Psychiatry, 2nd Edition

Description:
This innovative resource provides a highly visual introduction to the basic principles and practice of psychiatry. Each topic is covered in a single two-page unit to make reference and study uncommonly easy and effective. Abundant full-colour line diagrams, clinical photographs, and MRI images demonstrate essential concepts at a glance.

Table Of Contents:
INTRODUCTION


Mental health services I

Mental health services II

Classification in psychiatry

History and aetiology

Mental state examination

Assessment of risk

Management plan and formulation

Mental capacity

The Mental Health Act


TREATMENT IN PSYCHIATRY


Introduction to drug treatments

Prescribing psychotropic drugs

Antipsychotic drugs

Antidepressant drugs

Mood stabilisers and ECT

Benzodiazepines and drugs for dementia

Psychological treatments

Family and social treatments

Recovery and social inclusion


SCHIZOPHRENIA


Diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia

Epidemiology and aetiology of schizophrenia

Acute and chronic schizophrenia

Management of schizophrenia


MOOD DISORDERS


Classification of mood disorders

Aetiology and epidemiology of mood disorders

Bipolar disorder -presentation and management

Depressive disorder -presentation

Depressive disorder - management


NEUROTIC DISORDERS


Anxiety disorders -presentation and aetiology

Anxiety disorders - management

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Reactions to stress

Dissociative and somatoform disorders




PSYCHIATRY AND MEDICINE


Liaison psychiatry

Psychiatry in primary care

Syndromes of cognitive impairment

Neurology and psychiatry

Organic causes of psychiatric symptoms

Eating disorders

Perinatal psychiatry




PERSONALITY DISORDERS


Personality disorders - introduction and classification

Personality disorders - management


THE PSYCHIATRIC SPECIALTIES


Learning disability

Child psychiatry I

Child psychiatry II

Old age psychiatry I

Old age psychiatry II

Forensic psychiatry

Alcohol dependence I

Alcohol dependence II

Substance misuse

Psychosexual disorders




Case history comments


Self-assessment questions


self-assessment feedback


Appendix: Summary of ICD-10


Index