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Massachusetts General Hospital Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams

1000 Questions and Annotated Answers

  • 2 Edición - 14 de julio de 2025
  • Última edición
  • Editor: Theodore A. Stern
  • Idioma: Inglés

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 ren… Leer más

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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.

Puntos claves

  • 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

De interès para

Residents, fellows

Índice

Part I: Approach to the Patient

1. The Doctor-Patient Relationship

2. The Psychiatric Interview

3. Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures

4. Treatment Adherence

Part II: Human Development

5. Child, Adolescent, and Adult Development

Part III: Rating Scales and Psychological/Neuropsychological Testing

6. Diagnostic Rating Scales and Psychiatric Instruments

7. Understanding and Applying Psychological Assessment

8. Neuropsychological Assessment

Part IV: The Psychotherapies

9. Coping With Medical Illness and Psychotherapy of Medically Ill Patients

10. An Overview of the Psychotherapies

11. Brief Psychotherapy: An Overview

12. Couples Therapy

13. Family Therapy

14. Group Psychotherapy

15. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Behavioral Therapy, and Cognitive Therapy

Part V: Disorders of Cognition

16. Delirium

17. Neurocognitive Disorders and Dementia.

18. Intellectual Disability

Part VI: Psychiatric Diagnoses and Conditions

19. The DSM-5 and DSM-5-Text Revision: A System for Psychiatric Diagnosis

20. Psychiatric Neuroscience: Incorporating Pathophysiology into Clinical Case Formulation

21. Mental Disorders Due to Another Medical Condition

22. Sleep Disorders

23. Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders

24. Somatic Symptom Disorders

25. Factitious Disorders and Malingering

26. Substance Use Disorders

27. Psychosis and Schizophrenia

28. Depressive Disorders

29. Bipolar Disorder

30. Psychiatric Illness During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period

31. Anxiety Disorders and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

32. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

33. Dissociative Disorders

34. Sexual Disorders and Sexual Dysfunction

35. Eating Disorders: Evaluation and Management

36. Grief, Bereavement, and Adjustment Disorders

37. Personality and Personality Disorders

38. Catatonia, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, and Serotonin Syndrome

39. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders

Part VII: Psychosomatic Medicine

40. Psychiatric Management of Patients With Cardiac Disease

41. Psychiatric Management of Patients With Renal Disease

42. Psychiatric Management of Patients With Gastrointestinal Disease

43. Pretransplant Assessment and Posttransplant Management

44. HIV Infection and AIDS

45. COVID-19 Infection

46. Psychiatric Co-morbidities and Complications of Cancer and Cancer Treatment

47. Psychiatric Care of Patients With Pulmonary Disease

48. Burns, Trauma, and Intensive Care Unit Treatment

Part VIII: Treatment Approaches

49. The Pharmacotherapy of Anxiety Disorders

50. Antipsychotic Drugs

51. Pharmacologic Approaches to Depression and Treatment-Resistant Depression

52. Device Neuromodulation and Brain Stimulation Therapies

53. Lithium and Its Role in Psychiatry

54. The Use of Antiepileptic Drugs in Psychiatry

55. Pharmacotherapy of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Across the Life Span

56. Drug-Drug Interactions in Psychopharmacology

57. Side Effects of Psychotropic Medications

58. Natural Medications in Psychiatry

Part IX: Special Topics in Psychiatry

59. The Suicidal Patient

60. Law and Psychiatry

61. Intimate Partner Violence

62. Psychiatric Correlates and Consequences of Abuse and Neglect

63. Patients With 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: Psychiatric and Ethical Apects

71. Care of LGBTQIA+ Patients

72. Obesity and Its Management

Part X: Neuropsychiatry

73. Neuroanatomical Systems Relevant to Neuropsychiatric Disorders

74. The Neurologic Examination

75. Neuropsychiatric Principles and Differential Diagnosis

76. Neuroimaging in Psychiatry

77. Clinical Neurophysiology and Electroencephalography

78. Epilepsy and Its Psychiatric Manifestations

79. Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Headaches

80. Pathophysiology, Psychiatric Comorbidity, and Treatment of Pain

81. Psychiatric Aspects of Stroke Syndromes

82. Psychiatric Manifestations of Traumatic Brain Injuries

Part XI: Care in Special Settings

83. Emergency Psychiatry

84. Military Psychiatry

85. Disaster Psychiatry

86. Global Psychiatry and Mental Health in the Postpandemic Period

87. The Interface of Climate and Psychiatry

88. Sport Psychiatry

89. School Collaboration and Consultation

Part XII: Preparing for the Future

90. Coping With the Rigors of Psychiatric Practice

91. Mindfulness and Resilience

Reseñas

Review of the previous edition:
"Over the years, I have read several editions of Dr. Stern’s Psychiatry Update & Board Preparation to study for shelf exams, PRITEs, board exams, and board recertification. This new Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams is an incredibly useful companion to the MGH Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, 2e, providing hundreds of new board-style questions. The annotated answers are exceptionally detailed. In many cases, one can learn as much (or more) from reading explanations about the incorrect choices as the correct ones. The preparing student who works this study guide in conjunction with the Psychiatry Update can expect to pass board certification and recertification…and pass comfortably." - Jonathan Stevens, MD MPH, Baylor College of Medicine

"Those looking for a practical, comprehensive and authoritative tool to study for psychiatry examinations or just to keep current in the field should look no further. The Massachusetts General Hospital Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams offers broad coverage of relevant topics and thorough discussion of each question and its answers. This book is a portable psychiatric exam preparation course from a master teacher. It’s a must-have study reference." -John Shuster, MD, Former President, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 2
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 5 de septiembre de 2025
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre el editor

TS

Theodore A. Stern

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).

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Psychiatrist and Chief Emeritus, Avery D. Weisman Psychiatry Consultation Service, Director, Thomas P. Hackett Center for Scholarship in Psychosomatic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Ned H. Cassem Professor of Psychiatry in the Field, Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA