Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry

by Gelder, Michael; Mayou, Richard; Cowen, Philip

• ISBN13: 9780192632418
• ISBN10: 0192632418
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-11
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry succeeds the Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, third edition (1996). It continues in the tradition of providing clear, comprehensive and practical coverage of clinical psychiatry specifically tailored to the needs of trainees, as well as providing a useful reference work for psychiatrists in practice and general practitioners. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated with the help of a team of expert advisors; however, it continues to be written by just three authors retaining a uniform style throughout, achieving cohesive and comprehensive coverage. The revision pays particular attention to the considerable advances in knowledge derived from the field of neuroscience, as well as including new chapters on an evidence-based approach to practice, somatoform and dissociative disorders, eating disorders and ethics. The text and layout have been redesigned with greater use of illustrations, tables, lists and summary boxes, and the comprehensive reference section has been revised and brought right up-to-date.

Table of Contents

Signs and symptoms of mental disorder	1	(28)
Assessment	29	(42)
Ethics and civil law	71	(14)
Classification in psychiatry	85	(18)
Aetiology	103	(38)
Evidence-based approaches to psychiatry	141	(14)
Personality and personality disorder	155	(30)
Reactions to stressful experiences	185	(30)
Anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders	215	(34)
Somatoform and dissociative disorders	249	(20)
Mood disorders	269	(58)
Schizophrenia and schizophrenia-like disorders	327	(52)
Paranoid symptoms and paranoid syndromes	379	(20)
Neuropsychiatry and sleep disorders	399	(44)
Eating disorders	443	(14)
Psychiatry and medicine	457	(48)
Suicide and deliberate self harm	505	(28)
The misuse of alcohol and drugs	533	(48)
Problems related to sexuality and gender identity	581	(34)
Psychiatry of the elderly	615	(28)
Drugs and other physical treatments	643	(76)
Psychological treatment	719	(46)
Psychiatric services	765	(30)
Child psychiatry	795	(70)
Learning disability (mental retardation)	865	(30)
Forensic psychiatry	895	(36)
References	931	(90)
Index	1021