ABSTRACT

Any candidate for the MRCPsych or equivalent postgraduate examinations will feel challenged by the daunting breadth of the syllabus as well as by the level of detail required. Revision Notes in Psychiatry responds to that challenge by comprehensively presenting key up-to-date information across the whole spectrum of psychiatry and its scientific ba

chapter 1|48 pages

Basic psychology

chapter 2|8 pages

Social psychology

chapter 3|6 pages

Neuropsychological processes

chapter 4|26 pages

Human growth and development

chapter 5|16 pages

Psychological assessment

chapter 6|24 pages

Principles of evaluation and psychometrics

chapter 7|18 pages

Social sciences

chapter 8|12 pages

Descriptive psychopathology

chapter 9|12 pages

Psychoanalytic theories

chapter 10|22 pages

Neuroanatomy

chapter 11|14 pages

Neuropathology

chapter 12|4 pages

Neuroimaging techniques

chapter 13|14 pages

Neurophysiology

chapter 14|10 pages

Neurochemistry

chapter 15|8 pages

General principles of psychopharmacology

chapter 16|8 pages

Pharmacokinetics

chapter 17|8 pages

Pharmacodynamics

chapter 18|14 pages

Adverse drug reactions

chapter 19|14 pages

Genetics

chapter 20|8 pages

Epidemiology

chapter 21|6 pages

Medical ethics and principles of law

chapter 22|8 pages

Legal aspects of psychiatric care

chapter 23|8 pages

Classification

chapter 24|10 pages

Physical therapies

chapter 25|6 pages

Organic psychiatry

chapter 26|34 pages

Psychoactive substance use disorders

chapter 28|18 pages

Mood disorders, suicide and parasuicide

chapter 30|14 pages

Disorders specific to women

chapter 31|18 pages

Sexual disorders

chapter 32|6 pages

Sleep disorders

chapter 33|18 pages

Personality disorders

chapter 34|14 pages

Child and adolescent psychiatry

chapter 35|8 pages

Learning disability

chapter 36|14 pages

Eating disorders

chapter 37|10 pages

Cross-cultural psychiatry

chapter 38|40 pages

Old-age psychiatry

chapter 39|6 pages

Forensic psychiatry