Handbook of Psychiatry

by Bhugra, Dinesh; Gopinath, Ranjith; Patel, Vikram

• ISBN13: 9781904798125
• ISBN10: 1904798128
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-30
• Publisher: Anshan

Summary

This handbook presents a culture-specific and culturally appropriate perspective to psychiatry in South Asian countries. Though trained in the western tradition, the contributors include practising psychiatrists and teachers of reputed institutes from across the region.

Table of Contents

Psychiatry and South Asia	p. 3
Classifications in psychiatry	p. 17
Phenomenology and mental state examination	p. 27
Psychology and psychiatry	p. 44
Epidemiology and anthropology	p. 57
Research design	p. 69
Neuroimaging in psychiatry	p. 86
Functioning, disability and quality-of-life assessment in mental health	p. 104
Psychiatric aspects of epilepsy	p. 117
Delirium and dementia	p. 127
Substance use disorders	p. 143
Schizophrenia and delusional disorders	p. 164
Acute and transient psychoses	p. 195
Schizoaffective disorder	p. 208
Affective disorders	p. 221
Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders	p. 247
Obsessive-compulsive disorder	p. 271
Sexual dysfunction	p. 286
Personality disorders	p. 297
Suicide and attempted suicide	p. 323
Psychiatry in children and adolescents	p. 343
Psychiatric aspects of reproductive health in women	p. 373
Psychiatry of old age	p. 392
General hospital and liaison psychiatry	p. 405
Community psychiatry	p. 422
Primary care psychiatry	p. 434
Psychiatric aspects of HIV infection and AIDS	p. 447
Psychological treatment	p. 459
Psychiatric therapies based on South Asian traditional systems	p. 507
Drug therapy in psychiatry	p. 517
Electroconvulsive therapy	p. 553
Rehabilitation psychiatry : theory and practice	p. 569
Preventive psychiatry	p. 589
Mental health planning in developing countries	p. 599
Psychiatry and the law	p. 611
Ethical issues in psychiatry	p. 621
ICD-10 classification	p. 641
DSM-IV classification	p. 644
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