Case Files Psychiatry, Fifth Edition

by Eugene C. Toy and Debra L. Klamen

Book Overview

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Sixty high-yield psychiatry cases helps students sharpen their diagnostic and problem-solving skills

The Case Files series is an award-winning learning system proven to improve shelf-exam scores and clerkship performance. Unlike...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071835326
• ISBN13: 9780071835329
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Case Files Psychiatry

These cases are a good representation of many of the diagnoses in the DSM-IV, and it was very useful to help cement the concepts of psychiatry. The questions at the end of each chapter were good for testing comprehension.

Another jewel in the series

You absolutely cannot fail the shelf exam using this book as your primary text. At times I felt like the same people that are writing shelf questions wrote this book. If you're like me you're bored to tears reading First Aid and Blueprints. This book is different. Buy it, read it a week or two before the shelf, and be pleasantly surprised with your score. The only thing truly missing is coverage of brain imaging and pathological changes with different diseases, a subject my shelf hit with several questions.

Great Book For Third Year Med!

This is a great read, especially during down time or even as a quick read before bed! The cases are short and give all the necessary 'need to know' info in a concise, organized manner! It really helped when doing write-ups and studying for shelfs!

review of case files:psychiatry

This book is an easy to read with cases that help explain each topic. There are also review questions(and answers) at the end of each section. It is a great book because it puts psychiatry in a realistic scenario.

I love the Case Files Series!

During third year of medical school, the way students learn totally changes. The most important information that students retain is going to be about patients they admit, that they see on the wards or work-up while on call. While other study materials give students the "facts," Case Files realizes that the best way for junior and senior medical students to learn is through case presentations. I would say that their format closely resembles the paradigm of how students should learn; a case is presented, discussed, key terms are defined, questions are presented about the text, and the information about the case is summarized. These books almost make it too easy to retain and apply clinically useful information! I used the psychiatry book as a complement to other texts, but it was my sole source of study for ob/gyn. There were a couple of problems with the book, however. I noticed several spelling and grammatical errors in the psychiatry book; it seems like they may have rushed this to publishing. In addition, after taking the psychiatry shelf exam, I think that more cases should be presented on adolescent issues, psych related general medical conditions, and neurological cases that can get confused with psych problems. Nevertheless, the series provides a solid foundation of clinical knowledge in all clerkships, as well as helps students retain information for shelf exams. I highly recommend this series to any medical student studying for third year, Step 2 CK, or any medical professional wanting to review material in an extremely clinically relevant way!