Fundamentals of Clinical Psychiatry. A Practical Handbook

A practical pocketbook providing a succinct overview of the different aspects of mental health disorders, facilitating a solid base knowledge of the field of psychiatry. Offering a systematic, straightforward approach, the book covers the importance and relevance of mental health disorders, their causes, presentation, and the best approaches for their treatment. Written by mental health professionals with a high level of expertise and practical experience in the treatment of patients with mental health issues, the book includes numerous clinical vignettes, bulleted lists, tables, diagrams, and algorithms to facilitate understanding. It covers the important topics across psychiatry including the psychiatric interview, psychosocial theories and their implications for psychiatry; neurostimulation treatments; the suicidal patient; dementias as well as full coverage of the depressive, bipolar, anxiety, and psychotic disorders. Essential reading for medical students, trainees in psychiatry, and other healthcare professions interested in expanding their knowledge of psychiatry and mental health.

• Provides an introduction to different aspects of psychiatry using accessible language and a step-by-step approach, allowing readers to establish a base knowledge on the field of psychiatry, regardless of their background
• Offers a practical view of psychiatry as a specialty, based on the authors’ own clinical expertise instead of focusing on theoretical considerations which helps readers develop a good understanding of the practical aspects of psychiatry
• Adopts a systematic approach to the discussion of mental disorders (including general aspects, clinical features, pathophysiological aspects, and therapeutic considerations), supporting the development of critical thinking towards mental disorders, highlighting their similarities and differences

CONTENTS

List of contributors
Foreword
Preface Marsal Sanches and Jair C. Soares
1. Introduction Marsal Sanches and Jair C. Soares
2. The psychiatric interview Dean J. Atkinson and Amanda Helminiak
3. Psychopathology and the mental status examination Marsal Sanches
4. Classifications and the diagnostic process in psychiatry Marcelo Bruno Generoso and Marsal Sanches
5. Neurobiology of mental disorders Karen Horn, Anita Barrera, Abdul Haseeb and Rodrigo Machado-Vieira
6. Psychosocial theories and their implication for psychiatry Claudia Lex and Thomas D. Meyer
7. General aspects of psychopharmacology Grace S. Pham and Sanjay J. Mathew
8. Neurostimulation treatments Luis A. Wische-Fernandez and Salih Selek
9. Ethico-legal considerations in psychiatry Edward Poe
10. Transcultural aspects of mental health care Syed Shahzeb Ayaz and Ali Abbas Asghar-Ali
11. Child and adolescent psychiatry Cristian Patrick Zeni and Priscilla Granja Machado
12. Principles of geriatric sychiatry Antonio L Teixeira and Jennifer R. Gatchel
13. Reproductive psychiatry Julia N. Riddle, Margo Nathan, Riah Patterson and Anne Ruminjo
14. Psychomotor agitation Olusegun Adebisi Popoola and Nidal MoukaddamI
15. The suicidal patient Ryan E Lawrence
16. Depressive disorders Carolina Olmos and Joao Quevedo
17. Bipolar disorders Marsal Sanches and Jair C. Soares
18. Psychotic disorders Olaoluwa Okusaga and Gabriela Austgen
19. Anxiety disorders Grace Kim, Vaishali Tirumalaraju and Sudhakar Selvaraj
20. Obsessive-compulsive disorder Jordan T. Stiede, Emily R. Strouphauer, Erika S. Trent, Sameer A. Sheth, Nisha Giridharan, Wayne K. Goodman, Andrew D. Wiese and Eric A. Storch
21. Post-traumatic stress disorder: an update on diagnosis, etiology, and treatment John M. Bouras
22. Borderline personality disorder Marcos S. Croci, Marcelo J. A. A. Brañas, Steve Conway, Julia Jurist and Lois W. Choi-Kain
23. Antisocial personality disorder Morgan T. Deal and Juan J. Sosa
24. Other personality disorders Maria Carolina Pedalino Pinheiro and Carolina Olmos
25. Eating disorders Carrie J. McAdams
26. Alcohol use disorder Michael Weaver and Heather Webber
27. Other substance use disorders Thanh Thuy Truong
28. Autistic spectrum disorders Taiwo T. Babatope, Antonio F. Pagán, Caroline W. McCool, Natalie R. Parks, Nermin Koch, Laura M. Welch and Parnaz Daghighi
29. Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Cesar A. Sotullo
30. Delirium and other medical conditions presenting with psychiatric symptoms Silvia Hafliger
31. Dementia Jeffrey McBride and Lokesh Shahani
32. Psychiatric care of the medical patient: neuroleptic malignant syndrome and serotonin syndrome Lindsey S. Pershern and Robert J Boland
Appendix
Index.