Psychiatry (House Officer Series) » (7th Edition)

Tomb, David A., MD (Univ of Utah)

Thoroughly updated for its Seventh Edition, this House Officer Series volume will remain a best-seller among medical students in psychiatry clerkships, psychiatric residents, other mental health professionals, and primary care physicians. This succinctly written pocket-sized textbook provides the key information readers need to succeed in rounds and pass board exams.

Chapters provide complete, up-to-the-minute coverage of all major disorders, psychotherapies, and biological therapies. Diagnostic discussions are aligned with DSM-IV-TR and treatment recommendations are given in stepwise fashion. This edition describes several new disorders, provides greater coverage of psychotherapies, offers up-to-date information on psychopharmacology, and includes contemporary neuroscience and molecular genetics.

Nicholas Greco IV

This is a compactly sized, yet succinct and up-to-date guide to the most commonly experienced psychiatric conditions. This is the sixth edition, replacing the 1995 edition in what has become an invaluable asset to the field of psychiatry. The purpose is to provide an updated edition to highlight the changes prompted by the new medications available to the practitioner. As in previous editions, the information is well-organized, up-to-date, and truly an inexpensive quick reference source for clinical rounds, board review, and everyday clinical practice. The author's objectives are timely, worthwhile, and unquestionably met in this latest edition. Intended mainly for psychiatric residents and medical students, this book will undoubtedly serve the needs of practicing clinicians and mental health trainees. This is the author's sixth edition. He is an associate professor of psychiatry, and his credibility is obvious. The author appropriately uses color illustrations to accentuate various psychiatric medications, tables to complement and clarify the presented material, a detailed index, excellent references for further study and review after each chapter, and highlighted words to provide the busy reader with access to practical information quickly and easily. As the mental health field continues to change and grow, the need for a quick reference guide must follow the tide of change as well. With this latest publication the author continues in the grand tradition of previous editions to provide psychiatric residents and medical students with immediate and dependable information for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment. This book is unquestionably recommended.