IMHO K&S is overrated. Several of the terms they tell you to memorize are for all intents and purposes no longer used in clinical practice even by top psychiatrists. Most of their data in their board prep books contain a plethora of information not tested on the actual exam and their questions bear little resemblance to real board questions.
As for their textbooks, the comprehensive is too big except for reference, the concise is too small except as a pocket guide, and all the books in between leave something to be desired. It pushes you in a direction where you have to buy all of them.
Their forensic sections IMHO still leave several areas not explained well even in the comprehensive sections. Several points of data do not have specific references to the origin on the data. There is a bibliography at the end of each chapter but often times no specific reference so you don't have the time to figure out where that info came from unless you're willing to dig through dozens of articles. Even then, after reading hundreds of pages of data, it's hard to pinpoint the reference.
Each time I read K&S, I get the impression that this is a small circle's interpretation of what a good psychiatry book should contain.
It's not a terrible book, I just don't think it deserves to carry the title of being the equivalent of a Harrison's for IM.
