Overview
Developed from years of teaching psychiatry to medical students and residents, this comprehensive text devoted solely to describing the mental status examination (MSE) fills a void in the teaching literature and will be valuable to both students first learning about the MSE and seasoned clinicians seeking an informative reference. The introductory chapter offers basic advice on interviewing patients and eliciting information. Six major sections of the MSE follow and are thoroughly described with a chapter devoted to each: Appearance, Attitude, Activity; Mood and Affect; Speech and Language; Thought Content, Thought Process, and Perception; Cognition; and Insight and Judgment. Each chapter lists a detailed definition of reference for students describing their findings, and are an insightful review even for experienced practitioners. The clinical relevance of mental status abnormalities is illustrated through frequent examples of disorders that can cause the particular signs and symptoms defined in each chapter. A final chapter describing fictional case histories with hypothetical examples of written mental status reports will be particularly useful for those learning to write such reports. This text is an important addition to the libraries of students and practitioners who work with psychiatric patients and should help to simplify and organize a challenging task.
Full Product Details
Author: Paula T. Trzepacz (Department of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine) ,
Robert W. Baker (Department of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 24.00cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 16.60cm
Weight: 0.485kg
ISBN: 9780195062519
ISBN 10: 0195062515
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 18 November 1993
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
This book ... manages to live up to the description in the preface of being user friendly . It is written in a very clinical relevant way, by authors who appear to be experienced clinicians and teachers ... liberally sprinkled with sensible, practical comments on eliciting information and conducting interviews. The book is comprehensive without being too long or excessively detailed. Jeanette Smith, British Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 166, June 1995
This book ... manages to live up to the description in the preface of being user friendly . It is written in a very clinical relevant way, by authors who appear to be experienced clinicians and teachers ... liberally sprinkled with sensible, practical comments on eliciting information and conducting interviews. The book is comprehensive without being too long or excessively detailed. * Jeanette Smith, British Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 166, June 1995 *
