Psychiatry / Edition 2

by Lawrence B. Shaffer, Ronald S. Krug

Overview

We have arranged this review text in an order that makes clinical sense. We have assumed that the student has had considerable experience with the field of psychiatry via didactic courses, clinical rotations or both. The first chapter is an introduction to psychiatry, noting significant persons and events in the growth of the field. Chapter two focuses on general diagnostic categories and the major intervention strategies that are used in the field. Chapter three presents patient management in detail so that in the later chapters, as disorders are being presented, the student can have the management strategies clearly in mind. Chapters four through twelve review each of the major psychiatric disorders in detail and provide suggestions regarding the etiology and appropriate treatment of the disorder. Chapter thirteen focuses on the special problems of children. That is, while children can have most of the same disorders as adults, there are disorders that are diagnosed in childhood that are different from those of adults. Chapter fourteen focuses on special issues in the practice of psychiatry such as sleep issues, forensic psychiatry, AIDS, etc. Chapter fifteen is devoted to psychiat­ ric emergencies in both adults and children. This is a review text and should not be substituted for more complete texts. The authors do not recommend that this book be used as a course text except in those academic offerings that are specifically directed to an overview of psychiatry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387946337
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	05/29/1996
Series:	Oklahoma Notes
Edition description:	2nd ed. 1996
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 10.98(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- Assumptions and Rationale Regarding Mental Disorders.- General Etiologies and Theories.- Milestones and Significant Persons.- Prevalence of Mental Disorders.- 2 Diagnosis and Intervention.- General Considerations.- Interviewing as a Diagnostic Tool.- Mental Status Examination.- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fourth Edition (DSM-IV).- Laboratory Data.- Brain Imaging.- Psychological and Neuropsychological Assessment.- Flow Chart of Differential Diagnosis.- 3 Management of Mental Disorders.- Compliance.- Psychopharmacology.- Somatic Therapies.- Major Individual Interpersonal Treatment Modalities.- Group Methods.- Environmental Manipulations.- 4 General Organic Brain Conditions.- Background.- Disorders of Global Cognitive Functioning.- Amnestic Disorders.- Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition.- 5 Substance Abuse.- Definitions.- Major Psychiatric Substance Abuse Diagnostic Categories.- Intervention.- 6 Thought Disorders.- Psychoses.- Thought Disorders.- 7 Mood Disorders.- Normal Mood States.- Disorders of Mood.- Etiology of Mood Disorders.- Classification (Syndromes).- Psychotic Level Mood Disorders.- Non-Psychotic (Minor) Mood Disorders.- 8 Neuroses.- General Introduction.- The Three Diagnostic Groups.- 9 Personality Disorders.- General Considerations.- Descriptions.- Treatment.- 10 Adjustment Disorders.- Definition.- Types.- Treatment.- 11 Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Conditions.- Definition.- Etiology.- Treatment.- 12 Sexual Issues and Dysfunctions.- Sexual Development.- Sexual Dysfunctions.- Adult Sexual Disorders.- 13 Disorders of Childhood.- General Issues.- Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence: 10 General Disorders Grouped into 5 General Categories.- Treatment.- 14 Special Issues in Psychiatry.- Sleep Disorders.- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).- Geriatric Psychiatry.- Legal Aspects of Psychiatry.- Pain.- 15 Psychiatric Emergencies.- Violence and Aggression.- Suicide.- Childhood and Adolescent Emergencies.- Questions for Self Assessment of Knowledge.- Answers for Self Assessment of Knowledge.