Workplace based assessments in psychiatry. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sree Prathap Mohana Murthy.
• Other Names: Murthy, Sree Prathap Mohana
• Contents: Cover; Book title; Contents; Preface; How to use this book; 1. Introduction to workplace based assessments (WPBAs); Assessment of clinical expertise (ACE); Mini-assessed clinical encounter (mini-ACE); Case-based discussion (CbD); Case presentation (CP); Direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS); 2. History taking and mental state examination; How to take a history; 3. Physical examination; Aims of routine physical examination; General examination; Specific system examinations; 4. Diagnosis and differential diagnoses; Diagnosis; Differential diagnosis; 5. Aetiological formulation. Commonly identified aetiological factorsSchizophrenia; Depression; Mania; Anorexia nervosa; Alcoholism; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Alzheimer's dementia; Vascular dementia; 6. Investigations; Physical investigations; Psychological investigations; Social investigations; 7. Management plan; Immediate/short-term management; Long-term management; Schizophrenia; Depression; Bipolar affective disorder; Alcohol misuse and dependence; Opioid misuse and dependence; Old age (psychosis, depression and dementia); Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Anxiety disorder and phobias. Post-traumatic stress disorderEating disorders -- anorexia, and bulimia nervosa; Borderline personality disorder; 8. Prognosis; Schizophrenia; Schizoaffective disorder; Mood disorders; Drug and alcohol misuse; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Eating disorders; Alzheimer's dementia; 9. Tasks for mini assessed clinical encounters (mini-ACEs); Eliciting symptoms of depression and suicidality; Eliciting manic/hypomanic symptoms; Eliciting history of hallucinations; Eliciting details of delusions and abnormal experiences; Assessing first rank symptoms of schizophrenia; Eliciting alcohol history. Assessing complications of alcohol misuse and assessing motivationEliciting illicit drug history; Eliciting history of anxiety symptoms, panic attacks and phobias; Eliciting details of obsessive-compulsive symptoms; Eliciting post-traumatic stress disorder history; Eliciting eating disorder history; Assessing insight; Eliciting history of premorbid personality; Dementia -- history taking (collateral information); Mini mental state examination; Detailed cognitive examination; Frontal lobe function testing; Suicide risk assessment; Violence-risk assessment. 10. Direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS)Electroconvulsive therapy administration; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (basic life support); Extrapyramidal side effects -- physical examination; 11. Sub-specialities; Child psychiatry; Learning disability; 12. Specialist populations; Drug prescribing for specialist populations; Drugs list; References and further reading.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: London : Royal Society of Medicine Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 189 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.89007155; Psychiatrists -- Training of; Psychiatry -- Examinations -- Study guides; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781853158032; 1853158038
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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