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"This is a textbook for undergraduates and an excellent one at that." Oxford Journals, June 2010
"The publication of Neel Burton′s excellent 2nd edition of Psychiatry is particularly opportune, coming as it does during what some have described as the specialty’s ‘recruitment crisis’. This undergraduate textbook is colourful, concise and engaging, the ideal primer to pique a student’s interest in mental health studies.
By turns intellectually challenging and entertaining (its first two quotations come from Nietzsche and Alice in Wonderland) the text is easily picked up and dipped into at random or studied more earnestly, chapter–by–chapter. Each section is introduced with a list of learning objectives and concluded with a summary of key facts. Its salient points are delivered alongside informative, appropriately selected case studies and consolidated with 12 pages of self–assessment of the widely used ‘Extended Matching’ (EMQ) variety." International Journal of Culture and Mental Health
International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 2007; 11(1): 79
Neel Burton is to be congratulated on producing such an excellent, enjoyable, and enlivening book. His considerable enthusiasm for the subject matter of psychiatry shines through the pages of this introductory textbook and should make it even more interesting for the target audience of medical undergraduates.
The book is both useful and enjoyable. The overall format, helpful illustrations and diagrams, and thought-provoking spiritual and philosophical quotations all combine to make it "a good read". I would have no hesitation in recommending it to medical students and even to junior psychiatric trainees. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I came across this book in the library and immediately took a liking to it. When I took it home I actually could not put it down, and ended up falling asleep over it. Not only is the book easy and, dare I say, fun to read, but the artistic and literary content gave me some incredible insights into mental illness. At the same time, the book covered all the aspects of the syllabus succinctly and effectively and I found it very useful both for learning from and for revision. Highly recommended.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Once you get past the author's style and flair (which may appeal to other readers), this new text is an excellent guide to the speciality, with detailed information about diseases and their impact on real patients. Cases bring the book to life, and summary boxes help to retain knowledge. Beautifully presented with full colour, it certainly looks attractive and makes reading enjoyable. Well worth looking at if you are in the market for a psychiatry book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I bought Burton's Psychiatry just before starting a four month post in psychiatry to refresh my memory and make sure I was not completely unsafe on my first day on the wards. The textbook was not available when I did my psychiatry at medical school and is a very different beast from the textbooks that I used then.
The first thing to say is that the textbook fit the bill very nicely: it's very clear and very succinct and it's entirely possible to read it in just one weekend, which is just about all the time I had. Clinical skills such as asking about delusions and hallucinations or assessing suicidal risk are summarised in purple boxes and were particularly useful in my case.
Best of all though was the fact that the textbook is actually a pleasure to read. It's in full colour and heavily illustrated with art work, literary quotations, and case studies of people with mental disorders. All this makes the "bread and butter" of the book so much more immediate and relevant and also provides a welcome break from fact learning.
Basically, the textbook's clarity and practicality combined with its innovative and inspirational teaching style make it without a doubt the best medical (let alone psychiatry) textbook that I have read. I could not recommend it more.
The first thing to say is that the textbook fit the bill very nicely: it's very clear and very succinct and it's entirely possible to read it in just one weekend, which is just about all the time I had. Clinical skills such as asking about delusions and hallucinations or assessing suicidal risk are summarised in purple boxes and were particularly useful in my case.
Best of all though was the fact that the textbook is actually a pleasure to read. It's in full colour and heavily illustrated with art work, literary quotations, and case studies of people with mental disorders. All this makes the "bread and butter" of the book so much more immediate and relevant and also provides a welcome break from fact learning.
Basically, the textbook's clarity and practicality combined with its innovative and inspirational teaching style make it without a doubt the best medical (let alone psychiatry) textbook that I have read. I could not recommend it more.
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Just what I needed for psychiatry
When we start our psychiatry rotation at Oxford, we are lent a number of recommended textbooks by the department, but everyone goes straight to the library to take this one out. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Eliza
Very concise, comprehensive, and interesting
The first thing about this book is that it is very beautifully produced, in full colour with beautiful pictures and photos throughout. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Gulliver
An eye-opener
'Psychiatry' not only makes psychiatry easy to learn, but it also makes it fun and interesting.
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Published on 29 Dec 2007 by Aaliyah
An excellent read
The two negative customer reviews on this site, both posted on the same date and in the same style, seem to be a personally-motivated attack on the young author of what is clearly... Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2007 by Psychoanalytix
Too much waffle and too little psychiatry!!!
I bought this book online last week and have already returned it! I had been searching for a good introductory text to psychiatry and one of my friends recommended Dr Burton's... Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2007 by Ben D
Approach with caution!
As a final year medical student preparing for exams I was looking for a clearly written and concise overview of psychiatry that would provide me with core and up to date knowledge... Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2007 by Final Year Medical Student
Vastly enriched my experience of the psychiatry rotation
This book is very different from any medical textbook you've ever read. It has a great number of merits but arguably its greatest merit is to have singlehandedly transformed the... Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2006 by Fraxinus2000
lovely introduction to one of the core subjects
this book puts in enough context and history to keep it interesting and relevant whilst also dealing with the necessary basic clinical skills and concepts of therapeutics. Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2006 by St George's Student
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This is an excellent text which explains psychiatry in an easy to understand way. Case histories provide an insight into how conditions present. Read more
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