Phys. Description |
xvi, 624 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Note |
First published 1994. |
Contents |
The history of mental illness and its treatment -- An approach to psychiatry -- The ethical dimension -- What causes mental illness? -- The classification of psychiatric disorders -- The psychiatric interview, mental state examination and formulation -- Stress, coping and the adjustment disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Trauma and its effects -- Mood disorders -- The mind talking through the body and consultation-liaison psychiatry -- Eating disorders -- Sexual and gender identity disorders -- Personality disorders -- Substance use and addicition -- Schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders -- Neuropsychiatric disorders -- Child and adolescent psychiatry -- Mental health and wellbeing in people with intellectual disability -- Women's mental health -- Psychiatry of old age -- Forensic psychiatry -- Psychiatry in general practice -- Culture and psychiatry -- Suicide and suicidal behaviour -- Specialised mental health care -- Biological therapies -- The psychotherapies. |
Summary |
"Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry is the trusted introductory text for students of medicine and other health professions, including psychiatric nursing, psychology, social work and occupational therapy. It has also been the essential reference for family doctors for over quarter of a century. The fourth edition emphasises biological, psychological and social factors in assessing and treating patients, includes the integrated use of DSM-5 classification, and provides further reading suggestions. It is richly illustrated with dozens of clinical stories." -- Publisher. |
Subject |
Psychiatry -- methods.
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Mental Disorders -- therapy.
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Alt Author |
Bloch, Sidney, editor.
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Green, Stephen A., 1945-, editor.
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Janca, Aleksandar, editor.
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Mitchell, Philip B, editor.
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Robertson, Michael D., editor.
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Alt Title |
Clinical psychiatry |
ISBN |
9780522870954 (pbk.) |
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