Synopses & Reviews
The Textbook of Psychiatry prepares students for the range of mental health problems they are likely to encounter on clinical attachments and in practice. Part I addresses the basic concepts in psychiatry and includes practical guidelines to elicit a mental health history, form a management plan, and communicate effectively with patients. The role of psychiatry in primary care is given due prominence in line with the current practice. Part II is organized in clinical topics, covering the most common disorders which students need to know.
Table of Contents
50 years of psychiatry: A conversation with professor Linford Rees I. Approaching mental health problems
Talking and listening to people
Classificaton and diagnosis in psychiatry
How to record the history, mental state and management plan
Some words psychiatrists use
Psychiatry and primary care
II. Clinical syndromes
Organic States
Schizophrenia
Mood disorders
Anxiety disorders
Eating disorders
Post-partum disorders
Anthropology and psychiatry
Liaison psychiatry and somatoform disorders
Suicide and deliberate self harm
Psychosexual problems
Psychotherapy
Child and adolescent psychiatry
Learning disability
Personality and its disorders
Addiction
Old age psychiatry
Loss and bereavementYGenetics and
Genetics and psychiatry
Detaining a person against their will