Psychiatric Exam in Clinical Practice

This book instructs the reader how to take a psychiatric history and conduct an examination of the patient's mental state. The book emphasizes the phenomena of mental illness - the subject's speech and behaviour - which can be easily observed and also covers the non-verbal signs such as posture and facial expression. The book shows how to organize the information obtained to make a diagnosis and to present it to other professionals. This book is intended for trainee psychiatrists, trainee clinical psychologists, trainee psychiatric nurses, social workers training for Mental Health Act recognition, trainee occupational therapists and general practitioners.