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Case Files Psychiatry (Lange Case Files)

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By: Eugene C. Toy and Debra L. Klamen

Format: Paperback
From: McGraw-Hill Medical
Pub. Date: July 2006

Product Details:
Catalog: Book
Release Date: 2006-08-16
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 408
Ean: 9780071462822
Isbn: 0071462821

ABOUT THE BOOK

EDITORIAL REVIEW

Sixty Psychiatry cases with complete discussions offer the most effective clerkship and USMLE Step 2 review possible<.b>

Case Files: Psychiatry, 2e presents sixty clinical cases illustrating key points. Each case includes an extended discussion, definition of terms, clinical pearls, and USMLE format review questions. This interactive learning system helps you understand essential concepts instead of memorizing facts.

USER REVIEWS

"I'm am generally a big, big fan of the Case Files series...the case presentation always helps anchor details in my head better & for longer than the long lists provided in review books, and they always provide a really helpful, practical approach to DDx, Rx & helpful pathognomonic tip-offs. *However* this particular one is rife with errors...from the harmless (but vaguely annoying) grammatical errors to more worrisome errors of content. Pts with amphetamine intoxication have constricted pupils? Really? Also, there are lots of annoying contradictions within the same case presentation. For example, at the beginning of the case of PCP intoxication it says bluntly that benzos "should not be given" since they delay excretion of PCP. Then, two pages later, it says benzos can be given. I understand that distilling practice guidelines to a couple pages can be hard, and that a general rule of thumb can be disregarded when the drug benefit outweighs the side-effects, but the authors do a VERY bad job VERY frequently of couching these sort of things in appropriate language. DON'T couch something as a absolute contraindication if it's simply a relative one. I agree with the previous reviewer who suggested that the company rushed publication of this guy...lots of mistakes that any half-asleep layperson could catch. That said, I really haven't found a suitable substitute for Case Files. Like all its siblings, it's eminently readable & interesting...I'd be hard-pressed to say I prefer a textbook to my leisure reading, but this comes darn close. And let me tell you, I'm a real baby about making my textbook reading as palatable as possible, so this is high praise. I'm just going to have to be super vigilant about double-checking this particular book's content against less 'readable' review books, which I'd really rather not have to do. "
~ Written on 2008-09-01

"Very good book. I can recommend it to everybody who has to do with psychiatry in clinical practice, school,... The book is a good companion in training in diagnostical matters. "
~ Written on 2008-08-29

"I found this book, along with First Aid for psych, a great resource. It provides a great overview over of the DSM-IV topics with good realistic examples. If you don't have a lot of time (like any resident does), using this will help.

I also found the handbook of psychiatric drugs (2008 edition) helpful--really good pocket guide, especially for any inpt psych rotation!! "
~ Written on 2008-03-07

"You absolutely cannot fail the shelf exam using this book as your primary text. At times I felt like the same people that are writing shelf questions wrote this book. If you're like me you're bored to tears reading First Aid and Blueprints. This book is different. Buy it, read it a week or two before the shelf, and be pleasantly surprised with your score. The only thing truly missing is coverage of brain imaging and pathological changes with different diseases, a subject my shelf hit with several questions."
~ Written on 2007-03-30

"This is a great read, especially during down time or even as a quick read before bed! The cases are short and give all the necessary 'need to know' info in a concise, organized manner! It really helped when doing write-ups and studying for shelfs!"
~ Written on 2007-01-19