Psychiatric Phenomenology From First Principles for Medical Students Psychiatric Residents and Practitioners

<p>Obtaining a grounded understanding of psychiatric phenomenology otherwise known as descriptive psychopathology is the most important step in diagnosing and properly treating people with mental health concerns.</p><p><br></p><p>How then can this be best accomplished if not by teaching the fundamentals of descriptive psychopathology in a manner that the knowledge can be easily absorbed? Hence the term from first principles as appearing in the title.</p><p><br></p><p>There is no jargon and no superfluous descriptions of psychiatric phenomena that inadvertently confuse students from the actual acquisition of knowledge.</p><p><br></p><p>Passing term examinations and board examinations in psychiatry is the ultimate goal of medical students and psychiatric residents. This book is a gold mine of high-yield materials for these examinations.</p>