The Physician Assistant Student's Guide to the Clinical Year: Behavioral Health

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Author: Maureen Knechtel, MPAS, PA-C, Jill Cavalet, DHSc, PA-C
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Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Publication Date: 2020
ISBN 10: 0826195288
ISBN 13: 9780826195289
eISBN: 9780826195388
Edition: 1st
Description:
Written by an experienced PA educator, this guide details the clinical approach to common presentations such as anxiety, depression, and substance use disorders. It also provides a systems-based approach to 40 of the most frequently encountered disorders you will see in this rotation, including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and personality disorders. Distinguished by brief, bulleted content with handy tables and figures, the reference offers all pertinent psychiatric rating scales, screening tools, and diagnostic criteria needed to confirm a diagnosis. This guide also describes the urgent management techniques you will learn during the behavioral health rotation, including suicide risk assessment, management of delirium tremens, and use of restraints.
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