The psychiatric rotation can be among the shortest (yet most intimidating) clinical rotation. This resource delivers quick access to need-to-know information on basic behavioral theories, key aspects of psychiatric and crisis interventions, mental status assessments and exams, mental health history and assessment tools, and more.
Key Features
- Basic behavioral theories at a glance
- Provides key aspects of psych and crisis interventions
- New Intervention content on Emerging Non-Pharmacologic Treatments for Depression.
- General mental status assessments and exams, with focused assessments for adult and geriatric populations
- Essential information on psychotropic drugs
- Client/Family education tables, tips and strategies
- Cultural considerations and assessment tool
- Reusable mental health history and assessment tool, multiaxial assessment, cage, and many others.
- Clinical pearls throughout provide practical on-the-spot advice
- Eight major sections cover: Basics, Assess, Psych Disorders, Psych Interventions, Psychotropic Drugs, Crisis/Suicide/Abuse, Geriatric/Elderly, Tools
- New Terrorism/Disasters coverage under the Crisis section.
- Disorders/Interventions section includes Somatoform Disorders, with a table for Somatization Disorder.
- Built-in Medical Calculators: Provide instant access from within topics to CAGE Screening Questionnaire, Geriatric Depression Scale, Depression-Arkansas (D-ARK) Scale - Diagnostic Scoring, Short Michigan Alcohol Screening Test, and Depression-Arkansas (D-ARK) Scale - Severity Scoring!
- Table Viewer: View tables easily and conveniently by rows and columns on the small screen. View Table Viewer demo >
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