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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Hoboken :
John Wiley & Sons,
2011.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Rapid series.
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| 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.