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Prepared by residents and chief residents with senior faculty advisors at the Washington University School of Medicine, this pocket-sized survival guide (one of a series of eight covering a speciality each), outlines the basics that every intern will need from day one on the wards. FEATURES: - Keys to survival at the beginning of the book. - Gives pearls from other books (algorithms, useful formulas, patient notes, top ten work-ups, common calls and complaints, key points on most common problems)- all condensed into one source. - Includes the essentials: what not to miss,, when to refer/call for help, and the tricks of the trade. The book acts as a quick reference for the hospital practice of psychiatric medicine in the inpatient psychiatric, consultation and emergency settings. It also addresses the most frequently encountered problems in these clinical settings and offers practical suggestions on how to obtain information, generate reasonable differential diagnoses, discriminate among diagnoses and document clinical decisions. There is also coverage such as style pointers on patient interview skills, clinical reasoning algorithms for the emergency setting, and valuable assistance is also offered in documenting patient encounters in difficult medical-legal situations. ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PDA! Lecturers - Click here to order a Review Copy of this title

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