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How to Practice Evidence-Based Psychiatry: Basic Principles and Case Studies explains the methods and philosophy of evidence-based psychiatry and describes ways in which psychiatrists and other mental health specialists can incorporate evidence-based psychiatry into clinical practice. It expands and complements the popular text Concise Guide to Evidence-Based Psychiatry, which provides details on obtaining and interpreting medical evidence, and it allows experts from a variety of specialty areas and practice settings to describe interesting and inspiring cases of their own. The first section of this volume can be used as both an introduction to the topic and a ready reference for researching the literature and appraising evidence. It offers chapters devoted to systematic reviews and meta-analyses, clinical practice guidelines, diagnostic tests, surveys of disease frequency, and prognosis and psychometric measurement. The second and third sections, on the application of evidence-based psychiatry to major DSM-IV disorders and specific treatment settings, include relevant case examples in which 24 experienced clinicians from a variety of practice settings discuss situations in which they followed aspects of evidence-based care. This book is a valuable new tool to help residents, practicing psychiatrists, and other mental health workers understand and make use of evidence-based information to improve their everyday practice.
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“In this sixth edition of NMS Psychiatry, each chapter as well as the drug appendix has been updated to include the latest medications and treatment protocols. New chapters have been added on the emerging fields of emergency and geriatric psychiatry. In addition, we have continued to revise, update, and add new questions to each chapter and to the comprehensive examination to help students prepare for National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) Subject examinations as well as the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) Step 2″–Provided by publisher.
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Over the last decade there has been a decline in interest shown by UK medical school graduates in choosing to specialise in psychiatry as a career, as shown by the falling proportion of candidates from the UK taking the MRCPsych examinations. The impression currently given by undergraduates, foundation and specialist trainees suggests that the medical student experience of Psychiatry is currently a dispiriting one. A survey of psychiatrists in 2003 highlighted the link between the quality of undergraduate teaching and the recruitment of young doctors to pursue a career in psychiatry. This book contains advice on how to teach psychiatry to undergraduate medical students using a range of different methods in different settings. It addresses some of the theory and practical aspects of teaching psychiatry to medical students. Different chapters focus on: giving a lecture; small group teaching; clinical teaching; problem based learning; and the use of simulated patients and role play. There is also advice on involving trainees and service users in teaching and in teaching psychiatry internationally. The later chapters focus more on issues relating to recruitment. The book’s content represents an important step towards the delivery of high quality and inspirational undergraduate teaching.

RCPsych Publications is the publishing arm of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (based in London, United Kingdom), which has been promoting excellence in mental health care since 1841. Produced by the same editorial team who publish The British Journal of Psychiatry, they sell books for both psychiatrists and other mental health professionals; and also many written for the general public. Their popular series include the College Seminars Series, the NICE mental health guidelines and the Books Beyond Words series for people with intellectual disabilities.

RCPsych publishes in all areas of psychiatry and mental health, including but not limited to:
Clinical psychiatric practice
Intellectual disability
Mental health services for children, adolescents, adults and the elderly
Psychopharmacology
Psychotherapy
Rehabilitation psychiatry
Family mental health
Service provision
RCPsych Publications books can help with the following disorders:
Addictions
Affective disorders
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Bereavement
Borderline personality disorder
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
Dementia
Depression
Eating disorders
Perinatal psychiatric disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Psychosis
Schizophrenia
Sleep problems