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Textbook of Psychiatry

  • 3rd Edition - May 31, 2011
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Basant K. Puri, I. H. Treasaden
  • Language: English

This is a new edition of a successful introductory textbook on the subject of psychiatry. Clearly written and rich in pedagogic features – such as summary boxes, clinical cases and… Read more

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This is a new edition of a successful introductory textbook on the subject of psychiatry. Clearly written and rich in pedagogic features – such as summary boxes, clinical cases and other aid memoirs – this book is tailored to the learning needs of those entering the discipline for the first time. Particularly suitable for medical students, this book will also act as a ‘primer’ for post-graduates first entering the speciality with a view to a long-term career in the discipline.

Key features

  • New edition of a well established text with a strongly pedagogic approach to the subject of psychiatry
  • Logical writing style gives ready access to key information
  • Includes many illustrations
  • Contains practical examples throughout to demonstrate the importance of psychiatry to all areas of medicine
  • Ideal for medical students and junior doctors
  • Suitable as a ‘primer’ for specialist trainees entering the discipline for the first time

Readership

Medical students and PGs entering specialist training

Table of contents

1. Introduction2. The life net 3. Classification, aetiology, management and prognostic factors. 4. The doctor-patient communication. 5. History taking and clinical examination6. Organic psychiatry. 7. Psychoactive substance use disorders8. Schizophrenia and delusional (paranoid disorders)9. Mood disorders, suicide and parasuicide. 10. Neurotic and other stress-related anxiety disorders11. The dissociative (conversion) and somatoform disorders12. Psychiatry of menstruation and pregnancy13. Psychiatry of sexuality14. Sleep disorders15. Personality disorders16. Child and adolescent psychiatry17. Psychiatry of disability18. Eating disorders19. Transcultural psychiatry20. Psychiatry of the elderly21. Forensic psychiatry22. Appendices

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 26, 2011
  • Language: English

About the authors

BP

Basant K. Puri

Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Honorary Consultant in Psychiatry and Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London and Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

IT

I. H. Treasaden

Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, West London Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK; Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry, St. Mary's Hospital, Medical School, London, UK; Clinical and College Tutor (West Sector), Charing Cross Training Scheme, London, UK