Massachusetts General Hospital Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams, 2nd Edition

Part I: Approach to the Patient
1 The Doctor-Patient Relationship
2 The Psychiatric Interview
3 Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures
4 Treatment Adherence
Part II: Human Development
5 Child, Adolescent, and Adult Development
Part III: Rating Scales and Psychological/Neuropsychological Testing
6 Diagnostic Rating Scales and Psychiatric Instruments
7 Understanding and Applying Psychological Assessment
8 Neuropsychological Assessment
Part IV: The Psychotherapies
9 Coping With Medical Illness and Psychotherapy of Medically Ill Patients
10 An Overview of the Psychotherapies
11 Brief Psychotherapy: An Overview
12 Couples Therapy
13 Family Therapy
14 Group Psychotherapy
15 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Behavioral Therapy, and Cognitive Therapy
Part V: Disorders of Cognition
16 Delirium
17 Neurocognitive Disorders and Dementia.
18 Intellectual Disability
Part VI: Psychiatric Diagnoses and Conditions
19 The DSM-5 and DSM-5-Text Revision: A System for Psychiatric Diagnosis
20 Psychiatric Neuroscience: Incorporating Pathophysiology into Clinical Case Formulation
21 Mental Disorders Due to Another Medical Condition
22 Sleep Disorders
23 Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders
24 Somatic Symptom Disorders
25 Factitious Disorders and Malingering
26 Substance Use Disorders
27 Psychosis and Schizophrenia
28 Depressive Disorders
29 Bipolar Disorder
30 Psychiatric Illness During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period
31 Anxiety Disorders and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
32 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
33 Dissociative Disorders
34 Sexual Disorders and Sexual Dysfunction
35 Eating Disorders: Evaluation and Management
36 Grief, Bereavement, and Adjustment Disorders
37 Personality and Personality Disorders
38 Catatonia, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, and Serotonin Syndrome
39 Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders
Part VII: Psychosomatic Medicine
40 Psychiatric Management of Patients With Cardiac Disease
41 Psychiatric Management of Patients With Renal Disease
42 Psychiatric Management of Patients With Gastrointestinal Disease
43 Pretransplant Assessment and Posttransplant Management
44 HIV Infection and AIDS
45 COVID-19 Infection
46 Psychiatric Co-morbidities and Complications of Cancer and Cancer Treatment
47 Psychiatric Care of Patients With Pulmonary Disease
48 Burns, Trauma, and Intensive Care Unit Treatment
Part VIII: Treatment Approaches
49 The Pharmacotherapy of Anxiety Disorders
50 Antipsychotic Drugs
51 Pharmacologic Approaches to Depression and Treatment-Resistant Depression
52 Device Neuromodulation and Brain Stimulation Therapies
53 Lithium and Its Role in Psychiatry
54 The Use of Antiepileptic Drugs in Psychiatry
55 Pharmacotherapy of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Across the Life Span
56 Drug-Drug Interactions in Psychopharmacology
57 Side Effects of Psychotropic Medications
58 Natural Medications in Psychiatry
Part IX: Special Topics in Psychiatry
59 The Suicidal Patient
60 Law and Psychiatry
61 Intimate Partner Violence
62 Psychiatric Correlates and Consequences of Abuse and Neglect
63 Patients With Genetic Syndromes
64 Serious Mental Illness
65 Community Psychiatry
66 Culture and Psychiatry
67 Psychiatric Epidemiology
68 Collaborative Care and Primary Care Psychiatry
69 Geriatric Psychiatry
70 Care at the End of Life: Psychiatric and Ethical Apects
71 Care of LGBTQIA+ Patients
72 Obesity and Its Management
Part X: Neuropsychiatry
73 Neuroanatomical Systems Relevant to Neuropsychiatric Disorders
74 The Neurologic Examination
75 Neuropsychiatric Principles and Differential Diagnosis
76 Neuroimaging in Psychiatry
77 Clinical Neurophysiology and Electroencephalography
78 Epilepsy and Its Psychiatric Manifestations
79 Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Headaches
80 Pathophysiology, Psychiatric Comorbidity, and Treatment of Pain
81 Psychiatric Aspects of Stroke Syndromes
82 Psychiatric Manifestations of Traumatic Brain Injuries
Part XI: Care in Special Settings
83 Emergency Psychiatry
84 Military Psychiatry
85 Disaster Psychiatry
86 Global Psychiatry and Mental Health in the Postpandemic Period
87 The Interface of Climate and Psychiatry
88 Sport Psychiatry
89 School Collaboration and Consultation
Part XII: Preparing for the Future
90 Coping With the Rigors of Psychiatric Practice
91 Mindfulness and Resilience

Theodore A. Stern, MD, Psychiatrist and Chief Emeritus, Avery D. Weisman Psychiatry Consultation Service, Director, Thomas P. Hackett Center for Scholarship in Psychosomatic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Ned H. Cassem Professor of Psychiatry in the Field, Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA