Insulin Murders: True Life Cases

The book is divided into 9 chapters each addressing a particular aspect of the long case examination. The ‘History Taking’ section is comprehensive, outlining a recommended format, along with useful screening questions to rule out other psychopathologies. However, the mental state examination is sparsely covered and would not equip the reader with the necessary phenomenological terms. Likewise, detail in the ‘Physical examination’ chapter is scant; this section is of limited usefulness other than to remind you to do one. ‘Diagnosis and differential diagnosis’ is essentially a reiteration of the ICD 10 diagnostic criteria for the main conditions you are likely to see; however, it also contains a really useful checklist of differentials.