Psychiatry

Gautam Gulati, Mary-Ellen Lynall, Kate E. A. Saunders

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781118378205
• eBook ISBN: 9781118378236
• Edition: 11
• Topic: Médecine
• Subtopic: Psychiatrie et santé mentale

Lecture Notes: Psychiatry provides a concise and accessible introduction to the fundamentals of Psychiatry, presenting the principles of Psychiatric examination followed by systematic coverage of the major psychiatric disorders, as well as covering management and treatment options.

This eleventh edition has been revised to include recent developments in history-taking, psychotropic drugs and case presentations, as well as covering the practical elements of patient guidance and care.

Key features include:

• Clearly presented tables, figures and end-of-chapter 'Key point' summaries to aid revision
• An emphasis on core management skills needed by Junior Doctors in both psychiatric and general hospital settings
• Quick reference guides to help structure patient assessments on-the-go
• MCQs and case studies in line with medical school and professional level psychiatry exams

For those embarking on study or refreshing their knowledge of psychiatry, Lecture Notes: Psychiatry provides a step-by-step guide to both its wider and patient-centred practice.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Quick guides
• Chapter 1: Getting started
• Chapter 2: The basic psychiatric assessment
• Chapter 3: Diagnosis-specific assessments
• Chapter 4: Risk: harm, self-harm and suicide
• Chapter 5: Completing and communicating the assessment
• Chapter 6: What causes mental health problems?
• Chapter 7: Treatment
• Chapter 8: Psychiatric services and specialties
• Chapter 9: Mood disorders
• Chapter 10: Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
• Chapter 11: Eating, sleep and sexual disorders
• Chapter 12: Schizophrenia
• Chapter 13: Dementia, delirium and neuropsychiatry
• Chapter 14: Substance misuse
• Chapter 15: Personality disorders
• Chapter 16: Childhood disorders
• Chapter 17: Learning disability (mental retardation)
• Chapter 18: Psychiatry in other settings
• Chapter 19: Mental health and the law
• Self-assessment answers
• Appendix 1: ICD-10 classification of psychiatric disorders
• Appendix 2: Keeping up to date and evidence-based
• Index