Student psychiatry today: a comprehensive textbook

By:

Cohen, Robert I

Contributor(s):

Hart, Jerome J

Publication details: London Arnold 2002Edition: 2ndDescription: 480; ill.,bibls.; BookFindISBN:

0750615869

Subject(s):

Contents:

An introduction to psychiatry; The psychiatric history and mental state examination; Personality disorders; Neurotic stress-related and somatoform disorders; Mood (affective) disorders; Deliberate self-harm and other psychiatric emergencies; Bereavement; Schizophrenia and related disorders; Organic mental disorders; The psychiatry of old age; The abuse of alcohol and other drugs; Drug treatments in psychiatry; Psychotherapy and other psychological treatments; Community psychiatry; Psychiatry and general medicine; Child psychiatry; Eating disorders; Mental retardation; Sexual disorders; Psychiatric disorders specific to women; Sleep disorders; Transcultural psychiatry; Uncommon psychiatric syndromes; Psychiatry and the law.

Summary: PaperbackSummary: This second edition of ""Student Psychiatry Today"" adheres to the basic concepts of the original textbook. The authors unravel the complexities of psychiatry to present it in a balanced fashion, comprehensively but concisely set out. It maintains a minimal degree of jargon and employs clinical case vignettes, tables and diagrams. The extensive glossary is retained.Many new developments have taken place in psychiatric practice over the past few years, and this is reflected in the text changes. Several chapters have been extensively revised and updated to encompass modern approaches to diagnosis, brought about by the ICD-10 classification system. Recent developments in genetic research, brain imaging techniques and drug treatments are all included.This book should be of interest to undergraduates during clinical attachments and in preparation for their final medical exams, and doctors beginning a new career in psychiatry or general practice.

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Paperback

This second edition of ""Student Psychiatry Today"" adheres to the basic concepts of the original textbook. The authors unravel the complexities of psychiatry to present it in a balanced fashion, comprehensively but concisely set out. It maintains a minimal degree of jargon and employs clinical case vignettes, tables and diagrams. The extensive glossary is retained.Many new developments have taken place in psychiatric practice over the past few years, and this is reflected in the text changes. Several chapters have been extensively revised and updated to encompass modern approaches to diagnosis, brought about by the ICD-10 classification system. Recent developments in genetic research, brain imaging techniques and drug treatments are all included.This book should be of interest to undergraduates during clinical attachments and in preparation for their final medical exams, and doctors beginning a new career in psychiatry or general practice.

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