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A Paper a Day

Four papers. Fifty-nine topics. One day.

Quick Revision in Psychiatry. The whole MD psychiatry written exam in one book, all four papers, free to read.

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Cover of A Paper a Day, Quick Revision in Psychiatry, by Dr. Wilfred D'souza and Dr. Niharika Reddy

A Paper a Day is the complete written exam in a single volume. Every section, table, mnemonic and recall card is kept in full, not summarised away. It is built to carry you from the first read through to the night before, and it is free for any resident who needs it.

A look inside

Real pages, the way they appear when you read.

A page showing the brain lobes in colour with a psychiatric relevance table
The lobes laid out in colour, so the anatomy lands before the question does.
A page diagramming the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical loop
The cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical loop drawn once, clearly, so you can redraw it from memory.
A decision tree distinguishing the hyperthermia syndromes
A decision tree for the hyperthermia syndromes, so the differential is a path, not a paragraph.
A page showing the sexual response cycle as a single curve
The response cycle as a single clean curve, phase by phase.
A page showing the event-related potential waveform with its components named
The event-related potential waveform with its components named where they sit.
A page showing capacity assessment as a flowchart
Capacity assessment as a flowchart you can follow step by step.

A colour for each kind of fact

Indigois a concept. The idea you need to hold.
Tealis a rule. The thing that is always true.
Coralis a trap. The mistake the exam is hoping you make.
Amberis a key number. The figure worth memorising.
Violetis a mnemonic. The handle that pulls the rest back.

Your eye learns the colours, so on revision day you find the right kind of fact before you have finished reading the line.

All four papers, in order

Part I

Basic Sciences

The foundations. Neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, genetics, psychology, phenomenology and statistics.

Part II

Clinical Psychiatry

The disorders and their care, from mood and psychosis to anxiety, trauma, personality and the emergencies.

Part III

Specialties and Therapeutics

The sub-specialties and the treatments. Child, geriatric, forensic, women's, the psychopharmacology and the psychotherapies.

Part IV

Neuropsychiatry and Advances

Where psychiatry meets neurology, plus the newer ground in neuroscience, pharmacology and stimulation.

Who wrote it

Dr. Niharika Reddy

Consultant Psychiatrist, co-founder and clinical lead

She brought the clinical judgement that decides what stays, what gets a colour, and what a tired reader can do without.

@doc.niharika.md

Dr. Wilfred D'souza

psychiatry resident, digital and educational lead, under Dr. Niharika Reddy's supervision

He built A Paper a Day while sitting the same exam it is written for, which is why it answers the questions a resident actually has at 2 AM, not the ones a textbook assumes you already know.

@doc.wilfred.md

Take it with you

You can read the whole book free in one file, or take just the part you are revising. Choose what suits the day.

Read the whole book One file, free, all 533 pages, with the clickable contents and indexes.
Paper IBasic SciencesLighter file Paper IIClinical PsychiatryLighter file Paper IIISpecialties and TherapeuticsLighter file Paper IVNeuropsychiatry and AdvancesLighter file
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