Psychiatry for Beginners (Complimentary e-book with digital resources), 1e
This book has been designed for the beginners in Psychiatry. It is based upon the current knowledge regarding Psychiatric disorders and unfolds the neuro-scientific foundation of the symptoms and their management.
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Psychiatry for Beginners (Complimentary e-book with digital resources), 1e
This book has been designed for the beginners in Psychiatry. It is based upon the current knowledge regarding Psychiatric disorders and unfolds the neuro-scientific foundation of the symptoms and their management. Chapters are clubbed into sections, and each section represents a super-specialty in the field of Psychiatry. Then it goes to the next level of organization. Disorders that share some common features are grouped into one chapter. Each chapter begins with the basic concept that ties all the disorders described in that chapter to reduce the burden on your memory. As you do in the clinics, each chapter starts with a clinical vignette and then discusses the clinical features of other disorders falling in the same group. Pathophysiology is depicted with the help of diagrams so as to improve your understanding. In addition to differential diagnosis, a section of diagnostic fallacies has been given. This book is based upon the DSM-5 criteria, which makes it useful for the students appearing in USMLE examination. However, for students from other countries a comparison between DSM-5 and ICD-10 has been provided. This book comes with complimentary access to enhanced e-book with digital assets: University and PG exam patterned MCQs Important case discussions
About the Author:
Ravi Gupta, a certified sleep physician from 'World Sleep Federation' with keen interest in sleep medicine, is currently running 'Sleep Clinic and Sleep Laboratory' in his present institute. With around 90 publications in the fields of 'Psychiatry, Headache and Sleep Medicine' in various peer-reviewed national and international journals he has contributed 11 chapters in Indian books and 4 in international books. He is serving as a member on the editorial boards of various journals and is also a peer reviewer for a number of national and international journals.
Based upon the academic credentials and his research, he has numerous awards to his credit. Notable among them are - 'Indian Young Psychiatrist (Indian Psychiatric Society, 2008), Young Psychiatrist fellowships from World Psychiatric Association (2008) and Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (2009)'. He was also awarded the 'Mini Fellowship' in Sleep Medicine by American Academy of Sleep Medicine in 2010. He was elected as the member of National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in 2015.
| Book | |
|---|---|
| Author | Gupta |
| Pages | 280 |
| Year | 2016 |
| ISBN | 9788131244579 |
| Publisher | RELX, India |
| Language | English |
| Uncategorized | |
| Edition | 1/e |
| Weight | 0.5 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Imprint | Elsevier |