First Aid for the Psychiatry Clerkship

by Latha G. Stead, Matthew S. Kaufman, Sean Blitzstein

The #1-selling psychiatry clerkship book provides just what you need to deliver a strong performance on the psychiatry clerkship and earn honors on the shelf exam.

Completely revised to reflect new DSM-5 criteria, First Aid for the Psychiatry Clerkship: Fourth Edition is your high-yield insider's guide to the psychiatry rotation, and gives you the core information you need to impress on the wards and earn honors on the clerkship exam. Peppered with mnemonics, ward tips, exam tips, and integrated mini-cases, the fourth edition of this best-selling book focuses on helping you hone in on, and remember, the most important concepts for the clerkship and the exam.

Genres: Medical, Medicine, Psychiatry

516 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 2003

Reviews

[Jayyan Al-Bailasan · Rating 3 out of 5]

ممتاز للمراجعة ولإعطاء فكرة مبسطة عن الطب النفسي ، لكن لا يمكن اعتماده كمرجع أساسي

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book for prepping for the Psychiatry Shelf and day-to-day for the Psych clerkship. I almost entirely relied on this for Shelf prep and got a 91.

[The Rose · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basics. Nice bedtime reading.

[Dustin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not helpful at all. Bad scenarios. Poor format. Very unhappy.

[Keenan Boulnemour · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good review. Not enough on its own to cover the psych shelf, so supplementing with practice Q's is a must along with this.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used this book as content review to prepare for the NMBE exam for my peds clinical rotation.

I liked the format, and found it was well-written and organized.
It focuses on high-yield information, which I appreciate, though there were times that I needed to use additional resources to read more information about topics (this book deals more on facts than on explanations).

I'd recommend it to help prepare for the NBME, if used along with a question bank book like Lange or PreTest.

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a LOOOOOONG review book to go through... almost 600 pages of review. I found that a lot of it was straight medical review and not necessarily for just pediatrics. Either way since I am studying for Step 2 as well as my pediatrics shelf I found the book to be an excellent (if long) review. Fairly comprehensive, but give yourself at least 4-5 days for your "quick" review in order to get through the whole text.

[Jen Bergeron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Keeps it concise. The pharm chapter is really helpful