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This book is a comprehensive guide to psychiatry for undergraduate medical students. Beginning with an introduction to the field, the next chapters discuss biological sciences, psychosocial sciences, and classification and evaluation. The following sections cover the diagnosis and treatment of numerous psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, depression, bipolar and other mood disorders, OCD, sleep disorders, eating disorders, and many more. All sectors of the population are covered, from children and adolescents, to geriatrics, and a complete chapter is dedicated to culture bound syndromes (a combination of psychiatric and somatic symptoms that are considered to be a recognisable disease only within a specific society or culture). The book concludes with discussion on psychopharmacology and psychotherapies, legal and ethical issues, community and preventive psychiatry, and the history and future of the field. Key points Practical guide to psychiatry for undergraduate medical students Covers diagnosis and treatment of numerous disorders Complete chapter dedicated to culture bound syndromes Includes discussion on legal and ethical issues, and preventive psychiatry

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Author:   P K Singh ,  Om Prakash Singh ,  Vinay Kumar
Publisher:   Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
Imprint:   Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
ISBN:  

9789352704231

ISBN 10:   9352704231
Pages:   418
Publication Date:   30 June 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Nature of Mind - Real or Virtual Basic Biological Sciences for Psychiatry Basic Psychosocial Sciences for Psychiatry Mental Health and Mental Disorders Classification and Clinical Evaluation Communications Skills for Effective Medicare Organic Brain Syndromes Substance Related Disorders Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders Depressive Disorders Bipolar and other Mood Disorders Anxiety, Phobic and related Disorders OCD Spectrum Disorders Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders Adjustment and Stress related Disorders Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Sleep Disorders Eating Disorders Personality Disorders Childhood and Adolescent Disorders Disorders of Intellectual Development Geriatric Mental Health Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Suicide and Psychiatric Emergencies Culture Bound Syndromes Miscellaneous Syndromes of Clinical Interest Legal and Ethical issues in Psychiatry Psychopharmacology and Physical Methods Psychotherapies Community and Preventive Psychiatry History of Psychiatry Future of Psychiatry

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P K Singh MD Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Patna Medical College, Patna, Bihar, India Om Prakash Singh MD MAMS FIPS FIAGMH Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), New Delhi, India Vinay Kumar MD Consultant Psychiatrist, Manoveda Mind Hospital and Research Centre, Patna, Bihar, India

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