This state-of-the-art resource examines behavioural science, psychopathology, and the treatment of psychiatric disorders. It integrates the neurobiological, social, and psychological aspects of psychiatric treatment to give readers a broad understanding of the field today.
SECTION I: APPROACHES TO THE PATIENT. The Doctor-Patient Relationship. Introduction to Medical Interviewing. SECTION II: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. Psychological Theories of Human Development and Behaviour. Gender and Sexual Issues in the Practice of Medicine. SECTION III: SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRY. Introduction. Neurobiology of Behaviour and Psychiatric Disorders. Behavioural Genetics. Psychiatric Epidemiology. Neurobiology of Sleep.Cognitive Neuroscience: Learning and Memory. Psychobiology of Trauma. SECTION IV: EVALUATING PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS. The Assessment of the Psychiatric Patient. SECTION V: ADULT PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS. The Psychiatric Disorders. SECTION VI: THE TREATMENT OF THE PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT. Therapies. A: Psychotherapies. B: Biological/Somatic Therapies. SECTION VII: SPECIAL CLINICAL SETTINGS AND PROBLEMS. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Childhood and Adolescent Disorders. Geriatric Psychiatry. Psychiatric Aspects of HIV. Behavioural Medicine. Psychiatric Emergencies.
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