Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry

by Bloch, Bruce S.; Singh, Bruce S.

• ISBN13: 9780522849240
• ISBN10: 0522849245
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Summary

Revised and expanded introductory text on clinical psychiatry first published 1994. Designed for students of medicine and other health professions. Emphasises biological, sociological and social factors in assessing and treating patients and illustrates this approach with real-life examples. New chapters cover ethics, the effects of trauma, the mental health of indigenous people and the mental health of refugees. Includes notes on contributors, appendices and index. Editors are professors of psychiatry and joint authors of 'Understanding Troubled Minds'.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Contributors	xi
I An Approach to Clinical Practice
A Historical Context	3	(10)
Norman James
Robert Barrett
An Approach to Psychiatry	13	(19)
George Szmukler
The Ethical Dimension	32	(11)
Russell Pargiter
John Coverdale
What Causes Mental Illness?	43	(20)
Peter Ellis
Ian Hickie
What Does Psychiatry Encompass?	63	(19)
George Mendelson
Assen Jablensky
The Psychiatric Interview, Mental State Examination and Formulation	82	(35)
Bruce Singh
Kenneth Kirkby
II The Range of Psychiatric Disorders
Stress, Coping and the Adjustment Disorders	117	(11)
Bruce Singh
Sidney Bloch
Anxiety Disorders	128	(21)
Fiona Judd
Graham Burrows
Trauma and its Effects	149	(13)
Alexander McFarlane
Beverley Raphael
Mood Disorders	162	(32)
Isaac Schweitzer
Gordon Parker
The Mind Talking Through the Body	194	(23)
David Clarke
Graeme Smith
Philip Boyce
Eating Disorders	217	(14)
Pierre Beumont
David Ben-Tovim
Stephen Touyz
Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders	231	(15)
Neil Buhrich
Neil McConaghy
Personality Disorders	246	(23)
Edwin Harari
Russell Meares
Substance Misuse	269	(41)
John B. Saunders
Glenys Dore
Ross Young
Schizophrenia and Related Disorders	310	(22)
Patrick McGorry
John McGrath
Neuropsychiatric Disorders	332	(27)
Perminder Sachdev
John Lloyd
Bede McIvor
III Special Clinical Areas
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	359	(34)
Joseph M. Rey
Phillip Hazell
George Patton
Bruce Tonge
Psychiatry of Women	393	(29)
Sarah Romans
Lorraine Dennerstein
Indigenous Mental Health
Jane McKendrick and Erihana Ryan	409	(13)
Psychiatry of Old Age	422	(17)
Daniel O'Connor
David Ames
Edmond Chiu
Forensic Psychiatry	439	(23)
Paul Mullen
General Practice Psychiatry	462	(13)
Vaughan Carr
Geoffrey Riley
Transcultural and Refugee Psychiatry	475	(16)
Harry Minas
Derrick Silove
Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour	491	(16)
Robert Goldney
Christopher Cantor
IV Treatment
Specialist Mental Health Care	507	(11)
Helen Herrman
Peter Yellowlees
Biological Therapies	518	(26)
David Copolov
Philip Mitchell
The Psychotherapies	544	(30)
Sidney Bloch
Edwin Harari
Appendix A: The ICD-10 Classification (abbreviated)	574	(6)
Appendix B: The DSM-IV Classification (abbreviated)	580	(6)
Index	586