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9781585622238

Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry

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  • ISBN13:

    9781585622238

  • ISBN10:

    1585622230

  • Edition: 4th
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-07-01
  • Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub
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Summary

user-friendly volume introduces students to a wide range of psychiatric diagnoses while providing additional coverage of special topics such as violence and suicide, legal issues, childhood disorders, sleep disorders, and both psychosocial and somatic therapies. It includes a detailed introduction to the interview process, a critical review of DSM, up-to-date information on drugs, and chapters devoted to specific conditions, from cognitive disorders to impulse-control disorders. Its didactic aids include compelling case vignettes and ?clinical pearls??even more numerous in this edition-plus self-assessment questions and a glossary newly added for this edition.

Author Biography

Nancy C. Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D., is Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, and Editor Emeritus, American Journal of Psychiatry.

Donald W. Black, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Introduction xi
PART I Background
Diagnosis and Classification
3(14)
Interviewing and Assessment
17(40)
The Neurobiology and Genetics of Mental Illness
57(28)
PART II Psychiatric Disorders
Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic Disorder
85(22)
Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
107(32)
Mood Disorders
139(28)
Anxiety Disorders
167(34)
Somatoform, Dissociative, and Related Disorders
201(32)
Alcohol and Drug-Related Disorders
233(42)
Personality Disorders
275(30)
Sexual Dysfunction, Paraphilias, and Gender Identity Disorders
305(22)
Eating Disorders
327(16)
Adjustment Disorders
343(10)
Impulse-Control Disorders
353(12)
PART III Special Topics
Psychiatric Emergencies
365(14)
Child Psychiatry
379(42)
Sleep Disorders
421(20)
Legal Issues
441(12)
Psychological Treatments
453(24)
Psychopharmacology and Electroconvulsive Therapy
477(46)
Bibliography 523(34)
Glossary 557(36)
Index 593

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