run, making the guide a condensed and convenient entry point to the comprehensive and classic Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry, which has become the bestselling text in its niche. Students, residents, and others who seek a psychiatric reference in portable form will find the Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Practice an up-to-date and indispensable tool that is uniquely suited to their needs. About the Author Donald W. Black, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Residency Training and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City, Iowa. Read more