Professor Sir David Goldberg is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Psychiatry, London Linda Gask is Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry at Manchester University Richard Morriss is Professor in the Division of Psychiatry at Nottingham University
Part I: Clinical Approach to the Patient. Introduction. Interview
Techniques and History Taking. Examination of the Mental State. Risk
Assessments. Syndromes and Diagnosis. Aetiology. Investigations. Treatment.
Prognosis. Formulation. Part II: Syndromes of Disorder. Psychiatric Aspects
of Physical Disease. Organic Brain Disease. Schizophrenia and Delusional
Disorders. Bipolar Illness. Internalising Disorders: 1 Anxiety and
Depression. Internalising Disorders 2: Somatisation. Externalising
Disorders - Dependence on Alcohol and Drugs and Eating Disorders.
Personality Disorders. Part III: Particular Parts of the Life Cycle.
Learning Disability. Childhood and Adolescence. Sexual and Reproductive
Disorders. Old Age. Part IV: Services, Ethics and the Law. Mental Health
Services. Ethical Dilemmas and Legal Aspects.
