Essentials of psychiatry / [Book] / Jerald Kay, Allan Tasman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Listening to the patient -- The cultural context of clinical assessment -- The psychiatric interview : settings and techniques -- Physician-patient relationship -- Professional ethics and boundaries -- Law, ethics and psychiatry -- A psychiatric perspective on human development -- Psychopathology across the life-cycle -- Psychiatric epidemiology -- Psychiatric pathophysiology : schizophrenia -- Psychiatric pathophysiology : mood disorders -- Psychiatric pathophysiology : anxiety disorders -- Psychiatric pathophysiology : addiction -- Psychiatric pathophysiology : dementia -- Cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology --

Cognitive psychology : basic theory and clinical implications -- Social psychology -- Psychoanalytic theories -- Clinical evaluation and treatment planning: a multimodal approach -- Behavior and adaptive functioning -- Cultural aspects of psychiatric disorders -- Psychiatric classification -- Diagnostic classification in infancy and early childhood -- Childhood disorders : mental retardation -- Childhood disorders : learning and motor skills disorders -- Childhood disorders : communication disorders -- Childhood disorders : the autism spectrum disorders -- Childhood disorders : attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders --

Childhood disorders : feeding and other disorders of infancy or early childhood -- Childhood disorders : tic disorders -- Childhood disorders : elimination disorders and childhood anxiety disorders -- Delirium and dementia -- Mental disorders due to a general medical condition -- General approaches to substance and polydrug use disorders -- Substance abuse : alcohol use disorders -- Substance abuse : caffeine use disorders -- Substance abuse : cannabis-related disorders -- Substance abuse : cocaine use disorders -- Substance abuse : phencyclidine use disorders -- Substance abuse : hallucinogen- and MDMA-related disorders --

Substance abuse : inhalant-related disorders -- Substance abuse : nicotine dependence -- Substance abuse : opioid use disorders -- Substance abuse : sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic use disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychoses -- Mood disorders : depression -- Mood disorders : bipolar (manic-depressive) disorders -- Mood disorders : premenstrual dysphoric disorder -- Anxiety disorders : panic disorder with and without agoraphobia -- Anxiety disorders : social and specific phobias -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Anxiety disorders : traumatic stress disorders -- Anxiety disorders : generalized anxiety disorder --

Somatoform disorders -- Factitious disorders -- Dissociative disorders -- Sexual disorders -- Eating disorders -- Sleep and sleep-wake disorders -- Impulse control disorders -- Adjustment disorders -- Personality disorders -- Psychological factors affecting medical condition -- Medication-induced movement disorders -- Relational problems -- Individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy -- Group psychotherapy -- Time-limited psychotherapy(including interpersonal therapy) -- Cognitive and behavioral therapies -- Family therapy -- Couples therapy -- Hypnosis -- Psychosocial rehabilitation -- Electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and vagal nerve stimulation --

Neurosurgery for treatment-refractory psychiatric disorders : obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depressive disorder -- Ethnic and cultural perspectives in psychopharmacology -- Antipsychotic drugs -- Mood stabilizers -- Antidepressants -- Anxiolytic drugs -- Sedative-hypnotic agents -- Stimulants and related compounds -- Cognitive enhancers and treatments for Alzheimer's disease -- Pharmacotherapies for substance abuse -- Therapeutic management of the suicidal patient -- Treatment of violent behavior -- Combined therapies : psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy -- Medication compliance.

Essentials of Psychiatry provides a synopsis of the most critical material in the field of psychiatry. It covers the whole field, including assessment of the patient, definitions of each disorder, all treatment options and prognosis. The phenomenological classification of disorders is based on the APA's DSM-IV-TR: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. This is followed by full treatment plans for each condition and a review of each therapy option in a dedicated therapeutics section. * Provides all the clinical information needed by psychiatry trainees to complete their residency and pass the boards* All psychiatric assessment tools are described in detail* Full descriptions of the DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria sets for each disorder* Clinical vignettes (case histories) describe difficult clinical scenarios and give management options and outcome This book is relevant to trainees in psychiatry worldwide, as well as other mental health workers such as psychologists, mental health nurses and social workers.

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