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The most accessible, integrated source of clinical psychiatric information--completely updated! For more than 70 years, professors, students, and clinicians have trusted LANGE for high-quality, current, concise medical information in a convenient, affordable, portable format. Whether for coursework, clerkships, USMLE prep, specialty board review, or patient care, there's a LANGE book that guarantees success. CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Psychiatry, Second Edition is the ultimate reference for quickly answering day-to-day questions on psychiatric illness in both adults and children. Comprehensive in scope, yet streamlined in its coverage, this time-saving clinical companion reviews essential psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic approaches to the full range of psychiatric disorders. FEATURES The most effective interviewing techniques and approaches Important evaluation, testing, and decision-making tools and criteria Ready-to-use information on psychiatry and the law, psychological testing, emergency psychiatry, evaluating infants, and more Authoritative coverage of developmental psychology, neuropsychopharmacology, psychiatric genetics, psychoanalysis, and other related areas Helpful section on the principles of evaluating and diagnosing patients, as well as treatment strategies Core sections on adult disorders and pediatric psychiatric problems NEW! Critical updates to key diagnostic, psychopharmacologic, and psychotherapeutic modalities NEW! Section on psychiatric practice in special settings

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Author:   Michael H. Ebert ,  Peter T. Loosen ,  Barry Nurcombe ,  James F. Leckman
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Medical
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.331kg
ISBN:  

9780071422925

ISBN 10:   0071422927
Pages:   832
Publication Date:   28 March 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780071754422
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section I. Psychiatric Principles and Practice 1Clinical Decision Making in Psychiatry, Barry Nurcombe 2Psychiatric Epidemiology, Dan G. Blazer 3Psychiatric Genetics, John I. Nurnberger, Jr. and Wade Berrettini 4The Psychiatric Interview, Barry Nurcombe and Michael H. Ebert 5Diagnostic Encounter for Children and Adolescents, Barry Nurcombe 6Psychological and Neurological Assessment, James S. Walker, Howarrd B. Roback, and Larry Welch 7Diagnostic Evaluation for Children and Adolescents, Barry Nurcombe and Michael G. Tramontana 8Developmental Psychology, Kenneth A. Dodge 9Psychopharmacologic Interventions, Richard C. Shelton 10Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions, Travis Thompson and Steven D. Hollon 11Psychodynamic and Social Interventions, James I. Nash and James W. Lomax 12Diagnostic Formulation, Treatment Planning, and Modes of Treatment in Children and Adolescents, Barry Nurcombe 13Preventive Psychiatry,Barry Nurcombe Section II. Psychiatric Disorders in Adults 14Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic Syndromes, Joseph A. Kwentus and Howard Kirshner 15Substance-Related Disorders, Peter R. Martin 16Schizophrenia, Herbert Y. Meltzer, William V. Bobo, Stephan H. Heckers, and S. Hossein Fatemi 17Other Psychotic Disorders, Richard C. Shelton 18Mood Disorders, Peter T. Loosen and Richard C. Shelton 19Anxiety Disorders, Richard C. Shelton 20Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder, Douglas C. Johnson, John H. Krystal, and Steven M. Southwick 21Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, William A. Hewlett 22Somatoform Disorders, Charles V. Ford 23Factitious Disorders and Malingering, Charles V. Ford 24Dissociative Disorders, Barry Nurcombe 25Sexual Dysfunction and Paraphilias, Richard Balon and R. Taylor Segraves 26Eating Disorders, Harry E. Gwirtsman, James E. Mitchell, and Michael H. Ebert 27Sleep Disorders, Camellia P. Clark, Polly J. Moore, and J. Christian Gillin 28Impulse-Control Disorders, John W. Thompson, Jr. and Daniel K. Winstead 29Adjustment Disorders, Ronald M. Salomon and Lucy Salomon 30Personality Disorders, David Janowsky Section III. Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents 31 Intellectual Disability, Ludwik S. Szymanski, Sandra L. Friedman, and Elizabeth L. Leonard 32Learning Disorders, Michael G. Tramontana 33Motor Skills Disorder and Communication Disorders, Michael G. Tramontana and Barry Nurcombe 34Autism and the Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Fred R. Volker 35Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Thomas Spencer 36Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder, Barry Nurcombe 37Substance-Related Disorders in Adolescents, Yifrah Kaminer and Deborah R. Simkin 38Depressive Disorders in Children and Adolescents, David A. Brent 39Pediatric Bipolar Disorder, David A. Brent and Lisa Pan 40Suicidal Behaviorand Children and Adolescents, Robert A. King 41Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Barry Nurcombe 42Child Maltreatment, William Bernet 43 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents following a Single-Event Trauma, Brett McDermott 44 Tourette Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents, Michael H. Bloch and James F. Leckman 45 Developmental Disorders of Attachment, Feeling, Elimination, and Sleeping, Barry Nurcombe 46 Gender Identity Disorder, William Bernet 47 Psychological Reactions to Acute and Chronic Systemic Illness in Pediatric Patients, Barry Nurcombe Section IV. Psychiatry in Special Settings 48 Emergency Psychiatry, Michael J. Sernyak, Jr. and Robert M. Rohrbaugh 49 Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Catherine Chiles and Thomas N. Wise 50 Forensic Psychiatry, William Bernet Index

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A convenient, up-to-date, time-saving reference for the diagnosis, psychopharmacologic treatment, and psychotherapeutic management of the full range of psychiatric disorders. Includes a highly useful separate section devoted to psychiatric disorders occurring in infancy, childhood, and adolescence. 3 Stars. -- Doody's Review Service

A convenient, up-to-date, time-saving reference for the diagnosis, psychopharmacologic treatment, and psychotherapeutic management of the full range of psychiatric disorders. Includes a highly useful separate section devoted to psychiatric disorders occurring in infancy, childhood, and adolescence. 3 Stars. --Doody's Review Service Doody's 20081118

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