Lewis's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Review: 1400 Questions to Help You Pass the Boards [Paperback]

Yann B. Poncin (Author), Prakash K. Thomas (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781795079 | ISBN-13: 978-0781795074 | Publication Date: September 23, 2009 | Edition: 1

This book presents a representative sample of multiple-choice questions, with answers and explanations, for preparing to take the various subspecialty examinations offered in child and adolescent psychiatry, which include the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology certification and in-training (PRITE) exams. All content is drawn from the most popular text on the subject: Lewis's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Fourth Edition (2007), edited by Andrés Martin and Fred R. Volkmar of the Yale Child Study Center and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Following the explanation for each answer, page references in the Lewis text direct readers to information validating the response. Two chapters address test-taking strategies and tips.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1 edition (September 23, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781795079
• ISBN-13: 978-0781795074
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #502,893 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Highly Problematic "Board Review" Book, May 23, 2010

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Dr. John P. Williams Jr. (St. Davids, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lewis's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Review: 1400 Questions to Help You Pass the Boards (Paperback)

As a fellowship-trained child psychiatrist about to take Part 1 of the child psychiatry boards, I was really hoping that this would be a helpful resource, but after completing the 1400 questions about five minutes ago, I was moved to go Amazon (where I purchased it) and write this review. Having taken multiple PRITE exams and scored above the mean, I must say that this review book is filled with questions that are unlikely to ever be asked on the boards. For example, Page 121: "For a pediatric residency program to be accredited, it must have how many months of child and adolescent psychiatry exposure?" Huh? Are we studying to join the ACGME board of directors? There are many more totally random questions of little clinical significance. This was clearly written as a review for the contents of the Lewis textbook--NOT as a board review book (despite the disingenous subtitle: "1400 Questions to Help You Pass Your Boards.") When I did the tests, I actually marked up the book with pen, and I was disheartened that I would not be able to resell it on Amazon at a good price. Now, I realize that I would not want to torment another board preparer with this text, and will therefore dump it in the recyclable bin.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Focused on questions, December 30, 2009

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John S - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lewis's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Review: 1400 Questions to Help You Pass the Boards (Paperback)

This book contains 7 tests of 200 questions each. The questions are in standard A-D & A-E format, along with some additional T-F questions. Besides a foreword and introduction, there are many questions. (The editorial description states that two chapters are about test-taking strategies and tips, but these are not included here--there are no chapters, just tests.) The answer key provides the correct answer, an explanation for many of the answers, and a page reference to the parent textbook from which the questions are derived (helpful for those instances where you really don't know why you got an answer wrong); however, this book stands on its own. I was motivated to write a review to clarify what this book offers. The questions are geared to review it seems, covering a wider range than the boards, and harder than the boards. I do think this book offers what it purports to offer, hence the 5 star rating.