Psychiatry

by Neel Burton (The Warneford Hospital, Oxford); Bill Fulford (University of Birmingham)

• ISBN13: 9781405136525
• ISBN10: 1405136529
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

WINNER OF THE 2007 RICHARD ASHER PRIZE AWARDED BY THE SOCIETY OF AUTHORS AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINEThis exciting new textbook aims to bring the subject of psychiatry alive. Refreshing and inspirational, Psychiatry uses numerous excerpts and images from the worlds of art, film and literature to illustrate the core psychiatric content needed by medical students and junior doctors.Psychiatry is placed in an historical context and the complex ethical and philosophical issues that are inherent to the practice of psychiatry are highlighted. The book challenges the reader to think about these issues and to appreciate that psychiatry is about more than just treating mental illness.This informative and engaging new psychiatry text uses a range of pedagogical features throughout the full colour text, and includes case studies and self assessment material.

Author Biography

Dr Neel Burton- The Warneford Hospital in Oxford

Professor Bill Fulford- Editorial Advisor- Professor of Philosophy and Mental Health in the Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, where he runs a Masters, PhD and research programme in Philosophy, Ethics and Mental Health Practice. He is also an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford; Visiting Professor in Psychology, The Institute of Psychiatry and King's College, London University; Visiting Professor in Philosophy and Professional Practice Skills in the Centre for Professional Ethics, University of Central Lancashire; and Visiting Professor, Kent Institute of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Kent.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgements	viii
Foreword	ix
Part 1
A brief history of psychiatry	3	(4)
Patient assessment	7	(22)
The delivery of mental health care	29	(12)
Part 2
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders	41	(20)
Affective (mood) disorders	61	(26)
Suicide and deliberate self-harm	87	(6)
Neurotic, stress-related, and somatoform disorders (anxiety disorders)	93	(14)
Personality disorders	107	(8)
Organic psychiatric disorders (delirium and dementias)	115	(14)
Mental retardation (learning disabilities)	129	(4)
Substance misuse	133	(14)
Eating, sleep, and sexual disorders	147	(14)
Child and adolescent psychiatry	161	(8)
So, why a career in psychiatry?	169	(2)
Answers to self-assessment questions	171	(4)
Index	175