Massachusetts General Hospital Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams

Dr. Theodore A. Stern is the Ned H. Cassem Professor of Psychiatry in the field of Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation at Harvard Medical School (HMS), Chief Emeritus of The Avery D. Weisman, Psychiatry Consultation Service, and Director of the Thomas P. Hackett Center for Scholarship in Psychosomatic Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Dr. Stern has co-authored more than 550 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and he has edited or authored more than 60 books (including the MGH Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry, the MGH Psychiatry Update and Board Preparation, Learning About Psychopharmacology, Facing Overweight and Obesity, Facing Pelvic Pain, Facing Memory Loss and Dementia, Facing Serious Mental Illness, and the MGH Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams). Dr. Stern is a Past-President of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) and is the Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of its journal, Psychosomatics (now called Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry). He has won the coveted "Best Teacher Award” from the graduating residents at the MGH/McLean Hospital Psychiatric Residency Training Program, the Cynthia N. Kettyle Teaching Award from the HMS Department of Psychiatry, the MGH Department of Psychiatry's Award for Exceptional Mentorship in the Clinical Realm, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Liaison Psychiatry, and the Thomas P. Hackett Award from the ACLP (its highest honor).

Review of the previous edition: "Over the years, I have read several editions of Dr. Stern’s Psychiatry Update & Board Preparation to study for shelf exams, PRITEs, board exams, and board recertification. This new Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams is an incredibly useful companion to the MGH Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, 2e, providing hundreds of new board-style questions. The annotated answers are exceptionally detailed. In many cases, one can learn as much (or more) from reading explanations about the incorrect choices as the correct ones. The preparing student who works this study guide in conjunction with the Psychiatry Update can expect to pass board certification and recertification…and pass comfortably." - Jonathan Stevens, MD MPH, Baylor College of Medicine"Those looking for a practical, comprehensive and authoritative tool to study for psychiatry examinations or just to keep current in the field should look no further. The Massachusetts General Hospital Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams offers broad coverage of relevant topics and thorough discussion of each question and its answers. This book is a portable psychiatric exam preparation course from a master teacher. It’s a must-have study reference." -John Shuster, MD, Former President, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

• Part I: Approach to the Patient1. The Doctor-Patient Relationship2. The Psychiatric Interview3. Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures4. Treatment AdherencePart II: Human Development5. Child, Adolescent, and Adult DevelopmentPart III: Rating Scales and Psychological/Neuropsychological Testing6. Diagnostic Rating Scales and Psychiatric Instruments7. Understanding and Applying Psychological Assessment8. Neuropsychological AssessmentPart IV: The Psychotherapies9. Coping With Medical Illness and Psychotherapy of Medically Ill Patients10. An Overview of the Psychotherapies11. Brief Psychotherapy: An Overview12. Couples Therapy13. Family Therapy14. Group Psychotherapy15. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Behavioral Therapy, and Cognitive TherapyPart V: Disorders of Cognition16. Delirium17. Neurocognitive Disorders and Dementia.18. Intellectual DisabilityPart VI: Psychiatric Diagnoses and Conditions19. The DSM-5 and DSM-5-Text Revision: A System for Psychiatric Diagnosis20. Psychiatric Neuroscience: Incorporating Pathophysiology into Clinical Case Formulation21. Mental Disorders Due to Another Medical Condition22. Sleep Disorders23. Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders24. Somatic Symptom Disorders25. Factitious Disorders and Malingering26. Substance Use Disorders27. Psychosis and Schizophrenia28. Depressive Disorders29. Bipolar Disorder30. Psychiatric Illness During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period31. Anxiety Disorders and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder32. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders33. Dissociative Disorders34. Sexual Disorders and Sexual Dysfunction35. Eating Disorders: Evaluation and Management36. Grief, Bereavement, and Adjustment Disorders37. Personality and Personality Disorders38. Catatonia, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, and Serotonin Syndrome39. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric DisordersPart VII: Psychosomatic Medicine40. Psychiatric Management of Patients With Cardiac Disease41. Psychiatric Management of Patients With Renal Disease42. Psychiatric Management of Patients With Gastrointestinal Disease43. Pretransplant Assessment and Posttransplant Management44. HIV Infection and AIDS45. COVID-19 Infection46. Psychiatric Co-morbidities and Complications of Cancer and Cancer Treatment47. Psychiatric Care of Patients With Pulmonary Disease48. Burns, Trauma, and Intensive Care Unit TreatmentPart VIII: Treatment Approaches49. The Pharmacotherapy of Anxiety Disorders50. Antipsychotic Drugs51. Pharmacologic Approaches to Depression and Treatment-Resistant Depression52. Device Neuromodulation and Brain Stimulation Therapies53. Lithium and Its Role in Psychiatry54. The Use of Antiepileptic Drugs in Psychiatry55. Pharmacotherapy of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Across the Life Span56. Drug-Drug Interactions in Psychopharmacology57. Side Effects of Psychotropic Medications58. Natural Medications in PsychiatryPart IX: Special Topics in Psychiatry59. The Suicidal Patient60. Law and Psychiatry61. Intimate Partner Violence62. Psychiatric Correlates and Consequences of Abuse and Neglect63. Patients With Genetic Syndromes64. Serious Mental Illness65. Community Psychiatry66. Culture and Psychiatry67. Psychiatric Epidemiology68. Collaborative Care and Primary Care Psychiatry69. Geriatric Psychiatry70. Care at the End of Life: Psychiatric and Ethical Apects71. Care of LGBTQIA+ Patients72. Obesity and Its ManagementPart X: Neuropsychiatry73. Neuroanatomical Systems Relevant to Neuropsychiatric Disorders74. The Neurologic Examination75. Neuropsychiatric Principles and Differential Diagnosis76. Neuroimaging in Psychiatry77. Clinical Neurophysiology and Electroencephalography78. Epilepsy and Its Psychiatric Manifestations79. Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Headaches80. Pathophysiology, Psychiatric Comorbidity, and Treatment of Pain81. Psychiatric Aspects of Stroke Syndromes82. Psychiatric Manifestations of Traumatic Brain InjuriesPart XI: Care in Special Settings83. Emergency Psychiatry84. Military Psychiatry85. Disaster Psychiatry86. Global Psychiatry and Mental Health in the Postpandemic Period87. The Interface of Climate and Psychiatry88. Sport Psychiatry89. School Collaboration and ConsultationPart XII: Preparing for the Future90. Coping With the Rigors of Psychiatric Practice91. Mindfulness and Resilience