ABSTRACT
Candidates for the MRCPsych examinations have often found the Basic Sciences component one of the hardest to pass and while it underpins all clinical practice, it will continue to be a large part of the Part II syllabus. The extremely popular Examination Notes in Psychiatry: Basic Sciences has been fully revised and expanded for this second edition
1 Basic psychology 2 Social psychology 3 Neuropsychology 4 Psychological assessment 5 Human development 6 Social sciences 7 Important theorists and their concepts 8 Psychopathology 9 Neuroanatomy 10 Neurology 11 Neuropathology 12 Neurophysiology 13 Neurochemistry 14 Psychopharmacology 15 Genetics 16 Neuroimaging 17 Peptidergic neurotransmission and neuroendocrinology 18 Statistics
