Psychiatry, 3rd Edition
An Illustrated Colour Text
Date of Publication: 05/2024
The third edition of this award-winning book offers an accessible and fun way of learning about the basic principles and practice of psychiatry.
Psychiatry provides a highly visual experience, with each topic covered across two pages that you can review and digest easily. For each spread there are summary boxes, questions and answers and self-assessment tasks that will help with understanding and revision.
This wonderful book covers a wide range of subjects, from mental health services to different treatments, the full range of disorders, and psychiatry specialisations. It thus provides an ideal introduction to psychiatry for medical students or anyone learning about mental health for the first time.
Psychiatry provides a highly visual experience, with each topic covered across two pages that you can review and digest easily. For each spread there are summary boxes, questions and answers and self-assessment tasks that will help with understanding and revision.
This wonderful book covers a wide range of subjects, from mental health services to different treatments, the full range of disorders, and psychiatry specialisations. It thus provides an ideal introduction to psychiatry for medical students or anyone learning about mental health for the first time.
The third edition of this award-winning book offers an accessible and fun way of learning about the basic principles and practice of psychiatry.
Psychiatry provides a highly visual experience, with each topic covered across two pages that you can review and digest easily. For each spread there are summary boxes, questions and answers and self-assessment tasks that will help with understanding and revision.
This wonderful book covers a wide range of subjects, from mental health services to different treatments, the full range of disorders, and psychiatry specialisations. It thus provides an ideal introduction to psychiatry for medical students or anyone learning about mental health for the first time.
Psychiatry provides a highly visual experience, with each topic covered across two pages that you can review and digest easily. For each spread there are summary boxes, questions and answers and self-assessment tasks that will help with understanding and revision.
This wonderful book covers a wide range of subjects, from mental health services to different treatments, the full range of disorders, and psychiatry specialisations. It thus provides an ideal introduction to psychiatry for medical students or anyone learning about mental health for the first time.
New to this edition
- Fully updated throughout
- Information on the new Mental Health Act
- A new section on Neurodevelopmental disorders
Key Features
- Introductory level coverage of a complex topic, presented in an engaging way
- Concise double page spreads for each topic – allows you to absorb information quickly
- Stimulating and easy to read, with summaries and revision aids throughout
- Full-colour line diagrams to demonstrate essential concepts
- Practical advice on patient care
- Modern pharmacological treatment of psychiatric disorders
Author Information
By Lesley Stevens, MB, BS, FRCPsych, Director of Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Isle of Wight NHS Trust, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom and Ian Rodin, BM, MRCPsych, Consultant Psychiatrist, Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust, Dorset, United Kingdom
