
Psychiatry
An Illustrated Colour Text
Churchill Livingstone (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 12. November 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
124 pages
978-0-7020-3396-4 (ISBN)
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Description
* 2011 Winner - BMA Book Awards - Student Textbook - Psychiatry *
This innovative resource provides a highly visual introduction to the basic principles and practice of psychiatry. Each topic is covered in a single two-page unit to make reference and study uncommonly easy and effective. Abundant full-colour line diagrams, clinical photographs, and MRI images demonstrate essential concepts at a glance.
Concise, double page spread permits rapid review of essential information
Wide range of colour clinical photographs, MRI scans and artwork schematics
Provides practical advice regarding patient care
Covers modern pharmacological treatment of psychiatric disorders
Contains useful 'key point' boxes to highlight essential information
Expanded section on recent advances in psychopharmacology, particularly in the treatment of psychosis
Covers the new Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
Discusses the increasing role of psychotherapy in psychiatric disturbance
Provides a useful summary of the DSM-IV classification alongside that of the ICD-10 to enable fast comparison between the two classification systems
Summarises recent changes in NICE guidelines
Includes a new section on eponymous psychiatric disorders e.g. de Cl?rambault's and Cotard's syndromes.
This innovative resource provides a highly visual introduction to the basic principles and practice of psychiatry. Each topic is covered in a single two-page unit to make reference and study uncommonly easy and effective. Abundant full-colour line diagrams, clinical photographs, and MRI images demonstrate essential concepts at a glance.
Concise, double page spread permits rapid review of essential information
Wide range of colour clinical photographs, MRI scans and artwork schematics
Provides practical advice regarding patient care
Covers modern pharmacological treatment of psychiatric disorders
Contains useful 'key point' boxes to highlight essential information
Expanded section on recent advances in psychopharmacology, particularly in the treatment of psychosis
Covers the new Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
Discusses the increasing role of psychotherapy in psychiatric disturbance
Provides a useful summary of the DSM-IV classification alongside that of the ICD-10 to enable fast comparison between the two classification systems
Summarises recent changes in NICE guidelines
Includes a new section on eponymous psychiatric disorders e.g. de Cl?rambault's and Cotard's syndromes.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Medical students, psychiatric nurses, and foundation year doctors
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Approx. 133 illustrations (133 in full color)
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7020-3396-4 (9780702033964)
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Content
1. Introduction 2. Treatment in Psychiatry 3. Schizophrenia 4. Mood Disorders 5. Neurotic Disorders 6. Psychiatry and Medicine 7. Personality Disorders 8. The Psychiatric Specialities