NMS National Medical Series For Independent Study: Psychiatry

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NMS Psychiatry, Fifth Edition offers medical students a quick review of psychiatry in an outline format that allows rapid study and retention. Each chapter is followed by USMLE-style questions and answers. A comprehensive Board simulation examination is offered online. This updated edition includes the latest medications, treatment protocols, and evidence-based practice guidelines. The substance-related disorders chapter now includes "club drugs". Eating disorders have been given a separate chapter to distinguish them from impulse disorders. Questions have been revised to better reflect the level of difficulty of shelf exams. The book has a new two-color design with wider margins for notes. Table of Contents Contributors Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Clinical Examination James H. Scully and Joshua T. Thornhill IV I. Overview II. Psychiatric Examination III. Classification of Mental Disorders IV. Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders 2. Psychotic Disorders Robert Breen I. Introduction II. Epidemiology III. Etiology IV. Characteristic Features V. Course VIDifferential Diagnosis VII. Treatment 3. Mood Disorders Meera NARASIMHAN I. Introduction II. Etiology III. Diagnosis/Differential Diagnosis IV. Treatment 4. Anxiety Disorders JEFFREY D. RAYNOR I. Overview II. Psychological Components of Anxiety III. Differential Diagnosis IV. Treatment 5. Cognitive and Mental Disorders Due to General Medical Conditions Kimberly Rudd and robert breen I. Introduction II. Cognitive Disorders III. Mental Disorders Due to General Medical Conditions IV. General Medical Conditions That Cause Mental Disturbances 6. Substance-Related Disorders ANGELA D. HARPER I. Introduction II. Intoxication Syndromes III. Substance Withdrawal IV. Principlesof Treatment of Substance-Related Disorders V. Alcoholism VI. Opioids VII. Tranquilizers and Sleeping Pills VIII. Cocaine IX. Cannabis 7. Personality Disorders Robert Breen and Joshua thornhill I. Introduction II. Clusters of Personality Disorders III. Specific Cluster A Personality Disorders IV. Specific Cluster B Personality Disorders V. Specific Cluster C Personality Disorders VI. Personality Disorders Not Otherwise Specified (NOS) 8. Somatoform and Associated Disorders