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Prepare for success on your board and shelf exams with the fully revised Massachusetts General Hospital Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams, Second Edition. Expertly edited by renowned author and educator Dr. Theodore A. Stern as a companion to his popular and authoritative Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, Third Edition, this practical review tool contains 1,000 unique questions with annotated answers, both in print and online. You’ll have convenient, flexible access to hundreds of relevant and carefully reviewed questions from the institution trusted most by residents and practicing clinicians for its leadership in psychiatry information and reference. Contains 1,000 multiple-choice questions and annotated answers (400 more than in the first edition) that test your knowledge of every aspect of psychiatry, offering highly effective preparation for your primary certification exams Includes new content in key areas, such as psychiatric management of patients with cardiac disease, renal disease, pulmonary disease, and gastrointestinal disease; COVID-19 infection, burns, trauma, and intensive care unit treatment; and care of LGBTQAI+ patients Divides questions into manageable sections that correspond directly to chapters in the parent text, Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, 3rd Edition; you’ll know exactly where to find detailed information for deeper learning and review Helps you gain a better understanding of exam presentation and format as you study relevant content that is fully up to date with DSM-5 Edited by highly accomplished and award-winning clinician and educator, Dr. Theodore A. Stern, editor of Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, 3rd Edition, as well as the Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry, 8th Edition An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date

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Author:   Theodore A. Stern
Publisher:   Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:   Churchill Livingstone
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   1.300kg
ISBN:  

9780443119835

ISBN 10:   044311983
Pages:   650
Publication Date:   12 August 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

1. The Doctor-Patient Relationship 2. The Psychiatric Interview 3. Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures 4. Treatment Adherence 5. Child, Adolescent, and Adult Development 6. Diagnostic Rating Scales and Psychiatric Instruments 7. Understanding and Applying Psychological Assessment 8. Neuropsychological Assessment 9. Coping with Medical Illness and Psychotherapy of the Medically Ill 10. An Overview of the Psychotherapies 11. Brief Psychotherapy 12. Couples Therapy 13. Family Therapy 14. Group Psychotherapy 15. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Behavioral Therapy, and Cognitive Therapy 16. Delirium 17. Neurocognitive Disorders and Dementia 18. Intellectual Disability 19. The DSM-5: A System for Psychiatric Diagnosis 20. Mental Disorders Due to Another Medical Condition 21. Sleep Disorders 22. Impulse Control Disorders 23. Somatic Symptom Disorder and Illness Anxiety Disorder 24. Factitious Illness and Malingering 25. Substance Use Disorders 26. Psychosis and Schizophrenia 27. Depressive Disorders 28. Bipolar Disorder 29. Psychiatric Illness during Pregnancy and the Post-Partum Period 30. Anxiety Disorders and PTSD 31. OCD and OC and Related Disorders 32. Dissociative Disorders 33. Sexual Disorders and Sexual Dysfunction 34. Eating Disorders 35. Grief, Bereavement, and Adjustment Disorders 36. Personality and Personality Disorders 37. Catatonia, NMS, and Serotonin Syndrome 38. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders 39. NEW: Psychiatric Management of Patients with Cardiac Disease 40. NEW: Psychiatric Management of Patients with Renal Disease 41. NEW: Psychiatric Management of Patients with Gastrointestinal Disease 42. Organ Failure and Transplantation 43. HIV Infection, and AIDS 44. NEW: COVID-19 Infection 45. Cancer 46. NEW: Psychiatric Care of Patients with Pulmonary Disease (e.g., Cystic Fibrosis) 47. NEW: Burns, Trauma, and Intensive Care Unit Treatment 48. Psychiatric Neuroscience: Incorporating Pathophysiology into Clinical Case Formulation 49. The Pharmacotherapy of Anxiety Disorders 50. Antipsychotic Drugs 51. Pharmacological Approaches to Depression and Treatment-Resistant Depression 52. Electroconvulsive Therapy and Neurotherapeutics (TMS/VNS/DBS) 53. Lithium 54. Antiepileptic Drugs 55. Pharmacotherapy of ADHD Across the Life Span 56. Drug-Drug Interactions in Psychopharmacology 57. Side Effects of Psychotropics 58. Natural Medications 59. The Suicidal Patient 60. Law and Psychiatry 61. Intimate Partner Violence 62. Abuse and Neglect 63. Genetic Syndromes 64. Serious Mental Illness 65. Community Psychiatry 66. Culture and Psychiatry 67. Psychiatric Epidemiology 68. Collaborative Care and Primary Care Psychiatry 69. Geriatric Psychiatry 70. Care at the End of Life 71. NEW: Care of LGBTQ Patients 72. Neuroanatomical systems relevant to neuropsychiatric disorders 73. The neurological examination 74. Neuropsychiatric principles and differential diagnosis 75. Neuroimaging in Psychiatry 76. Clinical Neurophysiology and Electroencephalography 77. Psychiatric manifestations and treatment of seizure disorders 78. Differential diagnosis and treatment of headaches 79. Pathophysiology, psychiatric comorbidity, and treatment of pain 80. Psychiatric aspects of stroke syndromes 81. Psychiatric Manifestations of Traumatic Brain Injury 82. Emergency Psychiatry 83. Military Psychiatry… 84. Disaster Psychiatry 85. Global Mental Health 86. Coping with the rigors of psychiatric practice 87. NEW: Mindfulness and Resilience (and Hypnosis)

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Dr. Theodore A. Stern is the Ned H. Cassem Professor of Psychiatry in the field of Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation at Harvard Medical School (HMS), Chief Emeritus of The Avery D. Weisman, Psychiatry Consultation Service, and Director of the Thomas P. Hackett Center for Scholarship in Psychosomatic Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Dr. Stern has co-authored more than 550 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and he has edited or authored more than 60 books (including the MGH Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry, the MGH Psychiatry Update and Board Preparation, Learning About Psychopharmacology, Facing Overweight and Obesity, Facing Pelvic Pain, Facing Memory Loss and Dementia, Facing Serious Mental Illness, and the MGH Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams). Dr. Stern is a Past-President of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) and is the Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of its journal, Psychosomatics (now called Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry). He has won the coveted ""Best Teacher Award” from the graduating residents at the MGH/McLean Hospital Psychiatric Residency Training Program, the Cynthia N. Kettyle Teaching Award from the HMS Department of Psychiatry, the MGH Department of Psychiatry's Award for Exceptional Mentorship in the Clinical Realm, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Liaison Psychiatry, and the Thomas P. Hackett Award from the ACLP (its highest honor).

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