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 Prepare for the New MRCPsych
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By
Albert Michael, MBBS, DPM, MD, FRCPsych, Consultant in Adult Psychiatry, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, UK; Organiser, Cambridge MRCPsych Course, UK
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Description
A revision book aimed at candidates for Part 1 of the MRCPsych exam, giving advice on the new OSCE exam and practice in answering sample OSCEs.
Audience
Trainee psychiatrists sitting Part 1 of the Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists exam.
Contents
Introduction. Collateral history in frontotemporal dmentia. Elicit an alcohol history. Elicit symptoms of mania. Assess suitability
for interpersonal psychotherapy. Mini mental State Examination. Assess capacity to consent. Elicit delusions. Elicit symptoms of
obsessive compulsive disorder. Management of lithium toxicity. Management of agoraphobia. Outpatient review in schizophrenia. Explain
the need for antipsychotic medication. Call the on-call consultant. Elicit symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Examine cranial
nerves. Elicit history of opiate use. Explain lithium augmentation in depression. Assess a patient with early onset dementia. Explain
management of bipolar affective disorder. Explain Alzheimer's Disease. Elicit history of eating disorder. Explain antidementia drugs.
Assess challenging behaviour. Elicit history of panic attacks. Differentiate depression from dementia. Elicit borderline personality
traits. Explain long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Elicit passivity experiences/ Resuscitation. Assess frontal lobe function.
Fundoscopy. Explain cannabis and psychosis. Interpret ECG. Elicit hallucinations. Assess premorbid personality. Explain psychogeriatric
services. Explain risks of excess alcohol intake. Elicit negative cognition in depression. Assess suicide risk. Explain electroconvulsive
therapy. Assess extrapyramidal side effects. Elicit depersonalisation. Assess depression. Explain hyperventilation and panic attacks.
Explain antidepressant medication. Explain the Mental Health Act. Testamentary capacity. Risk assessment in puerperal disorder.
Assess capacity to refuse treatment. Collateral history in dementia. Explain cognitive behaviour therapy. Physical examination in
alcoholism. Explain schizophrenia. Assess risk of violence. Discuss an MRI brain scan report. Explain management of obsessive-compulsive
disorder. Interpret ECG and electrolytes. Elicit symptoms of grief. Explain postnatal depression.
Bibliographic & ordering Information
Paperback, 228 pages, publication date: NOV-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-07297-0
ISBN-10: 0-443-07297-3
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
999/999
Last update: 25 Aug 2008
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