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Psychiatry/Neurology: Pretest Self-Assessment and Review

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I am in the process of studying for Part I of the Psychiatry Boards and bought this book. I was particularly interested in boning up on Neurology, and turned to the Neurology portion in the front of the book. I then became terrified at my lack of knowledge, wondering how I could ever be expected to know this stuff. Turns out that half of this book (the first half, in this case) is intended for neurologists studying for their Boards, and includes an appropriately measured section on Psychiatry; the second half is for psychiatrists, and has a similarly basic section on Neurology. Having recovered from my near CVA, I have found the Neurology (for psychiatrists) questions to be reassuringly accessible to my knowledge base, but I could have done with a few more questions of this sort. Neurologists will presumably feel the same about their section. I am not quite sure of the logic of making one book for the two different populations, other than justifying the printing run. However, all of the questions in the portion of the book for psychiatrists have been appropriately challenging, the answers are appropriately explanatory, and overall the book has been very helpful in assessing my own areas of strength and weakness. Just expect to buy half a book that you won't use, unless you are double-boarding, or want to be humbled by how much you don't know about another doctor's specialty.