This is a text book of clinical psychiatry that is concise yet comprehensive,up to date, and readily accessible. It aims to be an easy entry to the pertinent facts of clinical psychiatry for medical students and students of mental health disciplines; a resource for established clinicians, including GPs; and also a brief yet thorough overview for the more advanced psychiatric trainee ormental health professional.It equips more advanced readers with the basic knowledge underpinning postgraduate exams in clinical psychiatry and related allied health disciplines. For a coherent approach, the bulk of the text has been written by two authors who are experienced psychiatrists with expertise in a broad range of clinical and research areas. Introductory chapters cover the psychiatric interview and mental state and clinical investigations relevant to psychiatry. The second section is an overview of all of the major syndromes of psychiatry, covering epidemiology, aetiology and clinical aspects, and including discussion of specific treatment approaches. A separate section reviews moregenerally, biological and psychosocial aspects of treatment in psychiatry, with worked case examples. INDICE: Part 1 The tools of psychiatry1 The psychiatric interview and mental state assessment2 The physical examination and investigations relevant to psychiatryPart 2 The syndromes of psychiatry3 Classification4 Organic psychiatry5 Schizophrenia and related disorders6 Depressive disorders 7 Bipolar and related disorders 8 Anxiety and post-traumatic disorders 9 The obsessive-compulsive spectrum10 Eating disorders11 Somatisation and the somatoform disorders12 Personality disordersPart 3 Treatments13 Biological treatments14 The psychotherapies15 Dealing with psychiatric emergenciesPart 4 Special groups16 Child and adolescent psychiatry17 Old age psychiatry18 Forensic psychiatry and risk assessment19 Dual disability20 Substance use disordersAppendix Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) in psychiatry
- ISBN: 978-0-7295-3903-6
- Editorial: Churchill Livingstone
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha Publicación: 12/01/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés