Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry: Behavioral Sciences/Clinical Psychiatry

by Sadock, Benjamin J.; Sadock, Virginia A.

• ISBN13: 9780781773270
• ISBN10: 078177327X
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-05-16
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

The best-selling general psychiatry text since 1972, Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry is now in its thoroughly updated Tenth Edition. This complete, concise overview of the entire field of psychiatry is a staple board review text for psychiatry residents and is popular with a broad range of students in medicine, clinical psychology, social work, nursing, and occupational therapy, as well as practitioners in all these areas. The book is DSM-IV-TR compatible and replete with case studies and tables, including ICD-10 diagnostic coding tables. You will also receive access to the complete, fully searchable online text, an online test bank of approximately 100 multiple-choice questions and full answers, and an online image bank.

Table of Contents

The patient-doctor relationship	p. 1
Human development throughout the life cycle	p. 12
The brain and behavior	p. 70
Contributions of the psychosocial sciences	p. 133
Clinical neuropsychological testing	p. 178
Theories of personality and psychopathology	p. 190
Clinical examination of the psychiatric patient	p. 227
Signs and symptoms in psychiatry	p. 272
Classification in psychiatry and psychiatric rating scales	p. 284
Delirium, dementia, and amnestic and other cognitive disorders	p. 319
Neuropsychiatric aspects of HIV infection and AIDS	p. 373
Substance-related disorders	p. 381
Schizophrenia	p. 467
Other psychotic disorders	p. 498
Mood disorders	p. 527
Anxiety disorders	p. 579
Somatoform disorders	p. 634
Chronic fatigue syndrome	p. 652
Factitious disorders	p. 658
Dissociative disorders	p. 665
Human sexuality	p. 680
Gender identity disorders	p. 718
Eating disorders	p. 727
Normal sleep and sleep disorders	p. 749
Impulse-control disorders not elsewhere classified	p. 773
Adjustment disorders	p. 786
Personality disorders	p. 791
Psychosomatic medicine	p. 813
Complementary and alternative medicine in psychiatry	p. 839
Psychiatry and reproductive medicine	p. 857
Relational problems	p. 870
Problems related to abuse or neglect	p. 874
Additional conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention	p. 887
Emergency psychiatric medicine	p. 897
Psychotherapies	p. 924
Biological therapies	p. 976
Child psychiatry : assessment, examination, and psychological testing	p. 1127
Mental retardation	p. 1138
Learning disorders	p. 1158
Motor skills disorder : developmental coordination disorder	p. 1170
Communication disorders	p. 1175
Pervasive developmental disorders	p. 1191
Attention-deficit disorders	p. 1206
Disruptive behavior disorders	p. 1218
Feeding and eating disorders of infancy or early childhood	p. 1228
Tic disorders	p. 1235
Elimination disorders	p. 1244
Other disorders of infancy, childhood, and adolescence	p. 1250
Mood disorders and suicide in children and adolescents	p. 1258
Anxiety disorders of infancy, childhood, and adolescence	p. 1270
Early-onset schizophrenia	p. 1289
Adolescent substance abuse	p. 1294
Child psychiatry : additional conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention	p. 1299
Psychiatric treatment of children and adolescents	p. 1306
Child psychiatry : special areas of interest	p. 1330
Geriatric psychiatry	p. 1348
End of life care and palliative medicine	p. 1359
Clinical-legal issues in psychiatry	p. 1371
Ethics in psychiatry	p. 1383
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