Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry
Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Psychiatry
7th Edition
Published on 1. January 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
920 pages
978-0-683-04530-7 (ISBN)
Description
This text provides comprehensive coverage of psychiatry. Written primarily for students, it covers both behavioural science and clinical psychiatry. It also considers: biological therapy, including all current drugs, with classification by action and drug name; neurochemistry; neurophysiology; and brain imaging. Clinical cases are included and pharmacologic treatments are presented according to pharmacologic activity, not just by drug family. This seventh edition has been updated to incorporate the DSM-IV guidelines. It also includes expanded coverage of substance abuse and psychotropics. New topics to this edition include factitious disorders; eating and sleep disorders; medication-induced movement disorders; motor skills and attention deficit disorders; schizophrenia with childhood onset; and childhood or adolescent antisocial behaviour.
This text provides comprehensive coverage of psychiatry. Written primarily for students, it covers both behavioural science and clinical psychiatry. It also considers: biological therapy, including all current drugs, with classification by action and drug name; neurochemistry; neurophysiology; and brain imaging. Clinical cases are included and pharmacologic treatments are presented according to pharmacologic activity, not just by drug family. This seventh edition has been updated to incorporate the DSM-IV guidelines. It also includes expanded coverage of substance abuse and psychotropics. New topics to this edition include factitious disorders; eating and sleep disorders; medication-induced movement disorders; motor skills and attention deficit disorders; schizophrenia with childhood onset; and childhood or adolescent antisocial behaviour.
This text provides comprehensive coverage of psychiatry. Written primarily for students, it covers both behavioural science and clinical psychiatry. It also considers: biological therapy, including all current drugs, with classification by action and drug name; neurochemistry; neurophysiology; and brain imaging. Clinical cases are included and pharmacologic treatments are presented according to pharmacologic activity, not just by drug family. This seventh edition has been updated to incorporate the DSM-IV guidelines. It also includes expanded coverage of substance abuse and psychotropics. New topics to this edition include factitious disorders; eating and sleep disorders; medication-induced movement disorders; motor skills and attention deficit disorders; schizophrenia with childhood onset; and childhood or adolescent antisocial behaviour.
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Edition
7th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
108 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 266 mm
Width: 192 mm
Weight
1765 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-683-04530-7 (9780683045307)
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Content
The doctor-patient relationship; human development throughout the life cycle; the brain and behaviour; contributions of the psychosocial sciences to human behaviour; psychology and psychiatry - psychometric and neuropsychological testing; theories of personality and psychopathology; clinical examination of the psychiatric patient; typical signs and symptoms of psychiatric illness defined; classification in psychiatry and psychiatric rating scales; delirium, dementia, amnesia and other cognitive disorders; neuropsychiatric aspects of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS); substance-related disorders; schizophrenia; other psychotic disorders; mood disorders; anxiety disorders; somatoform disorders; factitious disorders; dissociative disorders; human sexuality; gender identity disorders; eating disorders; normal sleep and sleep disorders; impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified; adjustment disorders; personality disorders; psychological factors affecting medical condition (psychosomatic disorders); relationship problems; problems related to abuse or neglect; additional conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention (follow DSM-IV; but do not include Sections 49.1-49.4); psychiatric emergencies; psychotherapies; biological therapies; child psychiatry - assessment, examination, and psychological testing; mental retardation; learning disorders (academic skills disorders); motor skills disorder; pervasive developmental disorders; attention deficit disorders (including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder NOS); disruptive behaviour disorders; anxiety disorders of childhood or adolescence; feeding and disorders of infancy or early childhood; tic disorders; communication disorders; elimination disorders; other disorders of infancy, childhood, or adolescence; mood disorders and suicide (including bereavement); schizophrenia with childhood onset; child psychiatry - special areas of interest; psychiatric treatment of children and adolescents; geriatric psychiatry; forensic psuchiatry; ethics in psychiatry; history of psychiatry.