A Guide to Psychiatric Examination

<p>"Nothing provides a better foundation for good mental healthcare than access to a range of excellent supervisors and role models. This text is liking having a supervisor in your pocket"</p> <p><b>Roderick McKay, Past Binational Chair, RANZCP Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Australia</b></p> <p>This guide is for anyone working with people with mental health conditions, covering the techniques needed for a good psychiatric interview and preparing readers to work with specific groups, presentations, and in different settings. It covers everything from the basics of psychiatric assessment through to in-depth topics and how to approach examinations.</p> <p>This jargon free guide is a practical handbook that can be read quickly and consulted as needed to build confidence. It is ideal for medical students, psychiatric trainees, nurses, and allied health professionals.</p> <ul> <li><b>Practical guidance</b> on writing reports and communicating your findings effectively</li> <li><b>Starts from first principles</b> to give a sound foundation for all psychiatric interviews</li> <li><b>Covers all mental health conditions</b> with both DSM-V and ICD-11 classifications</li> <li><b>Key topics</b> such as risk assessments, managing difficult encounters, home visits, practising safely</li> <li><b>Insights into how it feels to be interviewed</b> written by a patient</li> <li><b>Includes an Enhanced eBook version</b> with purchase. The enhanced eBook allows the end user to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.</li> </ul>