Source: RCPsych
Classification and assessment in psychiatry (CAP)
Sims' Symptoms in the Mind: An Introduction to Descriptive Psychopathology Paperback – 21 April 2008
by Femi Oyebode
Fish's Clinical Psychopathology: Signs and Symptoms in Psychiatry
by Patricia Casey | 1 Feb 2024
Making Sense of the ICD-11: For Mental Health Professionals (Royal College of Psychiatrists) Paperback – 26 Oct. 2023 by Peter Tyrer (Editor)
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) Paperback – 31 May 2013
by American Psychiatric Association (Author)
Behavioural science and socio-cultural psychiatry, and human development
Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour 8th Edition by Richard Gross | 31 Jul 2020
Atkinson And Hilgards Introduction To Psychology, 16 Ed (2015)
Within this but more relevant for social and cultural psychiatry
Textbook of Cultural Psychiatry 2nd Edition, 2018 by Dinesh Bhugra (Author, Editor), Kamaldeep Bhui (Editor) OR below
Principles of Social Psychiatry by Craig Morgan and Dinesh Bhugra | 13 Apr 2010
Neurosciences
Agrawal N, Poole N, eds. Essential Neuroscience for Psychiatrists. Cambridge University Press; 2024
Online resources from National Neuroscience Curriculum Initiative
Mary-Ellen Lynall, Jones, P.B. and Stahl, S.M. (2023). Cambridge Textbook of Neuroscience for Psychiatrists. RCPsych Publications
Psychopharmacology
The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry (The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines Series) 14th edition 2021
The Maudsley Practice Guidelines for Physical Health Conditions in Psychiatry (The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines Series) 2020
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence online resource
General resources (refer to content of specific chapter which offer in depth knowledge of elements referred to in the syllabus)
New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry – 9 April 2020 by John R. Geddes (Editor), Nancy C. Andreasen (Editor), Guy M. Goodwin (Editor)
Companion to Psychiatric Studies (MRCPsy Study Guides) by Eve C Johnstone CBE MD FRCP(Glasgow and Edinburgh) FRCPsych FMedSci FRSE, David Cunningham Owens MD(Hons) FRCP FRCPsych, et al. | 1 Jul 2010
Kaplan & Sadock's Concise Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry Paperback – 16 Mar. 2022 by Robert Boland (Author), Marcia Verduin (Author)