Psychiatry Essentials for Primary Care Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9781930513716 ISBN-10: 1930513712 Copyright: 2008 Edition: 1st Authors: Schneider, Robert K., Levenson, James L., Doody's Expert Review    Score: 96 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Brett Plyler,  M.D.  (Northwestern Memorial Hospital) Description This is a guide to helping primary care providers understand, evaluate, and treat common psychiatric illnesses. Purpose The goal of the book is to enable general clinicians to effectively recognize and treat psychiatric disorders, a worthy objective. Audience The book is written for general medical practitioners. Features The book covers the most common psychiatric illnesses from mood disorders to anxiety to psychosis. It details both diagnostic criteria and treatment parameters. The authors present an organizational axiom MAPSO (mood, anxiety, psychosis, substance, and organic) to help the practitioner organize symptoms in a useful format. There are also practical, useful patient questions for each illness designed to assist physicians in diagnosing the different illnesses. The detailed treatment guidelines are filled with helpful tips in the nuances of medications. The tables of medications, side effects, etc., are useful and appropriate. A helpful summary of key points ends each section. Assessment This is an excellent guide to the treatment of psychiatric illness. I would highly recommend it to any general practitioner. As a former family medicine physician, I wish I had this book back then. 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) 5 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? N/A 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. N/A 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. N/A 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 4 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 4 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book N/A 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? N/A ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.