David Goldberg, Linda Gask, Richard Morriss

Psychiatry in Medical Practice (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This fully updated third edition of Psychiatry in Medical Practice takes into account major changes in medical education since 1994. New sections provide information on problem-based learning and observed structured clinical examinations. Divided into four sections, this book covers:clinical approaches to the patientsyndromes of disorderdisorders related to stages of the life cycleservices, ethics and the law. As well as retaining the key features of the previous editions, this book includes two brand new chapters on risk assessment and the Mental Health Service. A handy portable reference card is also included; this has been updated to incorporate a scale for assessing cerebral impairment in the elderly, and a new assessment of suicidal risk scale. This highly practical book is an essential guide for all medical students and doctors in training who are involved with psychiatry. It is also a useful reference tool for those who are more experienced in the field.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317857747
• Artikelnr.: 40831132

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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.