Massachusetts General Hospital Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams

Description

Prepare for success on your board and shelf exams with the all-new Massachusetts General Hospital Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams. Based on the popular and authoritative Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, 2nd Edition, this practical review tool contains 600 questions with annotated answers, offered both in print and online. You’ll have convenient, flexible access to hundreds of relevant, carefully reviewed questions from MGH—the name trusted by psychiatry residents and practicing clinicians as a leader in psychiatry information and reference.

Key Features

• Contains 600 multiple-choice questions and annotated answers that test your knowledge of every aspect of psychiatry, offering highly effective preparation for your primary certification exams.
• Divides questions into 94 sections that match the parent text, Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, 2nd Edition.
• Helps you gain a better understanding of exam presentation and format as you study relevant content that is fully up to date with DSM-5.
• Allows you to study both in print and online, or review offline with the eBook download.
• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Table of Contents

1. Section 1: Approach to the Patient
2. Chapter 1: The Doctor Patient Relationship
3. Chapter 2: The Psychiatric Interview
4. Chapter 3: Laboratory Test and Diagnostic Procedures
5. Chapter 4: Treatment Adherence
6. Section 2: Human Development
7. Chapter 5: Child, Adolescent and Adult Development
8. Section 3: Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing
9. Chapter 6: Diagnostic Rating Scales and Psychiatric Instruments
10. Chapter 7: Understanding and Applying Psychological Assessment
11. Chapter 8: Neuropsychological Assessment
12. Section 4: The Psychotherapies
13. Chapter 9: Coping with Medical Illnesses and Psychotherapy of Mental Ill
14. Chapter 10: An Overview of the Psychotherapies
15. Chapter 11: Brief Psychotherapy: An Overview
16. Chapter 12: Couples Therapy
17. Chapter 13: Family Therapy
18. Chapter 14: Group Psychotherapy
19. Chapter 15: Hypnosis
20. Chapter 16: Cognitive-behavioral therapy, Behavioral Therapy, and Cognitive Therapy
21. Section 5: Psychiatric Diagnosis and Conditions
22. Chapter 17: DSM-IV, A System for Psychiatric Diagnosis
23. Section 6: Disorders of Cognition
24. Chapter 18: Delirium
25. Chapter 19: Dementia
26. Chapter 20: Intellectual Disability
27. Section 7: Mental Disorders Due to Another Medical Condition
28. Chapter 21: Mental Disorders Due to Another Medical Condition
29. Section 8: Sleep Disorders
30. Chapter 22: Sleep Disorders
31. Section 9: Psychiatric Disorders
32. Chapter 23: Impulse-Control Disorder
33. Chapter 24: Somatic Symptom Disorder
34. Chapter 25: Factitious Disorders and Malingering
35. Chapter 26: Alcohol-Related Disorder
36. Chapter 27: Drug Addiction
37. Chapter 28: Psychosis and Schizophrenia
38. Chapter 29: Mood Disorders: Depressive Disorders (Major Depressive Disorder)
39. Chapter 30: Bipolar Disorder
40. Chapter 31: Psychiatric Illness during Pregnancy and Post-partum Period
41. Chapter 32: Anxiety Disorder
42. Chapter 33: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorder
43. Chapter 34: Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
44. Chapter 35: Dissociative Disorder
45. Chapter 36: Sexual Disorders and Sexual Dysfunction
46. Chapter 37: Eating Disorders: Evaluation and Management
47. Chapter 38: Grief, Bereavement and Adjustment Disorder
48. Chapter 39: Personality and Personality Disorder
49. Section 10: Treatment Approaches
50. Chapter 40: Psychiatric Neuroscience: Incorporating Pathophysiology into Clinical Case Formulation
51. Chapter 41: The Pharmacotherapy of Anxiety Disorder
52. Chapter 42: Antipsychotic Drugs
53. Chapter 43: Antidepressants
54. Chapter 44: Pharmacological Approaches to Treatment-Resistant Depression
55. Chapter 45: Electroconvulsive Therapy
56. Chapter 46: Neurotherapeutics
57. Chapter 47: Lithium and its Role in Psychiatry
58. Chapter 48: The Use of Antiepileptic Drugs in Psychiatry
59. Chapter 49; Pharmacotherapy and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder across the Life Span
60. Chapter 50: Drug-Drug Interactions with Psychopharmacology
61. Chapter 51: Side Effects of Psychotropic Medications
62. Chapter 52: Natural Medications of Psychiatry
63. Section 11: Special Topics in Psychiatry
64. Chapter 53: The Suicidal Patient
65. Section 12: Psychosomatic Medicine
66. Chapter 54: Psychiatric Consultation to Medical and Surgical Patients
67. Chapter 55: Life-threatening Conditions in Psychiatry: Catatonia, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, and Serotonin Syndrome
68. Chapter 56: Psycho-oncology: Psychiatric co-morbidities and Complications of Cancer and Cancer Treatments
69. Chapter 57: Psychiatric Aspects of HIV-Infected and AIDS
70. Chapter 58: Organ Transplantation: Pre-Transplant Assessment and Post-Transplant Management
71. Chapter 59: Approaches to Collaborative Care and Primary Care Psychiatry
72. Chapter 60: Psychiatry and Ethical Aspects of Care at the End of Life
73. Section 13: Psychiatric Epidemiology and Statistics
74. Chapter 61: Psychiatric Epidemiology
75. Chapter 62: Statistics in Psychiatric Research
76. Section 14: Genetics and Psychiatry
77. Chapter 63: Genetics and Psychiatry
78. Section 15: Social and Community Psychiatry
79. Chapter 64: Serious Mental Illness
80. Chapter 65: Aggression and Violence
81. Chapter 66: Culture and Psychiatry
82. Chapter 67: Community Psychiatry
83. Chapter 68: Managed Care and Psychiatry
84. Section 16: Child Psychiatry
85. Chapter 69: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Disorders
86. Chapter 70: Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorder in Transition Adolescents and Young Adults
87. Section 17: Geriatric Psychiatry
88. Chapter 71: Geriatric Psychiatry
89. Section 18: Neuropsychiatry
90. Chapter 72: Neuroanatomical Systems Relevant to Neuropsychiatric Disorders
91. Chapter 73: The Neurological Examination
92. Chapter 74: Neuropsychiatric Principles and Differential Diagnosis
93. Chapter 75: Neuroimaging in Psychiatry
94. Chapter 76: Clinical Neurophysiology and Electroencephalography
95. Chapter 77: Psychiatric Manifestations and Treatment of Seizure Disorders
96. Chapter 78: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Headaches
97. Chapter 79: Pathophysiology, Psychiatric Co-morbidity, and Treatment of Pain
98. Chapter 80: Psychiatric Aspects of Stroke Syndromes
99. Chapter 81: Movement Disorders
100. Chapter 82: Psychiatric Manifestations of Traumatic Brain Disorders
101. Section 19: Law and Psychiatry
102. Chapter 83: Intimate Partner Violence
103. Chapter 84: Psychiatric Correlates and Consequences of Abuse and Neglect
104. Chapter 85: Legal and Ethical Issues in Psychiatry I: Informed Consent, Competency, Treatment Refusal and Civil Commitment
105. Chapter 86: The Role of Psychiatrist in the Criminal Justice System
106. Chapter 87: Legal and Ethical Issues in Psychiatry II: Malpractice and Boundary Violations
107. Section 20: Care in Special Settings
108. Chapter 88: Emergency Psychiatry
109. Chapter 89: Rehabilitation Psychiatry
110. Chapter 90: Military Psychiatry
111. Chapter 91: Disaster Psychiatry
112. Section 21: Preparing for the Future
113. Chapter 92: Coping with the Rigor of Psychiatric Practice
114. Chapter 93: Psychiatry and the Media
115. Chapter 94: Global Mental Health in the Twenty-First Century

Authors Biography

Theodore A. Stern, MD, Psychiatrist and Chief Emeritus, Avery D. Weisman Psychiatry Consultation Service, Director, Thomas P. Hackett Center for Scholarship in Psychosomatic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Ned H. Cassem Professor of Psychiatry in the Field, Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA