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BLACKWELL PUBLISHING Psychiatry (Lecture Notes) 2005 Edition by PAUL HARRISON JOHN GEDDES MICHAEL SHARPE
"Lecture Notes: Psychiatry" takes a novel and common sense approach to psychiatry. It is written mainly for medical students and junior doctors, although anyone wanting a concise account of the principles of clinical psychiatry will find the book a useful resource. The book emphasizes how psychiatry is not only a specialty, but an essential part of general medical practice. It starts with a clear description of psychiatric assessment, followed by brief but comprehensive accounts of all the important disorders, their causes and treatment. It provides an up-to-date and evidence-based approach that integrates the three core elements of psychiatry: biology, psychology and sociology. Each chapter ends with summary points for revision, and the book includes a series of multiple-choice questions with answers. '...I found this book useful because of its relative simplicity: I was able to use it to understand the core course content in its simplest terms without getting lost in the enormousness of the speciality' - Barts and The London. Pre-publication reviews: '...an essential read for medical students and mental health trainees'; '...concise, readable...altogether a much better read than the usual dense texts of psychiatry'; and, '...the chapter on the clinical appraisal of patients is excellent. I will use it in exams as well as in the clinic'. Preface.1. Psychiatry: Getting Started.2. The Core Psychiatric Assessment.3. Psychiatric Assessment Modules.4. Risk: Harm, Self-Harm and Suicide.5. Completing and Communicating the Assessment.6. Aetiology.7. Treatment.8. Psychiatric Services.9. Mood Disorders.10. Neurotic, Stress-related and Somatoform Disorders.11. Eating, Sleep and Sexual Disorders.12. Schizophrenia.13. Organic Psychiatric Disorders.14. Substance Misuse.15. Personality Disorders.16. Childhood Disorders.17. Learning Disability (Mental Retardation).18. Psychiatry in Other Settings.Multiple choice questions.Answers.Appendices.Further Reading.Index