A Guide to Psychiatric Examination

<p>This concise multidisciplinary guide is for anyone working with people with mental health conditions, covering the techniques needed for a good psychiatric interview and preparing them for specific groups, presentations and settings.</p><i> <p>A Guide to Psychiatric Examination</i> covers everything from psychiatric assessment basics through to in-depth topics and how to approach examinations. It is ideal for medical students, registrars and nursing and allied health team professionals and students.</p> <p>Succinct and jargon-free, this is intended as a practical handbook that can be read quickly and consulted as needed to help build confidence and skills.</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>