Psychiatry
Psychiatry is placed in an historical context and the complex ethical and philosophical issues that are inherent to the practice of psychiatry are highlighted. This book uses numerous excerpts and images from the worlds of art, film and literature to illustrate the core psychiatric content. It is suitable for medical students and junior doctors.
Print Book, English, 2006
Blackwell, Oxford, 2006
320 pages
9781405136525, 1405136529
156743906
A brief history of psychiatry
Patient assessment
The delivery of psychiatric care: psychiatric services and the multidisciplinary team
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
Affective (mood) disorders
Suicide and deliberate self-harm
Neurotic, stress-related, and somatoform disorders (anxiety disorders)
Personality disorders
Organic psychiatric disorders (delirium and dementias)
Mental retardation (learning disabilities)
Substance misuse (alcohol and drugs)
Eating, sleep, and sexual disorders
Child and adolescent psychiatry