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Book SynopsisWidely recognized as the standard text for trainee psychiatrists, the Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry stands head and shoulders above the competition. The text has been honed over seven editions, displaying a fluency, authority, and insight rarely found in textbooks which makes the process of assimilating information effective and enjoyable.The book provides an introduction to all the clinical topics, sub-specialties, and major psychiatric conditions required by the trainee psychiatrist. Throughout, the authors emphasize the basic clinical skills required for full assessment and understanding of the patient. Discussion of treatment includes not only scientific evidence, but also practical problems in the management of patients in a family and social context. Full attention to ethical and legal issues is given within the evidence-based approach to practice provided in the text. Introductory chapters focus on recognition of signs and symptoms, classification and diagnosis, psychiat
Trade ReviewThis book covers all major aspects of psychiatry in its 26 chapters. It endeavors to cover a number of topics that are not always addressed in general psychiatry books, including behavioral complications of neurological and medical illness as well as complexities that are unique to subspecialty populations [...] Overall, this is a strong addition to the field and it provides a good overview of complex material in a format that is manageable for student learners. * Vanessa Stan, MD, MPH, Doody's *
Table of Contents1: Signs and symptoms of psychiatric disorders 2: Classification 3: Assessment 4: Ethics and civil law 5: Aetiology 6: Evidence-based approaches to psychiatry 7: Reactions to stressful experiences 8: Anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders 9: Depression 10: Bipolar disorder 11: Schizophrenia 12: Paranoid symptoms and syndromes 13: Eating, sleep, and sexual disorders 14: Dementia, delirium, and other neuropsychiatric disorders 15: Personality and personality disorder 16: Child psychiatry 17: Intellectual disability (Mental retardation) 18: Forensic psychiatry 19: Psychiatry of the elderly 20: The misuse of alcohol and drugs 21: Suicide and deliberate self-harm 22: Psychiatry and medicine 23: Global psychiatry 24: Psychological treatments 25: Drugs and other physical treatments 26: Psychiatric services References Index
