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Author:   Michael Gelder ,  Nancy C. Andreasen ,  Juan Jose Lopez-Ibor ,  John Geddes
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 22.10cm , Height: 7.10cm , Length: 27.40cm
Weight:   4.857kg
ISBN:  

9780199696758

ISBN 10:   0199696756
Pages:   1088
Publication Date:   16 February 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART 1 - THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AND APPROACH TO PSYCHIATRY ; 1.1 The patient's perspective ; 1.2 Public attitudes and the challenge of stigma ; 1.3.1 Mental disorders as a worldwide public health issue ; 1.3.2 Transcultural psychiatry ; 1.4 The history of psychiatry as a medical specialty ; 1.5.1 Psychiatric ethics ; 1.5.2 Values and values-based practice in clinical psychiatry ; 1.6 The psychiatrist as manager ; 1.7 Descriptive phenomenology ; 1.8.1 The principles and clinical assessment in general psychiatry ; 1.8.2 The assessment of personality ; 1.8.3.1 Cognitive assessment ; 1.8.3.2 Questionnaire, rating and behavioural methods of assessment ; 1.9 Diagnosis and classification ; 1.10 From science to practice ; PART 2 - THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF PSYCHIATRIC AETIOLOGY ; 2.1 Brain and Mind ; 2.2 Statistics and the design of experiments and surveys ; 2.3.1 Neuroanatomy ; 2.3.2 Neurodevelopment ; 2.3.3 Neuroendocrinology ; 2.3.4 Neurotransmitters and signalling ; 2.3.5 Neuropathology ; 2.3.6 Functional positron emission tomography in psychiatry ; 2.3.7 Structural magnetic resonance imaging ; 2.3.8 Functional magnetic resonance imaging ; 2.3.9 Neuronal networks, epilepsy and other brain dysfunctions ; 2.3.10 Psychoneuroimmunology ; 2.4.1 Quantitative genetics ; 2.4.2 Molecular genetics ; 2.5.1.1 Developmental psychology through infancy, childhood and adolescence ; 2.5.2 Psychology of attention ; 2.5.3 Psychology and biology of memory ; 2.5.4 The anatomy of human emotion ; 2.5.5 The neuropsychological basis of neuropsychiatry ; 2.6.1 Medical sociology and issues of aetiology ; 2.6.2 Social and cultural anthropology: salience for psychiatry ; 2.7 The contribution of epidemiology to psychiatric aetiology ; PART 3 - PSYCHODYNAMIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO PSYCHIATRY ; 3.1 Psychoanalysis: Freud's theories and their contemporary development ; 3.2 Object relations, attachment theory, self-psychology, and interpersonal psychoanalysis ; 3.3 Current psychodynamic approaches to psychiatry ; PART 4 - CLINICAL SYNDROMES OF ADULT PSYCHIATRY ; 4.1.1 Delirium ; 4.1.2 Dementia: Alzheimer's disease ; 4.1.3 Fronto-temporal dementias ; 4.1.4 Prion disease ; 4.1.5 Dementia with Lewy bodies ; 4.1.6 Dementia in Parkinson's disease ; 4.1.7 Dementia due to Huntington's disease ; 4.1.8 Vascular dementia ; 4.1.9 Dementia due to HIV disease ; 4.1.10 The neuropsychiatry of head injury ; 4.1.11 Alcohol-related dementia ; 4.1.12 Amnesic syndromes ; 4.1.13 The management of dementia ; 4.1.14 The remediation of memory disorders ; 4.2.1 Pharmacological and psychological aspects of drug abuse ; 4.2.2.1 Aetiology of alcohol problems ; 4.2.2.2 Alcohol dependence and alcohol problems ; 4.2.2.3 Alcohol and psychiatric and physical disorders ; 4.2.2.4 Treatment of alcohol dependence ; 4.2.2.5 Services for alcohol use disorders ; 4.2.2.6 Prevention of alcohol-related problems ; 4.2.3.1 Opiates: heroin, methadone, and buprenorphine ; 4.2.3.2 Disorders relating to the use of amphetamines and cocaine ; 4.2.3.3 Disorders relating to the use of phencyclidine and hallucinogens ; 4.2.3.4 Misuse of benzodiazepines ; 4.2.3.5 Disorders relating to the use of ecstasy, other 'party drugs' and khat ; 4.2.3.6 Disorders relating to the use of volatile substances ; 4.2.3.7 The mental health effects of cannabis use ; 4.2.3.8 Nicotine dependence and treatment ; 4.2.4 Assessing need and organizing services for drug misusers ; 4.3.1 Schizophrenia: a conceptual history ; 4.3.2.1 Descriptive clinical features of schizophrenia ; 4.3.2.2 The clinical neuropsychology of schizophrenia ; 4.3.3 Diagnosis, classification and differential diagnosis of schizophrenia ; 4.3.4 Epidemiology of schizophrenia ; 4.3.5.1 Genetic and environmental risk factors for schizophrenia ; 4.3.5.2 The neurobiology of schizophrenia ; 4.3.6 Course and outcome of schizophrenia and their prediction ; 4.3.7 Treatment and management of schizophrenia ; 4.3.8 Schizoaffective and schizotypal disorders ; 4.3.9 Acute and transient psychotic disorders ; 4.4 Persistent delusional symptoms and disorders ; 4.5.1 Introduction to mood disorders ; 4.5.2 Clinical features of mood disorders and mania ; 4.5.3 Diagnosis, classification and differential diagnosis of mood disorders ; 4.5.4 Epidemiology of mood disorders ; 4.5.5.1 Genetic aetiology of mood disorders ; 4.5.5.2 Neurobiological aetiology of mood disorders ; 4.5.6 Course and prognosis of mood disorders ; 4.5.7 Treatment of mood disorders ; 4.5.8 Dysthymia, cyclothymia and hyperthymia ; 4.6.1 Acute stress reactions ; 4.6.2 Post-traumatic stress disorders ; 4.6.3 Recovered memories and false memories ; 4.6.4 Adjustment disorders ; 4.6.5 Bereavement ; 4.7.1 Generalized anxiety disorders ; 4.7.2 Social anxiety disorder and specific phobias ; 4.7.3 Panic disorders and agoraphobia ; 4.8 Obsessive compulsive disorder ; 4.9 Depersonalization disorder ; 4.10.1 Anorexia nervosa ; 4.10.2 Bulimia nervosa ; 4.11.1 Normal sexual function ; 4.11.2 The sexual dysfunctions ; 4.11.3 The paraphilias ; 4.11.4 Gender identity disorder in adults ; 4.12.1 Personality disorders: an introductory perspective ; 4.12.2 Classification and assessment of personality disorders ; 4.12.3 Specific types of personality disorder ; 4.12.4 Epidemiology of personality disorders ; 4.12.5 Neuropsychological templates for abnormal personalities: from genes to biodevelopmental pathways ; 4.12.6 Psychotherapy for personality disorders ; 4.12.7 Management of personality disorder ; 4.13.1 Impulse control disorders ; 4.13.2 Special psychiatric problems relating to gambling ; 4.14.1 Introduction to sleep-wake disorders ; 4.14.2 Insomnias ; 4.14.3 Excessive sleepiness ; 4.14.4 Parasomnias ; 4.15.1 Epidemiology and causes of suicide ; 4.15.2 Deliberate self-harm: epidemiology and risk factors ; 4.15.3 Biological aspects of suicidal behaviour ; 4.15.4 Treatment of suicide attempters and prevention of suicide and attempted suicide ; 4.16 Culture-related specific psychiatric syndromes ; PART 5 - PSYCHIATRY AND MEDICINE ; 5.1 Mind-body dualism, psychiatry and medicine ; 5.2.1 Somatoform disorders and functional symptoms ; 5.2.2 Epidemiology of somatoform disorders and other causes of unexplained medical symptoms ; 5.2.3 Somatization disorder and related disorders ; 5.2.4 Conversion and dissociation disorders ; 5.2.5 Hypochondriasis ; 5.2.6 Pain disorder ; 5.2.7 Chronic fatigue syndrome ; 5.2.8 Body dysmorphic disorder ; 5.2.9 Factitious disorder and malingering ; 5.2.10 Neurasthenia ; 5.3.1 Adjustments to illness and handicap ; 5.3.2 Psychiatric aspects of neurological disease ; 5.3.3 Epilepsy ; 5.3.4 Medical conditions associated with psychiatric disorder ; 5.3.5 Psychiatric aspects of infections ; 5.3.6 Psychiatric aspects of surgery (including transplantation) ; 5.3.7 Psychiatric aspects of cancer ; 5.3.8 Psychiatric aspects of accidents, burns and other trauma ; 5.4 Obstetric and gynaecological conditions associated with psychiatric disorder ; 5.5 Management of psychiatric disorders in medically ill patients ; 5.6 Health psychology ; 5.7 The organization of psychiatric services for general hospital departments ; PART 6 - TREATMENT METHODS IN PSYCHIATRY ; 6.1.1 The evaluation of physical treatments ; 6.1.2 The evaluation of psychological treatment ; 6.2.1 General principles of drug therapy in psychiatry ; 6.2.2. Anxiolytics and hypnotics ; 6.2.3 Antidepressants ; 6.2.4 Lithium and related mood stabilizers ; 6.2.5 Antipsychotic and anticholinergic drugs ; 6.2.6 Antiepileptic drugs ; 6.2.7 Drugs for cognitive disorders ; 6.2.8 Drugs used in the treatment of addictions ; 6.2.9 Complementary medicines ; 6.2.10.1 Electroconvulsive therapy ; 6.2.10.2 Phototherapy ; 6.2.10.3 Transcranial magnetic stimulation ; 6.2.11 Neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders ; 6.3.1 Counselling ; 6.3.2.1 Cognitive-behaviour therapy for anxiety disorders ; 6.3.2.2 Cognitive-behaviour therapy for eating disorders ; 6.3.2.3 Cognitive-behaviour therapy for depressive disorders ; 6.3.2.4 Cognitive-behaviour therapy for schizophrenia ; 6.3.3 Interpersonal psychotherapy for depression and other disorders ; 6.3.4 Brief individual psychodynamic psychotherapy ; 6.3.5 Psychoanalysis and other long-term dynamic psychotherapies ; 6.3.6 Group methods in adult psychiatry ; 6.3.7 Psychotherapy with couples ; 6.3.8 Family therapy ; 6.3.9 Therapeutic communities ; 6.4.1 Rehabilitation techniques ; 6.4.2 Psychiatric nursing techniques ; 6.4.3 Social work approaches to mental health work: international trends ; 6.4.4 Art therapy ; 6.5 Indigenous folk healing practices ; PART 7 - SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND SERVICE PROVISION ; 7.1 Public policy and mental health ; 7.2 Service needs of individuals and populations ; 7.3 Cultural differences care pathways, service use, and outcome ; 7.4 Primary prevention of mental disorders ; 7.5 Planning and providing mental health services for a community ; 7.6 Evaluation of mental health services ; 7.7 Economic analysis of mental health services ; 7.8 Psychiatry in primary care ; 7.9 The role of the voluntary sector ; 7.10.1 The special psychiatric problems of refugees ; 7.10.2 Mental health services for homeless mentally ill people ; 7.10.3 Mental health services for ethnic minorities ; PART 8 - THE PSYCHIATRY OF OLD AGE ; 8.1 The biology of ageing ; 8.2 The sociology of normal ageing ; 8.3 The ageing population and the epidemiology of mental disorders among the elderly ; 8.4 Assessment of mental disorders in older patients ; 8.5.1 Delirium in the elderly ; 8.5.1.1 Mild cognitive impairment ; 8.5.2 Substance use disorders in elderly people ; 8.5.3 Schizophrenia and paranoid disorders of late life ; 8.5.4 Mood disorders in the elderly ; 8.5.5 Stress-related, anxiety, and obsessional disorders in elderly people ; 8.5.6 Personality disorders in the elderly ; 8.5.7 Suicide and deliberate self-harm in elderly people ; 8.5.8 Sex in old age ; 8.6 Special features of psychiatric treatment for the elderly ; 8.7 The planning and organization of services for older adults ; PART 9 - CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY ; 9.1.1 Developmental psychopathology and classification in childhood and adolescence ; 9.1.2 Epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence ; 9.1.3 Assessment in child and adolescent psychiatry ; 9.1.4 Prevention of mental disorder in childhood and other public health issues ; 9.2.1 Developmental neuropsychiatric disorders ; 9.2.2 Specific developmental disorders in childhood & adolescence ; 9.2.3 Autism and the pervasive developmental disorders ; 9.2.4 Attention deficit and hyperkinetic disorders in childhood and adolescence ; 9.2.5 Conduct disorders in childhood and adolescence ; 9.2.6 Anxiety disorders in childhood and adolescence ; 9.2.7 Paediatric mood disorders ; 9.2.8 Obsessive-compulsive disorder and tics in children and adolescents ; 9.2.9 Sleep disorders in children and adolescents ; 9.2.10 Suicide and attempted suicide in children and adolescents ; 9.2.11 Children's speech and language difficulties ; 9.2.12 Gender identity disorder in children and adolescents ; 9.3.1 The influence of family, school and the environment ; 9.3.2 Child trauma ; 9.3.3 Child abuse and neglect ; 9.3.4 The relationship between physical and mental health in children and adolescents ; 9.3.5 The effects on child and adult mental health of adoption and foster care ; 9.3.6 Effects of parental psychiatric and physical illness on child development ; 9.3.7 The effects of bereavement in childhood ; 9.4.1. The child as witness ; 9.5.1 Counselling and psychotherapy for children ; 9.5.2 Child psychoanalysis ; 9.5.3 Cognitive behaviour therapies for children and adolescents ; 9.5.4 Interventions for parents and families: a developmental psychopathology perspective ; 9.5.5 Medication for children and adolescents ; 9.5.6 Residential care for social reasons ; 9.5.7 Organization of services for children and adolescents ; 9.5.8 The treatment of child and adolescent psychiatric emergencies ; 9.5.9 The child psychiatrist as consultant to schools and colleges ; PART 10 - INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY ; 10.1 Classification, diagnosis, psychiatric assessment and needs assessment ; 10.2 Epidemiology of psychiatry of learning disability ; 10.3 Aetiology of intellectual disability: general issues and prevention ; 10.4 Syndromes causing intellectual disability ; 10.5.1 Psychiatric and behaviour disorders among children and adolescents with intellectual disability ; 10.5.2 Psychiatric and behaviour disorders among adult persons with intellectual disability ; 10.5.3 Epilepsy and epilepsy-related behaviour disorders among people with intellectual disability ; 10.6 Methods of treatment ; 10.7 Special needs of adolescents and elderly people with intellectual disability ; 10.8 Families with a member with intellectual disability and their needs ; 10.9 The planning and provision of psychiatric services for adults with intellectual disability ; PART 11 - FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY ; 11.1 General principles of law relating to people with mental disorder ; 11.2 Psychosocial causes of offending ; 11.3.1 Associations between psychiatric disorder and offending ; 11.3.2 Offending, substance misuse and mental disorder ; 11.3.3 Cognitive disorders, epilepsy, ADHD and offending ; 11.4.1 Mental disorders among offenders in correctional settings ; 11.4.2 Homicide offenders including mass murder and infanticide ; 11.4.3 Fraud, deception and thieves ; 11.4.4 Juvenile delinquency and serious antisocial behaviour ; 11.5.1 Child molesters and other sexual offenders ; 11.5.2 Arson (fire-raising) ; 11.5.3 Stalking ; 11.5.4 Querulous behaviour: vexatious litigation, abnormally persistent complaining and petitioning ; 11.5.5 Domestic violence ; 11.6 The impact of victimization ; 11.7 Assessing and managing the risks of violence towards others ; 11.8 The expert witness in the criminal court: assessment, reports and testimony ; 11.9 Managing offenders with psychiatric disorders in general psychiatric services ; 11.10 Management of offenders with mental disorder in specialist forensic mental health services

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