Realistic patient cases sharpen your critical thinking skills for your clerkship and the shelf exam Case Files: Psychiatry presents realistic clinical scenarios to enhance and hone your clinical decision-making skills. Sixty high-yield cases illustrate essential concepts in psychiatric care. Each case begins with a vignette accompanied by relevant open-ended questions designed to teach diagnostic or therapeutic approaches relevant to psychiatry. The answers that follow emphasize mechanisms and underlying principles. This seventh edition is aligned with the latest USMLE format. Case Files: Psychiatry features: Realistic cases that encourage you to think through DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and therapeutic options High-yield discussions aligned to clerkship guidelines SMLE-style review questions and clinical pearls for each case Updated references reflecting the most current sources Bulleted summaries, concise paragraphs, and clear headings Primer on how to approach clinical problems and think like an experienced doctor.