Authors:Leon Eisenberg, David Goldberg, John Cooper, Giovanni
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
Keywords: internationally, health, mental, promoting
Number of Pages: 318
Published: 1999-01-01
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 1901242374
ISBN-13: 9781901242379

To mark the retirement of Dr Norman Sartorius in 1974 from his post as Director of the Division of Mental Health of the World Health Organisation, the editors (all long-standing advisors and collaborators with the WHO programme) have brought together contributions from a mixture of advisor, collaborators and WHO staff members.The chapters provide descriptions and commentaries on the main aspects of the last 30 years of the WHO programme in mental health, which has constituted a unique and productive era in international collaboration, both in research and exchange of information. The major top

Authors:Ranga Rao, Ranga Rao,
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
Keywords: psychiatry, osces
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2005-01-01
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 1904671179
ISBN-13: 9781904671176

Part of the College Seminars Series.OSCEs in Psychiatry is a practical guide for candidates preparing for the Observed Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) of the MRCPsych. The first part of the book gives tips on preparing for and passing the exam. The second part explores the skills tested in the different OSCE stations that a candidate is likely to encounter.The book is backed up by an accompanying CD-ROM, on which interactive video footage allows prospective candidates to experience virtual OSCE stations and test their own performance.Tips for trainees on how to pass the OSCE exam. Explo

Authors:Eilish Gilvarry, Ilana Crome, Hamid Ghodse, Paul McAr
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
Keywords: misuse, substance, people
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2004-01-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 1904671012
ISBN-13: 9781904671015

Substance misuse is one of the most common and serious yet preventable risks to a young persons health and development. This book provides an overview of the consequences of substance misuse, the interventions and services available, and, most importantly, the way forward for improving treatment and services. Young People and Substance Misuse brings international expertise together with a UK health care perspective. It will give the reader an in-depth understanding of the issues as well as suggesting practical solutions to a problem that affects so many aspects of the well-being of teenagers.T

Authors:John E. Cooper, Norman Sartorius, John Cooper, N. Sar
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
Keywords: china, disorders, mental
Number of Pages: 115
Published: 1996-01-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0902241931
ISBN-13: 9780902241930

This is the only account in English of the 1982 Chinese National Epidemiological Survey of Mental Disorder, which is still the only study carried out in China involving the large scale use of modern methods of case assessment. The extensive and detailed data will provide essential reading for those interested in mental health in this vast country.Twelve centres in different parts of China studied a rural and an urban sample of 500 households each, giving a total sample of 51,982 persons. The use of the Present State Examination in the survey allows the symptomatic basis of diagnoses, such as n

Author: Vikram Patel
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
Keywords: books, words, manual, care, mental, health, psychiatrist
Number of Pages: 266
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 1901242757
ISBN-13: 9781901242751

Even though mental illnesses are common and cause great suffering in every part of the world, many health workers have a limited understanding about mental health and are less comfortable dealing with mental illness. This book is a practical manual for mental health care for the community health worker, the primary care nurse, the social worker and the primary care doctor, particularly in developing countries. After giving the reader a basic understanding of mental illness, the book goes on to describe more than 30 clinical problems associated with mental illness and uses a problem-solving app

Authors:George Stein, George Stein, Greg Wilkinson,
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
Keywords: seminars, series, college, adult, general, psychiatry
Number of Pages: 832
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $130.00
ISBN-10: 1904671446
ISBN-13: 9781904671442

Part of the College Seminars Series.This second edition of Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry provides a highly readable and comprehensive account of modern adult psychiatry. More than nine years have passed since the publication of the first edition, and significant advances have been made in almost every area of psychiatry. This single volume assimilates these modern developments and their effects on clinical practice. To achieve this has meant incorporating more than 4000 references, with many of the more important studies being described in some detail so as to provide the reader with so

Author: David McNamara
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
Keywords: series, seminars, college, psychiatry, mcqs
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $36.00
ISBN-10: 1901242897
ISBN-13: 9781901242898

Part of the College Seminars Series. Practising multiple choice questions is a superb way to reinforce knowledge.This book contains some 600 different questions covering all the sub-specialities of psychiatry. It is intended for use in conjunction with the College Seminars series and will be of great benefit to all trainees as well as established clinicians. The book will enable users to identify gaps in their learning and consolidate their knowledge and understanding of psychiatry.The format of the MRCPsych examinations radically changed in 2008. However, MCQs are still involved in all parts