Psychiatry Board Review 2/e

Why waste time guessing at what you need to know for the psychiatry
boards? Maximize your exam preparation time with this quick-hit
question and answer review. The unique question and single-answer
format eliminates the guesswork associated with traditional multiple-
choice Q&A reviews and reinforces only the correct answers you'll
need to know on exam day. Emphasis is placed on distilling key facts
and clinical pearls essential for exam success. Great for
certification and re-certification, this high-yield review for the
boards is the perfect compliment to larger texts for intense,
streamlined review in the days and weeks before your exam.

About the Author
Dr. Rebecca A. Schmidt is a Board Certified Psychiatrist and Child &
Adolescent Psychiatrist as well as a consultant in Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry in Omaha, Nebraska.






SECTION I
GENERAL INFORMATION
CLASSIFICATION OF MENTAL DISORDERS
PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT
NEUROLOGY
NEUROPSYCHIATRY
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES
QUANTITATIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

SECTION II
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
SCHIZOPHRENIA
OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS
MOOD DISORDERS
ANXIETY DISORDERS
SOMATOFORM DISORDERS
FACTITIOUS AND DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS
SEXUALITY DISORDERS
EATING DISORDERS
SLEEP DISORDERS
IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS
PERSONALITY DISORDERS

SECTION III
SPECIAL TOPICS
PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES RELATED TO ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
(AIDS)
CONSULTATION LIAISON PSYCHIATRY
MENTAL DISORDERS DUE TO A GENERAL MEDICAL CONDITION
GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SUICIDE
FORENSIC AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN PSYCHIATRY
NONCOMPLIANCE WITH TREATMENT
CULTURAL PSYCHIATRY
CHILD PSYCHIATRY
NORMAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
LEARNING DISORDERS
MENTAL RETARDATION
DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS
PSYCHOSIS IN CHILDREN
ELIMINATION DISORDERS
TIC DISORDERS

SECTION IV
TREATMENT MODALITIES
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY I
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY II
PSYCHOTHERAPY
BIBLIOGRAPHY