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Handbook for Psychiatric Trainees. Edited by Dinesh Bhugra and Oliver Howes. 2008. The recent transformation of postgraduate medical education has changed the landscape of psychiatric training. This handbook is a must for anyone trying to navigate the terrain. It covers a wide range of topics, from ethical reasoning in psychiatry to more practical aspects of coping at a personal level. It informs trainees about liaison with key players in their training and provides an overview of virtually every aspect of the trainee’s professional life. The book will be invaluable for psychiatric trainees and trainers. Those who are interested in choosing psychiatry as a career will find it a useful introduction to the subject and to what psychiatrists do.

Essential guide to postgraduate training in psychiatry.
Written and edited by opinion leaders in medical education and by doctors who have recently completed training.
Practical and accessible approach.
Focus on personal development and well-being, as well as educational achievement.

paperback, 332 pp. ISBN 9781904671343. $33.00

CAN-M: CAMBERWELL ASSESSMENT OF NEED FOR MOTHERS. Louise Howard, Katherine Hunt, Mike Slade, Veronica O’Keane, Trudi Seneviratne, Morven Leese and Graham Thornicroft. May 2008. This is a needs-based assessment specifically designed for use with pregnant women and mothers with severe mental illness (SMI). It assesses met and unmet needs in 26 areas, covering a full range of social, physical health and mental health domains. Practical manual providing an introduction to the topic of needs assessment, plus sections on the development of and guidance for usage of the CAN-M scales. Includes different versions of the ratings scale for research purposes, for clinical purposes, and a short version which can be used more quickly for either. It is the fourth variant of RCPsych Publications’ (formerly Gaskell) CAN: Camberwell Assessment of Need (Slade et al., 1999) which is the most widely used needs assessment instrument in the UK and Europe. spiral bound. ISBN 978 1 904671 54 1. $165.00

Clinical Topics in Addiction: Updates from Advances in Psychiatric Treatment. Edited by Ed Day. 2007. Addiction to psychoactive substances can lead to a range of biological, psychological and social problems, and the clinical management of these issues can often be complex. This book is written by practitioners with extensive experience of managing these difficulties, and provides a handy synthesis of clinical, research and policy issues. Taking a very practical focus, the contents will be of use to any practitioner who comes across a patient with an addiction, and in particular to trainees in addiction psychiatry.

Topics covered include:

gambling
all major psychoactive substances
comorbidity with mental health problems
addiction in special populations, including young people, pregnant women and offenders
psychological and pharmacological treaments
addiction policy.

Format: Paperback. Number of pages: 428. ISBN-13: 9781904671503. $55.00

Management for Psychiatrists
(third edition) Management for Psychiatrists (third edition). Edited by Dinesh Bhugra, Stuart Bell and Alistair Burns. 2007. This popular title provides a sound practical guide to the complex world of management in psychiatric practice, and is essential reading for senior trainees and consultants. The editors have brought together a host of knowledgeable and well-known authors who write from their experience in the ever-changing National Health Service. Topics covered include the various skills necessary for running services, such as management of finances, resources and personnel issues, and topics central to today’s changing scene, such as revalidation, service users’ expectations and clinical governance. The book concludes with a section on personal development, addressing such issues as presentation skills, stress management, mentoring, managing committees and dealing with the media. A chapter on ‘Surviving as a junior consultant’ is included and the book is also very useful as a reference and survival guide for more senior psychiatrists. hardcover, 438 pp. ISBN-13: 9781904671497. $66.00

Research Methods in Psychiatry (third edition). Edited by Chris Freeman and Peter Tyrer. 2007. This updated comprehensive guide to psychiatric research methods takes the reader from getting started in research through to publishing a paper, with advice on avoiding common pitfalls along the way. Systematic analysis and meta-analysis, epidemiology, qualitative research, and research focused on a few patients are discussed, together with the principles of validity and reliability in the assessment of psychological variables and statistical aspects of the design and analysis of clinical trials. Five completely new chapters cover topics such as research from the trainee’s perspective and research in learning disability and child and adolescent psychiatry. A key text for psychiatric trainees embarking on research projects, this book will also be useful to psychiatrists supervising research projects, and those in the social sciences with an interest in carrying out research or critically reviewing the published evidence.

Setting up a research project.
How to make a comprehensive review of the literature.
Choosing a rating scale.
Getting research published.

paperback, 344 pp. ISBN-13: 9781904671336. $55.00

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