Rapid Psychiatry.

This pocket guide is a must for all clinical medical students and junior doctors and provides an excellent revision tool in the run-up to exams. It is also perfect for when working on the psychiatric attachment, as it covers many of the conditions encountered on the wards, in clinics, and in general...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oakley, Clare
Other Authors: Malik, Amit
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Rapid series.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction to Psychiatry; Summary; Signs and symptoms; Psychiatric history; Mental state examination; Classification systems for mental disorders; Assessment of suicide risk; Deliberate self-harm; Suicide; Multidisciplinary team; Ethical issues; Mental Capacity Act; Adults With Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000; Mental health legislation; Differential Diagnosis; The anxious patient; The depressed patient; The elated patient; The hallucinating patient; The patient with obsessions/compulsions.
  • The unresponsive patientGeneral Adult Psychiatry; Anxiety disorders
  • agoraphobia; Anxiety disorders
  • generalised anxiety disorder; Anxiety disorders
  • social phobia; Anxiety disorders
  • specific phobia; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Dissociative disorders; Eating disorders
  • assessment; Eating disorders
  • anorexia nervosa; Eating disorders
  • bulimia nervosa; Mood disorders
  • bipolar affective disorder; Mood disorders
  • depression; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Personality disorders; Postnatal mental disorders
  • postnatal blues; Postnatal mental disorders
  • postnatal depression.
  • Postnatal mental disorders
  • puerperal psychosisReactions to stressful events
  • abnormal grief reactions; Reactions to stressful events
  • acute stress disorders; Reactions to stressful events
  • adjustment disorder; Reactions to stressful events
  • post-traumatic stress disorder; Schizophrenia; Somatisation disorder; Substance misuse
  • assessment; Substance misuse
  • alcohol; Substance misuse
  • illicit drugs; Neuropsychiatry; Epilepsy; Head injury and associated psychiatric sequelae; Huntington's disease; Motor neurone disease; Multiple sclerosis; Parkinson's disease; Syphilis; Wilson's disease.
  • Child and Adolescent PsychiatrySpecial considerations for assessment; Attachment and development; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Child abuse; Conduct disorder; Other psychiatric disorders of childhood and adolescence; Old Age Psychiatry; Special considerations for assessment; Delirium; Dementia; Depression; Very late-onset schizophrenia; Psychiatry of Learning Disability; Learning disability; Autism; Down's syndrome; Genetic disorders; Forensic Psychiatry; Special considerations for assessment; Violence and mental disorder; Risk assessment; Structure of forensic services.
  • Legal terms and criminal proceedingsPsychotherapy; Special considerations for assessment; Cognitive-behavioural therapy; Psychodynamic psychotherapy; Supportive psychotherapy; Psychopharmacology; Introduction
  • general points on prescribing; Antidepressants
  • selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; Antidepressants
  • tricyclic antidepressants; Antidepressants
  • monoamine oxidase inhibitors; Antidepressants
  • others; Antipsychotics atypicals; Antipsychotics typicals; Antipsychotics clozapine; Anxiolytics; ADHD medication; Electroconvulsive therapy; Dementia medication; Hypnotics.