The Medical Basis of Psychiatry

The Medical Basis of Psychiatry edited by S. Hossein Fatemi, Paula J. Clayton.

Psychiatry has emerged as a burgeoning scientific field with major advances in etiology and treatment of several disorders. Just as there was excitement in the anatomic advances that took place a hundred years ago when Emil Kraepelin and his collaborators took on the enormous task of classification...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Fatemi, S. Hossein (Editor), Clayton, Paula J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2008.
Edition:3rd ed. 2008.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Psychiatry.
Neuropsychology.
Neurology .
Internal medicine.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Syndromes—Adult
  • The Mental Status Examination
  • Syndromes of Brain Dysfunction Presenting with Cognitive Impairment or Behavioral Disturbance: Delirium, Dementia, and Mental Disorders Caused by a General Medical Condition
  • The Amnestic Syndrome
  • Bipolar Illness
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Schizophrenia
  • Schizoaffective and Schizophreniform Disorders
  • Delusional Disorders
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder
  • Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders
  • Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Alcoholism
  • Drug Addiction
  • Sexual Disorders: Dysfunction, Gender Identity, and Paraphilias
  • Other Psychiatric Syndromes: Adjustment Disorder, Factitious Disorder, Illicit Steroid Abuse, and Cultural Syndromes
  • Child Psychiatry
  • Disruptive Behavior Disorders
  • Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents
  • Autistic Disorder
  • Childhood Anxiety Disorders
  • Schizophrenia in Children and Adolescents
  • Symptom Clusters
  • Mood Disturbances
  • Anxiety Symptoms
  • Thought Disorder
  • Phenomenology of Coarse Brain Disease
  • Catatonia in Psychiatric Illnesses
  • Personality Disorders
  • Special Areas
  • Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders
  • Novel Mechanisms of Drug Treatment in Psychiatry
  • Use of Laboratory Assessments in Psychiatry
  • Epidemiology of Psychiatric Illness
  • Suicide and Attempted Suicide
  • Clinical Psychopharmacology and Other Somatic Therapies
  • Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies
  • Forensic Psychiatry
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Neuroimaging in Psychiatry
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy: Indications, Use, and Adverse Effects
  • Profiles in the History of Neuroscience and Psychiatry
  • Normal Laboratory Values and Drug Therapeutic and Toxic Ranges.

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