Psychiatry Made Ridiculously Simple (MedMaster Series, 1999 Edition)

Rating:
Summary: Excellent basic text
Review: Like all the books of this fabulous series, you get the relevant and usable information (minus the excess) with excellent clinical applications and cases, plus those golden mnemonics to ease the pain of rote learning. Only about 90 pages, so you can read it a couple of times and gain a good basic understanding of psychiatry; it probably lacks a bit of the necessary detail that med school demands, although you can always add this later after gaining the essentials. And of course, the classic style of the text makes it quite enjoyable to read.

Rating:
Summary: Out of date
Review: While the description indicates that the third edition of this book was revised in 1999, much of the "information" is hopelessly out of date. This book, if relied upon by a clinician, would result in inferior care for patients.