Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry: Behavioral Sciences/Clinical Psychiatry, 11th Edition Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9781609139711 ISBN-10: 1609139712 Copyright: 2015 Edition: 11th Author: Sadock, Benjamin James, Sadock, Virginia Alcott, Ruiz, Pedro, Doody's Expert Review    Score: 91 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Aaron Plattner,  MD  (Network180 ) Description This update of an overview of the field of psychiatry integrates the new DSM-5. The previous edition was published in 2007. Purpose Providing an overview of the entire field of psychiatry is a worthy objective, which this book accomplishes. Audience The intended audience includes "clinicians, residents, students, and all others who provide mental health care." While anyone in this broad category would potentially benefit from this book, practicing psychiatrists would likely get the most out of it. Features The 37 chapters cover the major areas in psychiatry, including psychiatric diseases across all populations, psychopharmacology and psychotherapeutic treatment options, the contributions of psychiatry to the modern world, and proper examination and diagnostic methods. Each chapter contains helpful illustrations, case presentations, charts, tables, and graphs. Chapters are divided into subsections that end with their own reference sections. The book ends with a helpful glossary and index. This edition also includes an access to an interactive ebook version. Assessment I continue to be impressed with this book. With a 40-year history of continued revisions, it is simply the best overall review. Compared to books like The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry, 6th edition (American Psychiatric Publishing, 2014), this is more efficient in its ability to inform readers about a specific topic of interest. This edition is superb in explaining the changes of the DSM-5, which is the main point of this update. If you were to purchase one review book, this would be the one. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 10 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 4 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 4 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 3 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 4 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 5 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book 3 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 10 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? 10 ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.