El. knyga: Revision Guide for MRCPsych Paper A [Taylor & Francis e-book]

PART I: Behavioural Sciences and Sociocultural Psychiatry; 1
Fundamentals of Psychology; a) Conditioning; b) Shaping and Chaining; c)
Social Learning Theory; d) Perceptual Organisation; e) Theories of
Perception; f) Memory; g) Retrieval; h) Ribots Law; i) Memory Disorders; j)
Memory Neuroscience; k) Brain Structures Involved in Memory; 2 Basic and
Social Psychology; a) Personality; b) Emotion; c) Motivation; d) Attitudes;
e) Intelligence; f) Cognitive Dissonance (Leon Festinger); g)
Self-Psychology; h) Attribution; i) Theory of Mind; j) Controversial Studies;
k) Groups and Conforming; l) Consent in Minors; 3 Sociocultural Psychiatry;
a) Ethics; b) Global Ethical Policies; c) Human Rights; d) Models of Illness;
e) Family Life; f) Theory of Expressed Emotion (EE); g) Society and Mental
Health; h) History of Major Publications in Psychiatry; i) Important Figures
in Psychiatry; j) Immigration and Schizophrenia; k) Stigma; l) Grief; PART
II: Human Development; 4 Theories of Human Development; a) Piagets Theory of
Cognitive Development; b) The Zone of Proximal Development; c) Kohlbergs
Theory of Moral Development; d) Freuds Stages of Psychosexual Development
(1905); e) Eriksons Stages of Psychosocial Development; f) Mahlers
Separation-Individuation Stages of Child Development (1968); g) Table of
Relevant Developmental Stages; h) Temperament; i) Fear; j) Speech/Language
Milestones; k) Motor Milestones; l) Attachment Theory; m) Studies Related to
Attachment; n) Mary Ainsworth (1973); o) Developmental Concepts; p) Parenting
Styles; q) Freudian Concepts; r) Assessment of Intelligence; PART III: Basic
Neurosciences; 5 Neuroanatomy; a) Brain Development; b) Cranial Fossae; c)
Meningeal Layers; d) Cortical Structures; f) Cranial Foramina; g) Subcortical
Structures; h) Thalamus; i) Cerebellum; j) Brain Stem and Cranial Nerves; k)
White Matter Pathways; l) Spinal Cord; m) Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF); n) Blood
Supply; o) Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB); 6 Neurophysiology; a) The Action
Potential; b) The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis (HPA); c) Adrenal
Fatigue; d) Thyroid Gland; e) Adrenal Cortex; f) Dexamethasone Suppression
Tests (DSTs); g) Tremors; h) Electroencephalograms (EEG); i) Sleep
Architecture; j) Sleep Disorders; 7 Neurochemistry; a) Classification of
Receptors; b) Biogenic Amines; c) Catecholamines; d) Monoamine Oxidase (MAO);
e) Acetylcholine; 8 Molecular Genetics; a) DNA; b) RNA; c) Copying DNA; d)
DNA Mutations; e) Translocations; f) Terminology; g) Mendelian Inheritance ;
h) Non-Mendelian Inheritance; i) Techniques in Molecular Genetics; j)
Heritability; k) Concordance; l) HardyWeinberg Equilibrium; m) Genetic
Studies; n) Schizophrenia Genetics; o) Affective Disorders Genetics; p)
Autism Genetics; q) Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Genetics;
r) Summary of Genetic Disorders; 9 Clinical Neuropathology; a) Alzheimers
Disease (AD); b) Lewy Body Dementia (LBD); c) Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD);
d) Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD); e) Schizophrenia; f) Parkinsons Disease;
g) Summary of Pathological Findings; 10 Applied Neurosciences; a) Frontal
Lobe; b) Parietal Lobe; c) Temporal Lobe Lesions; d) Apraxia; e) Language; f)
Agnosia; PART IV: Clinical Psychopharmacology; 11 Mechanisms of Psychotropic
Drugs; a) Classification of Psychotropic Medications; b) Typical
Antipsychotics; d) Antidepressants; e) Anxiolytics and Sedatives; f)
Antiepileptics and Mood Stabilisers; g) Dementia Drugs; h) ADHD Drugs; i)
Drugs Used in the Treatment of Substance Misuse; j) Recreational Drugs; 12
Specifics of Prescribing; a) Rational Prescribing; b) Drugs With Psychiatric
Side Effects; c) Side Effects of Antidepressants; d) Antidepressant
Withdrawal; e) Side Effects of Antipsychotics; f) Metabolic Side Effects of
Antipsychotics; g) Antipsychotic Associated Hyperprolactinaemia; h) Drug
Doses; i) Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome and Serotonin Syndrome; j) Allergies
and Toxicity; k) Specialist Drug Monitoring; l) Prescribing in Special
Groups; m) Prescribing in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding; n) Principles in
Psychiatric Emergencies; o) Driving; p) Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT); q)
Factors Affecting Medication Adherence; r) The Placebo Effect; 13
Pharmacokinetics; a) Key Aspects; b) Absorption; c) Distribution; d)
Metabolism; e) Excretion; 14 Broader Aspects of Psychopharmacology; a)
Clinical Trials; b) Adverse Event Reporting; PART V: Classification and
Assessment; 15 Classification; a) Diagnostic Manuals; b) Changes From DSM-IV
to DSM-5; c) Approaches to Classification; 16 History and Mental State
Examination; a) The Psychiatric History; b) Cognitive Function; c) The
Neurological Examination; d) Blood Investigations; e) Specialist Dementia
Scans; f) Delirium; g) Eating Disorders; h) Treatment With Comorbid HIV
Infection; i) Intelligence Quotient (IQ); j) Assessment Scales; 17
Psychopathology; a) Thought Disorders; b) Classifying Thought Form; c)
Explanatory Models; d) Classifying Thought Content; e) Disorders of Speech;
f) Disorders of Memory; g) Disorders of Mood and Affect; h) Disorders of
Perception; 18 Diagnosis and ICD-10 Classification Codes; a) ICD-10 vs.
DSM-IV 198; b) F00F09 Organic, Including Symptomatic, Mental Disorders; c)
F10F19 Mental and Behavioural Disorders Due to Psychoactive Substance Use;
d) F20F29 Schizophrenia, Schizotypal and Delusional Disorder; e) F30F39
Mood (Affective) Disorders; f) F40F49 Neurotic, Stress-Related and
Somatoform Disorders; g) F50F59 Behavioural Syndromes Associated With
Physiological Disturbances and Physical Factors; h) F60F69 Disorders of
Adult Personality and Behaviour

Richard Kerslake, MBBS, MRCPsych, is a higher trainee in general adult and older persons psychiatry. He is a graduate of the Royal Free and University College London medical school. Dr. Kerslake is currently based in Sussex, England, having previously worked at Orygen Youth Health, Melbourne, and then completed core training in London. He is currently an honorary clinical lecturer at Brighton & Sussex Medical School where he has a special interest in simulation-based education and training of physician associates.

Elizabeth Templeton, MBChB, MRCPsych, trained at the University of Liverpool and graduated with honours in 2006. She moved to London soon after to start her psychiatric core training within the Camden and Islington Foundation Trust. Dr. Templeton has always had a keen interest in medical education; she has contributed to OSCEsmart, a published revision guide for practical exams, and she has played a significant role in the development of a pan-London simulation-based training programme. Dr. Templeton is now a specialist registrar in East London.

Lisanne Stock, BMBCh, MRCPsych, graduated from the University of Oxford and completed her foundation and core training in North Central London, where she continues to work as a higher trainee in general adult psychiatry. Dr. Stock has an interest in medical education and co-runs the CASC In Hand tailored revision course for the final part of the MRCPsych examinations. Dr. Stock is also a trustee for the charity Nip in the Bud, which aims to improve recognition of mental health conditions in primary school children via film.