The Neurology and Psychiatry Work-Up

Patient Encounters: The Neurology and Psychiatry Work-Up provides practical, how-to guidance for medical students approaching patients for the first time in a new psychiatry/neurology rotation. This pocket-sized book covers most common conditions encountered in the psychiatry/neurology clerkship and focuses on the important stages or timelines in the patient encounter. The book identifies pertinent positives, negatives, and alert conditions in the history and physical examination; provides guidance on working up the patient, including appropriate diagnostic studies and procedures; explains the rationale behind clinical decision making; and provides diagnosis-based, evidence-based, high-yield, peer-reviewed journal references.