A Guide to Psychiatric Examination

Carmelo Aquilina, Gavin Tucker
Elsevier
842 pages
ISBN: 978-0729543972
July 2021

"Nothing provides a better foundation for good mental healthcare than access to a range of excellent supervisors and role models. This text is like having a supervisor in your pocket."

— Roderick McKay, Past Binational Chair, RANZCP Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Australia

This guide is for anyone working with people with mental health conditions, and covers the techniques needed for a good psychiatric interview and working with specific groups, presentations, and in different settings. It covers everything from the basics of psychiatric assessment through to in-depth topics and how to approach examinations. This practical handbook is ideal for medical students, psychiatric trainees, nurses, and allied health professionals.