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Lecture notes. Psychiatry / Gautam Gulati, Mary-Ellen Lynall, Kate Saunders.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gulati, Gautam, 1979-
- Series:
- Lecture notes (Blackwell Publishing Ltd.)
- Lecture notes
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental illness--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
- Mental illness.
- Psychiatry--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
- Psychiatry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (520 pages).
- Edition:
- Eleventh edition.
- Other Title:
- Psychiatry
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2014.
- Summary:
- Lecture Notes: Psychiatry provides a concise and accessible introduction to the fundamentals of Psychiatry, presenting the principles of Psychiatric examination followed by systematic coverage of the major psychiatric disorders, as well as covering management and treatment options. This eleventh edition has been revised to include recent developments in history-taking, psychotropic drugs and case presentations, as well as covering the practical elements of patient guidance and care. Key features include: Clearly presented tables, figures and end-of-chapter 'Key point' summaries to aid revision An emphasis on core management skills needed by Junior Doctors in both psychiatric and general hospital settings Quick reference guides to help structure patient assessments on-the-go MCQs and case studies in line with medical school and professional level psychiatry exams For those embarking on study or refreshing their knowledge of psychiatry, Lecture Notes: Psychiatry provides a step-by-step guide to both its wider and patient-centred practice.
- Contents:
- The basic psychiatric assessment
- Diagnosis-specific assessments
- Risk: harm, self-harm, and suicide
- Completing and communicating the assessment
- What causes mental health problems?
- Treatment
- Psychiatric services and specialties
- Mood disorders
- Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
- Eating, sleep and sexual disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Dementia, delirium and neuropsychiatry
- Substance misuse
- Personality disorders
- Childhood disorders
- Learning disability (mental retardation)
- Psychiatry in other settings
- Mental health and the law.
- Notes:
- Preceded by: Lecture notes. Psychiatry. 10th ed. / Paul Harrison, John Geddes, Michael Sharpe. 2010.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 8, 2013).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-118-37822-9
- 1-118-37821-0
- 1-118-37823-7
- OCLC:
- 861559335
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