Essential psychiatry / edited by Robin M. Murray [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murray, Robin M., 1944- editor.

Series:

Cambridge medicine (Series)

Cambridge medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychiatry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 735 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a major international textbook for psychiatrists and other professionals working in the field of mental healthcare. With contributions from opinion-leaders from around the globe, this book will appeal to those in training as well as to those further along the career path seeking a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of effective clinical practice backed by research evidence. The book is divided into cohesive sections moving from coverage of the tools and skills of the trade, through descriptions of the major psychiatric disorders and on to consider special topics and issues surrounding service organization. The final important section provides a comprehensive review of treatments covering all of the major modalities. Previously established as the Essentials of Postgraduate Psychiatry, this new and completely revised edition is the only book to provide this depth and breadth of coverage in an accessible, yet authoritative manner.

Contents:

Preface to the fourth edition; SECTION 1 The Tools of Psychiatry; SECTION 2 Psychiatric Disorders; SECTION 3 Special Topics; SECTION 4 Psychiatry in Specific Settings; SECTION 5 Treatments in Psychiatry.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780511544125

1-316-17129-9

1-107-19220-X

1-281-79134-2

9786611791346

0-511-42944-4

0-511-42825-1

0-511-42982-7

0-511-42764-6

0-511-54412-X

0-511-42896-0

OCLC:

437222480