Companion to Psychiatric Studies
6th Edition
Published in November 1998
Book
Hardback
932 pages
978-0-443-05782-3 (ISBN)
Description
A comprehensive textbook of psychiatry aimed at trainees taking postgraduate exams, and covering both the basic sciences and the practice of psychiatry. Features: * Includes a chapter on legal and ethical aspects of psychiatry * Covers evidence based medicine, making this book highly topical * Psychiatric disorders specific to women discussed in a brand new chapter * Incorporates recent advances and changes in psychiatric knowledge and practice
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Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
100 illus
Dimensions
Height: 31 mm
Width: 21 mm
Weight
2370 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-05782-3 (9780443057823)
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Other editions
Previous edition
Alistair D. Forrest
Companion to Psychiatric Studies
Book
06/1993
5th Edition
Churchill Livingstone
€97.74
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Content
Psychiatry, Its History and Boundaries. Functional Neuroanatomy. Neuropharmacology. Clinical Pharmacology. Measurement, Statistics and Research Design. Psychiatric Epidemiology. Genetics. Psychiatric Interviewing. Mental State Examination. Diagnosis and Classification. Organic Disorders. Substance Misuse. Schizophrenia and Related Syndromes. Mood Disorders. Paranoid Disorders and Related Syndromes. Neuroimaging. Anxiety and Related Disorders. Eating Disorders. Problems of Sexuality and Gender. Psychiatric Disorders Specific to Women. Normal and Abnormal Personality. Psychiatry of Learning Disability. Psychiatric Disorders of Childhood . Psychiatric Disorders of Adolescence. Psychiatry of Old Age. Suicide and Self Harm. Psychiatry in Relation to Medicine. The Relationship Between Crime and Psychiatry. Legal and Ethical Aspects of Psychiatry. Psychological and Related Treatments. Evidence-Based Medicine in Psychiatry. Current Controversies in Psychiatry.