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Chapter 26 - Clinical Scenarios

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2019

By
Ben Underwood  and
Jerry Brown
Edited by
Rob Butler  and
Cornelius Katona
Rob Butler
Affiliation:
Waitemata DHB and North Shore Hospital, Auckland
Cornelius Katona
Affiliation:
Helen Bamber Foundation
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Summary

In this final chapter we try to bring to life much of the information in previous chapters by describing characteristic clinical cases. These are supplemented by clinical questions and advice relevant to those sitting the Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competencies (CASC) component of the MRCPsych examination. For those readers preparing for examinations we wish you the best of luck.

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Seminars in Old Age Psychiatry , pp. 291 - 302
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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