Byrne Psychiatry

Clinical Cases Uncovered, eTextbook
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4443-9300-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, E-Book

Rehearse for life in clinical practice with this easy-to-use andunique series, which combines cases drawn from real-lifeexperiences with a refreshing approach to presentations as youwould see them in day-to-day situations.
Get the most from clinical practice, with ClinicalCases Uncovered
Psychiatry is one of the most interesting and challenging areasof study in medicine and Clinical Cases Uncovered is yourguide through.
With presentations ranging from psychosis to memory loss andfrom insomnia to self-harm, you tackle each problem as it arises ineveryday settings. Tips and key features are highlighted throughoutso you can refer back to each case for exam revision and well intoyour career.
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Autoren/Hrsg.

Byrne, Peter

Byrne, Nicola

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.
How to use this book.
Part 1 Basics.
Approach to the patient.
Mental health treatments.
Part 2 Cases.
Case 1 A 20-year-old student who collapses in thesupermarket.
Case 2 A 47-year-old woman who lives in fear that God willpunish her.
Case 3 An 18-year-old college drop-out gets an eviction orderfrom his parents.
Case 4 An 18-year-old trainee chef who cannot go to work.
Case 5 Sudden deterioration of a 78-year-old woman in a nursinghome.
Case 6 A 72-year-old woman with antisocial behaviour.
Case 7 A 64-year-old retired teacher's depression is gettingworse.
Case 8 A 17-year-old man has been cutting his arms.
Case 9 A 9-year-old disruptive child faces expulsion fromschool.
Case 10 A 48-year-old security guard with new symptoms everyday.
Case 11 A 28-year-old man has been arrested at the airport.
Case 12 A 24-year-old new mother in distress.
Case 13 A 15-year-old head prefect with pneumonia is behavingsecretly.
Case 14 Insomnia in a 26-year-old successful City man.
Case 15 A 15-year-old child assaults his foster mother.
Case 16 A 42-year-old woman insists she is pregnant.
Case 17 The wife of a 66-year-old GP with Parkinson'sdisease is worried about him.
Case 18 Complete loss of memory in a fi t middle-aged man.
Case 19 A 32-year-old woman puts her GP under pressure.
Case 20 The 21-year-old critical medical student.
Case 21 A 24-year-old legal secretary with depressed mood andsuicidal thoughts.
Case 22 A 41-year-old woman with epilepsy develops a differentpattern of fits.
Part 3 Self-assessment.
MCQs.
EMQs.
SAQs.
Answers.
Index of cases by diagnosis.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Byrne, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at NewhamUniversity Hospital, Glenn Road, London.
Nicola Byrne,Consultant Psychiatrist, Maudsley Hospital,London.