Product Description: Following in the footsteps of the ground-breaking, prize-winning first edition, this third edition of Psychiatry is a concise yet comprehensive textbook of mental health for medical students, junior doctors, general practitioners, mental health nurses, social workers, and anyone else needing or wishing for a fresh, modern, and engaging account of mental disorders...read more

Product Description: This book aims to open up the debate on mental disorders, to get people interested and talking, and to get them thinking. For example, what is schizophrenia? Why is it so common? Why does it affect human beings but not other animals? What might this tell us about our mind and body, language and creativity, music and religion? What are the boundaries between mental disorder and ‘normality’? Is there a relationship between mental disorder and genius? These are some of the difficult but important questions that this book confronts, with the overarching aim of exploring what mental disorders can teach us about human nature and the human condition...read more

Product Description: My doctor tells me that, at last, I am dying. The time has come for me to write, or, rather, dictate these letters to you. I pray that I might remain lucid for long enough to finish the task and ask that you forgive any lapses in my memory or reason...read more

Product Description: This prize-winning book, now in its second edition, provides schizophrenia sufferers and their carers with a source of information about the illness that is accessible, reliable and comprehensive. By teaching you about the condition, Living with Schizophrenia aims to alleviate any feelings of fear and isolation that you may have, and provide you with a realistic sense of hope and optimism...read more

Product Description: Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with "on the go". Their highly affordable price represents great value for those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment...read more

Product Description: Clinical Skills for Medical Students covers virtually all the skills that are taught and examined at medical school.The clear and concise text, attractive layout, and numerous tables and figures make it very easy for medical students, junior trainees, and other healthcare professionals to prepare for clinical examinations and/or succeed in clinical practice...read more

Product Description: What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it. - Miguel de Unamuno.How and why do we deceive ourselves? How does this impact on us and those around us? And what, if anything, can we do about it? This book is a stand-alone sequel and companion piece to 'The Art of Failure', which explores what it means to be successful, and how, if at all, true success can be achieved...read more

Product Description: Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, and ability to function. The main symptoms of are mood swings, ranging from extreme happiness (mania) to extreme sadness or depression which can last several weeks or more...read more

This full-colour fourth edition of the perennially popular Clinical Skills for OSCEs covers virtually all the skills examined at medical school.Based on feedback from students and examiners, key additions include:-          100 mock marking schemes-          Up-to-date information, including the latest resuscitation guidelines and the recent amendments to the Mental Health Act.-          More detailed coverage of difficult areas such as orthopaedic examinations and X-ray interpretation.-          More detailed coverage of the medical conditions that are likely to come up in an OSCE setting.-          More photographs, figures, and tables than ever before. From reviews of the third edition: 'An invaluable guide to clinical skills for OSCEs … A must-have for all students!' - International Journal of Clinical Skills'This is a very good book covering virtually all the possible OSCE stations that you are likely to find yourself in … I will definitely be using it for my OSCE revision.' – Joel Newman'This excellent book on clinical skills for OSCEs is concise, informative, and comprehensive. I have no doubt whatsoever that anyone who has mastered its content will sail through the final OSCE and indeed enjoy the experience.' – Professor Sir Cyril Chantler'Ecclesiastes’ comment that "Of making many books there is no end and much study is a weariness of the flesh" is as true as ever, but this book is so brilliant and useful that it is well worth all the hard work that went into its production.' – Professor Lord McColl

This full-colour fourth edition of the perennially popular Clinical Skills for OSCEs covers virtually all the skills examined at medical school.Based on feedback from students and examiners, key additions include:-          100 mock marking schemes-          Up-to-date information, including the latest resuscitation guidelines and the recent amendments to the Mental Health Act.-          More detailed coverage of difficult areas such as orthopaedic examinations and X-ray interpretation.-          More detailed coverage of the medical conditions that are likely to come up in an OSCE setting.-          More photographs, figures, and tables than ever before. From reviews of the third edition: 'An invaluable guide to clinical skills for OSCEs … A must-have for all students!' - International Journal of Clinical Skills'This is a very good book covering virtually all the possible OSCE stations that you are likely to find yourself in … I will definitely be using it for my OSCE revision.' – Joel Newman'This excellent book on clinical skills for OSCEs is concise, informative, and comprehensive. I have no doubt whatsoever that anyone who has mastered its content will sail through the final OSCE and indeed enjoy the experience.' – Professor Sir Cyril Chantler'Ecclesiastes’ comment that "Of making many books there is no end and much study is a weariness of the flesh" is as true as ever, but this book is so brilliant and useful that it is well worth all the hard work that went into its production.' – Professor Lord McColl