Review Manual for Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry

This easy-to-use manual is the only review tool of its kind! Distilled from the parent text on consultation-liaison psychiatry, it presents hundreds of questions-with rationales-that challenge the reader's knowledge in all aspects of psychosomatic medicine. Written by a practicing clinician-from one of the premier psychiatric departments in the world-for those working at the interface of medicine and psychiatry, it covers the entire burgeoning field of psychosomatic medicine. Readers...
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This easy-to-use manual is the only review tool of its kind! Distilled from the parent text on consultation-liaison psychiatry, it presents hundreds of questions-with rationales-that challenge the reader's knowledge in all aspects of psychosomatic medicine. Written by a practicing clinician-from one of the premier psychiatric departments in the world-for those working at the interface of medicine and psychiatry, it covers the entire burgeoning field of psychosomatic medicine. Readers will also find how to best prepare for the first-time ever board examination in the field coming in June 2005.

• Features 800 clinically relevant questions that test the reader's understanding of the full range of common topics on the diagnosis and treatment of the in-hospital, medically ill patient.
• Includes correct answers accompanied by detailed rationales.
• Presents questions that focus on simple recall, as well as those that challenge the reader's interpretive and problem-solving skills.
• Uses a standard testing format with multiple-choice, true/false, and matching sets.