Summary:

Completely up to date with the latest examination changes, Get Through MRCPsych: MCQs for Paper 1 contains 640 ‘best answer 1 of 5’ multiple choice questions (MCQs) presented in a format closely matching the new syllabus. Modelled on actual exam questions so that they accurately reflect the style and level of difficulty, candidates can test and assess their knowledge aiding thorough exam preparation. Providing useful revision advice on question comprehension and answer strategies, candidates can feel fully prepared when they enter the examination room.

Featuring an invaluable collection of revision MCQs and detailed explanatory answers referenced to major journals and specialist textbooks, Get Through MRCPsych: MCQs for Paper 1 is the essential revision book for trainee psychiatrists.

• 640 MCQs covering all areas of the MRCPsych Paper 1 curriculum

• MCQs presented according to the new curriculum, making revision easier and allowing candidates to get more out of their valuable revision time

• Featuring detailed explanatory answers, the trainee can feel fully prepared when they enter the examination room

• This book lends itself well to group revision

• Includes useful tips for preparing for the exam and information on the exam itself

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Recommended reading
1. Basic psychological processes: Questions
Visual perception and sensory processes
Information processing and attention
Motivation, emotion and stress
Memory, language and thought
Answers
2. Learning theory and personality: Questions
Learning theory
Personality
Levels of awareness
Answers
3. Human development: Questions
Answers
4. Social psychology and basic psychological treatments: Questions
Social psychology and social sciences
Basic psychological treatments
Answers
5. Descriptive psychopathology: Questions
Answers
6. Psychopharmacology: antidepressants and anxiolytics: Questions
Answers
7. Psychopharmacology: antipsychotics and organic disorders: Questions
Answers
8. Clinical psychiatry 1: Questions
History and mental state examination
Neurological examination
Cognitive assessment
Answers
9. Clinical psychiatry 2: Questions
Assessment, ethics and philosophy
Answers
10. Clinical psychiatry 3: Questions
History, classification and stigma
Answers
11. Clinical psychiatry 4: Questions
Organic and psychotic disorders
Answers
12. Clinical psychiatry 5: Questions
Affective, neurotic and personality disorders
Answers

About the Author(s):

Arunraj Kaimal MBBS MRCPsych
Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist and Honorary Lecturer in Psychiatry, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK

Manoj Rajagopal MBBS MRCPsych MSc
ST-5 in Old Age Psychiatry, Hope Hospital, Manchester, UK

Salman Karim MBBS FCPS MSc
Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist and Honorary Lecturer in Psychiatry, Hope Hospital, Manchester, UK

Readership:
Trainees preparing for the MRCPsych Paper 1 exam and trainees in psychiatry

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