Core Psychiatry

This is a new edition of a successful textbook for trainee psychiatrists taking postgraduate qualifications, in particular, candidates for the Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists examination. Concise yet comprehensive, the book presents in one volume the essential core knowledge required for the psychiatric trainee and now includes information on the new Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act as well as enhanced sections on psychopharmacology, old age psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry and rehabilitation. The book also contains reference to the latest NICE guidelines and includes new sections on sleep medicine and trauma psychiatry. Padraig Wright , LRCP&SI, LM, MBBCh, BAO(NUI), MRCPsych, MD, Vice President, Psychiatry, Glaxo Smith Kline and Honorary Lecturer in Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK; Julian Stern , BA, MBChB, FRCPsych, Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy, St Mark's Hospital, Harrow, London, UK and Michael Phelan , BSc, MBBS, FRCPsych, Consultant Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK