Adult psychiatry / edited by Eugene H. Rubin and Charles F. Zorumski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rubin, Eugene H.

Zorumski, Charles F.

Series:

Blackwell's neurology and psychiatry access series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychiatry.

Mental Disorders--diagnosis.

Mental Disorders--therapy.

Primary Health Care--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Mental Disorders--diagnosis.

Mental Disorders--therapy.

Primary Health Care--methods.

Physical Description:

xiii, 493 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2005.

Summary:

Blackwell's Neurology and Psychiatry Access Series: Adult Psychiatry provides a practical discussion of psychopathology and aids the non-psychiatrist in recognizing psychiatric symptoms and syndromes and understanding the principles of management strategies. Although this book is aimed at primary care physicians, the information is presented in a conceptual format that medical students and junior residents may find useful. Psychologists, social workers and counsellors will find this book aids their work.

The book is divided into three main sections: Section 1 covers the assessment and evaluationof psychiatric disorders; Section 2 considers important aspects of psychopathology; Section 3 explores important topics in clinical medicine including the interface between psychiatry and primary care, general psychiatric treatment, practical genetics, age-related considerations, suicide, medicolegal issues, and ethics.

All chapters from the first edition have been revised and updated. Two new chapters have been added to this edition: obesity and binge eating disorder, and the impact of psychiatric disorders on medical illness.

Blackwell's Neurology and Psychiatry Access Series has been designed to teach the art of diagnosis and treatment of neurologic and mental disease, applying both deductive and inductive reasoning to arrive at a diagnosis and formulate a plan for treatment.

The format of this book is unique in the way it presents information, using 'boxes' designed to provide the reader with additional information and 'wisdom' from experienced contributors rather than just clinical knowledge.

This approach introduces an inductive nosologic approach to diagnosis, employing discriminating, consistent, and variable features. Other boxes include: Pearls and Perils, Consider Consultation When..., Key Clinical Questions and What They Unlock (new in this Edition).

These boxes of information and questions prompt the clinician with time-saving questions that "cut to the chase." This is a clinically relevant, multifunction text.

Contents:

Psychiatry and the medical model / Kevin J. Black

Diagnosis / Kevin J. Black

Examination of patients and evaluation of common chief complaints / Keith S. Garcia and Richard W. Hudgens

Psychological testing / Gitry Heydebrand and Richard D. Wetzel

Clinical rating scales / Devna Rastogi-Cruz and John G. Csernansky

Neuroimaging in psychiatry / Wayne C. Drevets, Kelly Botteron, and Deanna M. Barch

Referral of patients: mental health, family, and community resources / Mark C. Johnson, Katrin Tobben, and Barry A. Hong

Depression, mania, and related disorders / Wayne C. Drevets and Richard D. Todd

Anxiety disorders / Laura J. Bierut

Anxiety disorders: obsessive-compulsive disorder / Elliot C. Nelson

Cognitive disorders: delirium and amnestic disorder / Keith E. Isenberg

Cognitive disorders: dementias / Eugene H. Rubin

Schizophrenia and related disorders / John W. Newcomer, Peter Fahnestock, and Dan Haupt

Alcoholism and drug use disorders / Wilson M. Compton

Eating disorders: bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa / Richard W. Hudgens

Obesity and binge eating disorder / Anja Hilbert, Andrea B. Schnur, and Denise E. Wilfley

Somatoform disorders / Carol S. North

Dissociative disorders, factitious disorders, and malingering / Carol S. North and Sean H. Yutzy

Personality disorders / C. Robert Cloninger and Dragan M. Svrakic

Trauma-related syndromes / Carol S. North

Psychotherapy / Richard D. Wetzel and Barry A. Hong

Pharmacotherapy / John G. Csernansky

Electroconvulsive therapy / Charles F. Zorumski and Keith E. Isenberg

Practical genetics for the primary care physician / Alison J. Whelan and Jennifer Ivanovich

Adolescent issues / John N. Constantino and Richard E. Mattison

Psychiatry and old age / Eugene H. Rubin

Psychiatric disorders associated with general medical conditions / Nuri B. Farber and Kevin J. Black

The impact of psychiatric disorders on medical illness / Kenneth E. Freedland, Robert M. Carney, and Patrick J. Lustman

Suicide / Richard D. Wetzel and George E. Murphy

Forensic issues / Melissa Swallow, Sean H. Yutzy, and Steven H. Dinwiddie

Ethical issues in psychiatric practice / Steven H. Dinwiddie, Melissa Swallow, and Sean H. Yutzy.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Washington University adult psychiatry / Samuel B. Guze, editor.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-474) and index.

ISBN:

1405117699

OCLC:

60245533

Publisher Number:

9781405117692