Psychiatry is the clinical specialty concerned with dysfunction of the mind and often the resultant perceptions of reality. Medical students need a firm understanding of the wide range of signs and symptoms that indicate psychiatric disorders, and how the diagnosis, management, and treatment options can differfrom other medical specialties. This title provides a concise and visually-orientated summary of a comprehensive lecture course in psychiatry. The book is aimed primarily at clinical undergraduate medical students undertaking their psychiatry rotation and studying for in situ assessment and final examinations. INDICE: Assessment and Management. 1 The psychiatric history. 2 The mentalstate examination. 3 Diagnosis and classification. 4 Risk assessment and management. 5 Suicide and DSH. Mental disorders. 6 Schizophrenia: phenomenology and aetiology. 7 Schizophrenia: management and prognosis. 8 Depression. 9 Bipolar Affective Disorder. 10 Stress reactions (Including bereavement). 11 Anxiety disorders. 12 Obsessions and compulsions. 13 Eating disorders. 14 Personality disorders. 15 Psychosexual disorders. 16 Unusual psychiatric syndromes. Substance misuse. 17 Substance misuse. 18 Alcohol abuse and dependence. Psychiatry of demographic groups. 19 Child psychiatry I. 20 Child psychiatry II. 21 The psychiatry of adolescence. 22 Learning disability. 23 Cross-cultural psychiatry.24 Social exclusion. 25 Disorders of female reproductive life. 26 Functional disorders in old age. The interface of psychiatry and physical illness. 27 Psychiatry and physical illness. 28 Neuropsychiatry I. 29 Neuropsychiatry II. 30 Neuropsychiatry III. 31 Acute confusional states. 32 The dementias. Psychiatric management. 33 Psychological treatments. 34 Antipsychotics. 35 Antidepressants. 36 Other psychotropic drugs. 37 ECT and other treatments. 38 Psychiatry inthe community. 39 Forensic psychiatry. 40 Mental Health legislation in England and Wales. 41 Mental Health legislation in Scotland. 42 Mental Health legislation in Northern Ireland. 43 Preparing for exams. Self-assessment section. Further reading. Glossary
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-8117-4
- Editorial: Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 120
- Fecha Publicación: 12/09/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés