INDICE: Preface. Acknowledgements. Section 1: Introduction to psychiatry. Summary. Signs and symptoms. Psychiatric history. Mental state examination. Formulation. Mini-mental state examination. Classification systems for mental disorders. Assessment of suicide risk. Deliberate self-harm. Suicide. Multi-disciplinary team. Ethical issues. Mental Capacity Act. Mental health legislation. Section 2: Differential diagnosis. The anxious patient. The depressed patient.The elated patient. The hallucinating patient. The patient with obsessions/compulsions. The unresponsive patient. Section 3: General adult psychiatry. Anxiety disorders - Agorophobia. Anxiety disorders - Generalised anxiety disorder.Anxiety disorders - Social phobia. Anxiety disorders - Specific phobia. Chronic fatigue syndrome. Dissociative disorders. Eating disorders - Assessment. Eating disorders - Anorexia nervosa. Eating disorders - Bulimia nervosa. Mood disorders - Bipolar affective disorder. Mood disorders - Depression. Obsessive compulsive disorder. Personality disorders. Postnatal mental disorders - Postnatal blues. Postnatal mental disorders - Postnatal depression. Postnatal mentaldisorders - Puerperal psychosis. Reactions to stressful events - Abnormal grief reactions. Reactions to stressful events - Acute stress disorders. Reactions to stressful events - Adjustment disorder. Reactions to stressful events - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Schizophrenia. Somatization disorder. Substance misuse - assessment. Substance misuse - alcohol. Substance misuse - illicit drugs. Section 4: Neuropsychiatry. Epilepsy. Head injury and associated psychiatric sequelae. Huntington's disease. Motor neurone disease. Multiple sclerosis. Parkinson's disease. Syphilis. Wilson's disease. Section 5: Child andAdolescent Psychiatry. Special considerations for assessment. Attachment and development. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Child abuse. Conduct disorder. Other psychiatric disorders of childhood and adolescence. Section 6: Old Age Psychiatry. Special considerations for assessment. Delirium. Dementia. Depression. Very-late onset schizophrenia. Section 7: Psychiatry of Learning disability. Learning disability. Autism. Down's syndrome. Genetic disorders. Section 8: Forensic Psychiatry. Special considerations for assessment. Violence and mental disorder. Risk assessment. Structure of forensic services. Legal terms and criminal proceedings. Section 9: Psychotherapy. Special considerationsfor assessment. Cognitive behavioural therapy. Psychodynamic psychotherapy. Supportive psychotherapy. Section 10: Psychopharmacology. Introduction - general points on prescribing. Antidepressants - selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Antidepressants - tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs). Antidepressants - monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs). Antidepressants - others. Antipsychotics - atypicals. Antipsychotics - typicals. Antipsychotics - clozapine. Anxiolytics. ADHD medication. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Dementia medication. Hypnotics. Medication for alcohol dependence. Medication for opioid dependence. Mood stabilisers - carbamazepine. Mood stabilisers - lithium. Mood stabilisers - sodium valproate. Rapid tranquilization. Appendices. Culture-specificdisorders. Eponymous syndromes. Physical disorders - psychological consequences. Medication - psychological consequences. Glossary.
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-9557-7
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 180
- Fecha Publicación: 03/09/2010
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- Idioma: Inglés