Psychiatry Books

Book SynopsisThis Guide to Psychiatry — Singapore Perspective is the 16th revision of the original series of 'Guide to Psychiatry' which has been revised and updated every two to three years since the early 1980s. It was originally meant for new doctors posted to Woodbridge Hospital/Institute of Mental Health. However, its distribution was extended later to colleagues, general practitioners, psychologists, medical students, allied mental health workers and interested others.Much of the subject matter derives from five decades of personal clinical experience and thoughts and may be unorthodox. The current publication or version remains a guide to appreciation of psychiatry and management of local patients. Attempts are made to explain concepts, development, issues, ambiguities and principles that are commonly confronted and confusing to beginners. Analogies are freely used to aid understanding. As mentioned in earlier revisions, it does not fulfil the role of a textbook of which many have been written. Nevertheless, this little book could be read over and again with benefit by training psychiatrists, medical doctors and students and other mental health workers.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Mental Functions and Psychopathology; Psychiatric Consultations; Common Mental Disorders; Treatment and Management; Psychiatric Services and Department; Law and Psychiatry; Active Balance and Passive Equilibrium; Stress, Mental Health and Management; Overview of Health Economic Issues;

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Book SynopsisOur mind is one of the most extraordinary wonders of mankind! We use it to think critically and creatively, it stores our treasured memories, it helps us make friends and look after our loved ones, and it can transform our impossible dreams into reality.Sometimes we encounter glitches in our life's journey. The brain may not advance as fast as expected. This book delves into both the normal as well as the abnormal functioning of a child's mind. Topics covered include intelligence, creativity, consciousness, memory and normal development. It also gives practical advice on how to manage children's mental health and problems like ADHD, dyslexia, autism and depression.The book is timely because of the recent surge in interest of the human mind during the Covid-19 pandemic where there has been a dramatic worldwide increase in mental problems brought about by isolation, economic slowdown, unemployment, and loss of our loved ones.This book is suitable for everyone who is fascinated by the human mind.

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Book SynopsisOur mind is one of the most extraordinary wonders of mankind! We use it to think critically and creatively, it stores our treasured memories, it helps us make friends and look after our loved ones, and it can transform our impossible dreams into reality.Sometimes we encounter glitches in our life's journey. The brain may not advance as fast as expected. This book delves into both the normal as well as the abnormal functioning of a child's mind. Topics covered include intelligence, creativity, consciousness, memory and normal development. It also gives practical advice on how to manage children's mental health and problems like ADHD, dyslexia, autism and depression.The book is timely because of the recent surge in interest of the human mind during the Covid-19 pandemic where there has been a dramatic worldwide increase in mental problems brought about by isolation, economic slowdown, unemployment, and loss of our loved ones.This book is suitable for everyone who is fascinated by the human mind.

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Book SynopsisThis book showcases current thinking on social work in the field of mental health and illness from a bio-ecological and spiritual framework reflecting the transition in mental health care from institution to community. The book presents a valuable tool for understanding theories on aetiology and social work interventions in mental health from varying socio-cultural, economic and political contexts. Topics covered include: the values and ethics of social work practice in mental health; psycho-social theories on mental health and illness, including psychological perspective and the structural/ social development perspective; social work approaches in working with individuals, families and communities; contextualized social work practice in mental health with a specific population group or community; structural factors such as legal provision and financial challenges in mental health and illness; and new directions in social work and mental health.Table of ContentsPart One: Introduction.- Part Two: General Theories on Mental Health and of Aetiology of Mental Illness.- Part Three: Overview of social work approaches in working with individuals, families and community.- Part Four:Contextualized practice with individuals and families.- Part Five: Structural factors in social work and mental health.- Part Six: Concluding chapter.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book marks the first historical overview of the autism rights branch of the neurodiversity movement, describing the activities and rationales of key leaders in their own words since it organized into a unique community in 1992. Sandwiched by editorial chapters that include critical analysis, the book contains 19 chapters by 21 authors about the forming of the autistic community and neurodiversity movement, progress in their influence on the broader autism community and field, and their possible threshold of the advocacy establishment. The actions covered are legendary in the autistic community, including manifestos such as “Don’t Mourn for Us”, mailing lists, websites or webpages, conferences, issue campaigns, academic project and journal, a book, and advisory roles. These actions have shifted the landscape toward viewing autism in social terms of human rights and identity to accept, rather than as a medical collection of deficits and symptoms to cure.Table of ContentsForeword.- Introduction.- Part I: Gaining Community.- 1. Historicizing Jim Sinclair’s “Don’t Mourn for Us”: A Cultural and Intellectual History of Neurodiversity’s Origins.- 2. From Exclusion to Acceptance: Independent Living on the Autistic Spectrum.- 3. Autistic People Against Neuroleptic Abuse.- 4. Autistics.org and Finding our Voices as an Activist Movement.- 5. Losing.- Part II: Getting Heard.- 6. Neurodiversity.com: A Decade of Advocacy.- 7. Autscape.- 8. The Autistic Genocide Clock.- 9. Shifting the System: AASPIRE and the Loom of Science and Activism.- 10. Out of Searching Comes New Vibrance.- 11. Two Winding Parent Paths to Neurodiversity Advocacy.- 12. Lobbying Autism’s Diagnostic Revision in the DSM-5.- 13. Torture in the Name of Treatment: The Mission to Stop the Shocks in the Age of Deinstitutionalization.- 14. Autonomy, the Critical Journal of Interdisciplinary Autism Studies.- 15. My Time with Autism Speaks.- 16. Covering the Politics of Neurodiversity: And Myself.- 17. “A Dream Deferred” No Longer: Backstory of the First Autism and Race Anthology.- Part III: Entering the Establishment?.- 18. Changing Paradigms: The Emergence of the Autism/Neurodiversity Manifesto.- 19. From Protest to Taskforce.- Part IV.- 20. Critiques of the Neurodiversity Movement.- 21. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis unique volume chronicles the combined experiences of the multidisciplinary team on the clinical practice of child and adolescent psychiatry. A culmination of the authors' past 37 years of training medical students and other allied health trainees, this text is designed with the needs of the busy clinician in mind. Its broad coverage of the subject, the use of relevant clinical histories and findings to illustrate key points, as well as discussions on common treatment side effects make it a very helpful and practical book.Medical students in their third through final years; trainees in psychiatry, psychology, and social work; psychologists; teacher counselors; medical social workers; pediatricians interested in child mental health; and family physicians will find this book particularly useful and stimulating.Table of ContentsOverview of Mental Health Problems in Children and Adolescents; Development of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Speaking to Children; Assessment of Children and Adolescents; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Stress-related Disorders; Autism and related Disorders; Enuresis and Encopresis; Conduct Disorders; Emotional Disorders; Learning Disorders; Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior; School Refusal; Eating Disorders; Rare Conditions in Child Psychiatry; Substance Abuse and Dependence; Adolescent Smoking; Psychotic Disorders; Consultation Liaison Psychiatry; Custody and Access Evaluations; Adoption, Child Abuse and Neglect; Evaluation of Antisocial Behaviors; Violent Offenders; Psychological Testing; IQ Testing of Children; Research in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Management; Counseling of Families and Family Therapy; Play Therapy; Occupational Therapy; Medical Treatment; Inpatient Treatment; Helping Agencies; References for Students.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a compilation by local mental health experts on the development of mental health services in Singapore after 1993. The year was the end point of an earlier book 'Till the Break of Dawn — A History of Mental Health Services in Singapore (1841-1993)' that had been written on the history of psychiatry.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a compilation by local mental health experts on the development of mental health services in Singapore after 1993. The year was the end point of an earlier book 'Till the Break of Dawn — A History of Mental Health Services in Singapore (1841-1993)' that had been written on the history of psychiatry.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the value of supervised Disulfiram therapy, highlighting the many potential and unique benefits of Disulfiram. One of the oldest drugs available for the long-term management of alcohol dependence, Disulfiram remains a viable treatment option for alcohol dependence and has been shown in recent studies to be more successful in treating patients with alcohol dependence than Naltrexone, Topiramate and Acamprosate. It is also useful in dual diagnosis patients and those with co-morbid cocaine and alcohol dependence. Although Disulfiram’s mechanism of action in alcohol dependence was long thought to be its effects as a psychological deterrent, more recent studies point to potential anti-craving effects as well. In dedicated chapters, the book reviews major clinical trials of Disulfiram spanning nearly 60 years, its historical aspects and discovery, side effects, treatment protocols and uses in the context of alcohol dependence. The book also discusses the use of Disulfiram across diverse populations along with monitoring for compliance and various adverse effects that may manifest. Further topics include Disulfiram implant therapy and the role of Disulfiram in the modern long-term pharmacotherapy of alcohol dependence, as well as the role of cognitive behavior therapy in enhancing the effects of Disulfiram and the emerging role of Disulfiram in treating cocaine dependence and pathological gambling. As such, the book offers a “one-stop” comprehensive guide to all aspects of Disulfiram therapy.Table of ContentsHistory and discovery.- Mechanism of action and pharmacology.- Use in alcohol dependence.- Use in cocaine dependence.- Use in pathological gambling.- In combination with other therapies for alcohol dependence.- Side effects and their management.-Use in special populations with alcohol dependence.-Is it an underused drug.- The road ahead and future research needs.- Ethical issues.- Non psychiatric uses an overview.

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Book SynopsisThis handbook will be a concise guide to important topics in psychiatry with an international focus. It constitutes a précis of the field of psychiatry with emphases on the therapeutic approach to the patient and on the proper diagnosis of major psychiatric disorders.All psychiatric diagnoses are encoded using both the US Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) and the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD). Treatment options for psychiatric disorders will include approaches used in developed nations in North America, Europe, Asia, as well as in the developing world. Furthermore an invaluable brief history of psychiatry allows readers to trace the beginnings of their chosen field and gain awareness of the ethical and legal contexts.This handbook will provide a comprehensive introduction to psychiatry appropriate for students, trainees, and practitioners seeking an international approach.Table of ContentsFundamentals/Core: Introduction; International Issues; Psychiatric Diagnosis; Etiology of Psych Illnesses; Approach to the Patient: Psychiatric Interviewing; Neuropsychological Testing; Ethical Aspects of Psychiatry; Psychiatric Disorders: CAP Psych Disorders; Psychotic Disorders; Mood Disorders; Anxiety Disorders; Substance use Disorders; Cognitive Disorders; Somatoform Disorders; Dissociative Disorders; Sleep Disorders; Eating Disorders; Sexual Disorders; Adjustment Disorders; Personality Disorders; Geriatrics; Treatment Settings: Emergency Psychiatry; Outpatient Psychiatry; General Hospital Psychiatry; Psychiatric Education and Research: Education; Getting in a US Residency; Psychiatric Research; Special Topics: Suicide; HIV; Treatment Response; Intellectual Disabilities; Cultural Issues; Traditional Healing; Homelessness; War, Refugees, Trauma; Stigma; Legal Aspects of Psychiatry; History of Psychiatry.

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Book SynopsisAn easy read with a “how-to” intent, this book provides the insights and process of a practical and viable community mental health team. The authors of the book have produced a book which is as close an account to the reality of making the REACH team a value add to the mental wellness of students. This is the first book in Singapore that details the synergy of the various levels of decision making to enable a child and adolescent community mental health team to take shape, allowing hospital staff to reach students and service providers in primary care.Table of ContentsIntroduction (B Poh & Y Cai); The Vision (S L Tay et al.); REACH Processes (C Lee & K Lee); Supporting Schools (H Y Wong & J Lies); Partnering with Voluntary Welfare Organizations (E Lim & S H Liew); Partnership with GPs (W H Sim); Resources (J Lies); Milestones Achieved and Looking Ahead (D Koh et al.); Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Glossary; List of Special Education Schools in Singapore; List of Voluntary Welfare Organisations in Singapore.

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Book SynopsisThe title of this book reflects the fundamental aim: to explore the relation between exposure to job stressors and mental health. This is done with the primary intention of developing a new clinical approach, one which takes a proactive stance, emphasizing the need for creating work conditions that are more in harmony with the needs of the human being. Pivotal to this endeavor is to provide an integrative and comprehensive methodology, for assessing work stressors and ameliorating them whenever possible. This methodology, the Occupational Stressor Index, the OSI, was developed by the authors, who have successfully applied the OSI over the years in the context of prevention-oriented clinical practice within neurology and psychiatry, as well as within cardiology, oncology and other medical disciplines. The OSI is grounded in cognitive ergonomics and brain research. The authors, as clinicians, have a special interest in and affinity with their colleagues, their fellow physicians. Consequently, the working conditions and mental health of physicians are strongly emphasized throughout the book. Gender considerations are also woven into the entire book.This book will be of value to readers at many levels and interests. It is written in such a way that a non-expert can learn a great deal about the topics. Readers at all levels can reflect on their own work situation and how it could be improved within the framework of enhanced mental health. For health professionals, particularly psychiatrists, occupational medicine specialists, clinical psychologists as well as physicians involved in primary care and rehabilitation, this book will represent a sorely-needed paradigm shift which will help them address a main source of their patients' mental distress. It will be thought-provoking and yet also practical. Part I of the book provides the multi-faceted, scientific justification for this new clinical approach. The authors, as clinicians themselves, speak the clinical language and guide the reader step-by-step as to how this approach can be applied in practice.Table of ContentsWork as a Source of Meaning versus Stress; Evidence, Mechanisms, Standard of Care, Methodology: The Work Environment's Impact on Mental Health: Epidemiologic Evidence; Work Stress Mechanisms and Mental Health; Work Fitness and Occupational Rehabilitation; The Occupational Stressor Index (OSI); The Clinical Case Studies: Introduction to the Case Studies; An Exhausted Psychiatrist Thinking about Suicide; Middle-School Teacher with Panic Attacks and Migraines; Computer Programmer with Epilepsy and Agoraphobia; Oncologic Nurse with Breast Cancer and Disturbed Sleep; Control Panel Worker with Paranoid Ideation; Control Panel Worker with Paranoid Ideation; Professional Driver with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder; Scientist with Bipolar Disorder; Dysphoric Academic Physician nearing Retirement; New Approach to Neuropsychiatry Focused on the Work Environment: Occupational Neuropsychiatry as a New Subspecialty; A Clinical View towards a Humane Work Environment; Appendices: Diagnostic Criteria; The OSI Questionnaire and Score Sheet for Case#1.

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