Psychiatry

Psychiatry by L. Blaine Shaffer, Ronald S. Krug.

We have arranged this review text in an order that makes clinical sense. We have assumed that the student has had considerable experience with the field of Psychi­ atry via didactic courses, clinical rotations or both. The first chapter is an Intro­ duction to Psychiatry with significant persons and...

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Main Authors: Shaffer, L. Blaine (Author), Krug, Ronald S. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1993.
Edition:1st ed. 1993.
Series:Oklahoma Notes,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Psychiatry.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • Assumptions and Rationale Regarding Mental Disorders
  • General Etiologies and Theories
  • Milestones and Significant Persons
  • Prevalence of Mental Disorders
  • 2 Diagnosis and Intervention
  • General Considerations
  • Interviewing as a Diagnostic Tool
  • Mental Status Examination
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Third Edition, Revised (DSM-III-R)
  • Laboratory Data. i
  • Brain Imaging
  • Psychological and Neuropsychological Assessment
  • Flow Chart of Differential Diagnosis
  • 3 Management of Mental Disorders
  • Compliance
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Somatic Therapies
  • Major Individual Interpersonal Treatment Modalities
  • Group Methods
  • Environmental Manipulations
  • 4 Organic Brain Conditions
  • Background
  • Classification of Organic Mental Syndromes
  • Disorders of Global Cognitive Functioning
  • Disorders of Selective Cognitive Impairment
  • Disorders of Organic Personality Disturbance
  • Disorders Associated with Ingestion or Reduction in the Use of a Substance
  • 5 Substance Abuse
  • Definitions
  • Major Psychiatric Diagnostic Categories
  • Intervention
  • 6 Thought Disorders
  • Psychoses: General Background
  • Thought Disorders
  • 7 Mood Disorders
  • Normal Mood States
  • Disorders of Mood
  • Etiology of Mood Disorders
  • Classification (Syndromes)
  • Psychotic Level Mood Disorders
  • Non-Psychotic (Minor) Mood Disorders
  • 8 “Neuroses”
  • General Introduction
  • Diagnostic Groups
  • 9 Personality Disorders
  • General Considerations
  • Descriptions
  • Treatment
  • 10 Adjustment Disorders
  • Definition
  • Types
  • Treatment
  • 11 Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Conditions
  • Definition
  • Etiology
  • Treatment
  • 12 Sexual Issues and Dysfunctions
  • Sexual Development
  • Sexual Dysfunctions
  • Adult Sexual Disorders
  • 13 Special Problems of Children
  • General Issues
  • Special Disorders of Childhood: 5 Categories
  • Treatment
  • 14 Special Issues in Psychiatry
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
  • Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Legal Aspects of Psychiatry
  • 15 Psychiatric Emergencies
  • Violence and Aggression
  • Suicide
  • Childhood and Adolescent Emergencies.

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