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Not enough................., June 26, 2008
This review is from: Psychiatry Test Preparation and Review Manual: Text with CD-ROM, 1e (Paperback)
This book did not prepare me for the boards at all!!!!!!! The questions are much much difficult on the test compared to this book. Also, CD-ROM does not let you take the test like you are taking real test.
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28 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent review for the boards!, December 13, 2006
This review is from: Psychiatry Test Preparation and Review Manual: Text with CD-ROM, 1e (Paperback)
This is an excellent review for the Psychiatry Boards and PRITE, with questions written in the same style as the boards themselves. This book is a great way to test your knowledge, with thorough and well written explanations of both correct and incorrect answers. The accompanying CD-ROM allows you to answer the questions as if you were actually taking the exam in a computerized setting just like the boards are now offered. This book should be a priority in one's review for psychiatry.
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24 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
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Great for MOC, too, March 10, 2008
This review is from: Psychiatry Test Preparation and Review Manual: Text with CD-ROM, 1e (Paperback)
I took the MOC exam today, 15 years after my original ABPN certification. Not that easy to find study resources for the Maintenance of Certification exam. This general Boards review is appropriate for the MOC, though MOC is more clinical mgt. and less basic science than Part I.
PROs:
-A bargain: hundreds of dollars less than the modules and journal courses offered by the APA press (especially if you aren't a member) and way less than the MOC course ($1500) I located.
-Comprehensive: 600 exam q's divided into 4 tests, new material and some already covered in each one.
-Extremely time-efficient, with correct answer and the 4 incorrect answers explained with each question.
-Exact format of exam: computerized (if you use the disc), single answer multiple choice, includes automatic 90 second countdown timer( MOC is 200 q's in 5 hours).
-Very detailed neurology and genetic syndromes**(SEE BELOW)
CONs:
-1 or 2 answers give incorrect info, the one I recall is pinpoint pupils are a sign of heroin withdrawal. A different question correctly lists that with signs of heroin intoxication. It's 2 (I think) that I caught, a tiny percentage, just something to be aware of.
-Minor issue, kind of funny, a little distracting, is missing hyphens throughout, thus 7090% of pt's have so and so, treatment of SAD is 26 hours of bright light daily.
Differences vs MOC: Many more TCA q's in book, many more q's about ego defenses and appropriate psychotherapy options for X,Y or Z disorder on test, neuro is much more basic on test.
**-Very detailed neurology and genetic syndromes: for the MOC only, much complex than the exam. CAVEAT: This probably doesn't apply to the initial ABPN Part I exam. Lindsay's review here found the neuro on target. A great resource to pair with this book's explanations of stroke and other neuropathology syndromes is the Washington U med school's awesome Neuroscience Tutorial [...]
Excellent resource, highly recommended. Good Luck!
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