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Seminars in general adult psychiatry

Contributor(s): Language: English Series: CGSS college seminars series | College seminars seriesPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xi, 835 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781911623854
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WM 140
Contents:
Introduction -- Clinical Epidemiology -- Assessment, Formulation and Diagnosis --Clinical Features of Depressive Disorders -- Causes of Depression -- Drug and Physical Treatments of Depression -- Psychological and Social Treatment of Depression -- Bipolar Disorder: Diagnosis, Clinical Features, Outcome, and Treatment -- Bipolar Disorder: Treatment, Psychological, Social and Physical Health Approaches -- Schizophrenia and Other Primary Psychoses: Clinical Features -- Causes and Outcomes of Psychosis -- Drug Treatment of the Psychoses -- Psychosocial Management of Psychosis -- Anxiety Disorders -- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder -- Specific Phobias -- Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders -- Functional Neurological Disorder -- Bodily Distress Disorder, Chronic Pain and Factitious Disorders -- Clinical Features and Implications of New Classification of Personality Disorders -- Clinical Approaches to Personality Disorder (AKA Complex Emotional Needs) -- Antisocial and Other Personality Disorders, Impulse Control Disorders, and Non-substance Addictive Disorders -- Neuropsychiatric Disorders -- Autism -- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder -- Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry -- Eating Disorders -- Perinatal Psychiatry -- Substance Use Disorders -- Suicide and Self Harm -- Physical Health Care -- Culture, Mental Health and Mental Illnesses -- Psychiatry in Primary Care -- Psychiatry in the General Hospital -- Adult Mental Health Services
Summary: Fully updated throughout, this third edition of Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry provides a highly readable and comprehensive account of modern general adult psychiatry. This is an essential text for psychiatric trainees studying for their MRCPsych exams, and is a source of continuing professional development (CPD) for psychiatrists. This new edition covers developments in the understanding of mental disorders, service delivery, changes to risk assessment and management, collaborate care plans and 'trauma-informed' care. Coverage will also be given to the implementation of the ICD-11 and DSM-5 classification systems, and the impact on diagnosis and treatment. Key features of the previous edition that have been updated include the detailed clinical descriptions of psychiatric disorders and historical sections with access to the classic studies of psychiatry. Additional topics include autism, ADHD and physical health. * Mapped to the MRCPsych curriculum for General Adult Psychiatry, ensuring trainees will find what they need to know for their exam in this text * Increased number of figures and tables, to aid digestibility of the content * Features contributions from leading figures in psychiatry
List(s) this item appears in: Homerton: Mental Health reading list | SLaM new books January 2025
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Book Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare Shelves WM 140 KIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available HOM3218
Book South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves WM100 SEM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SLAM000682

Previous ed.: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Clinical Epidemiology -- Assessment, Formulation and Diagnosis --Clinical Features of Depressive Disorders -- Causes of Depression -- Drug and Physical Treatments of Depression -- Psychological and Social Treatment of Depression -- Bipolar Disorder: Diagnosis, Clinical Features, Outcome, and Treatment -- Bipolar Disorder: Treatment, Psychological, Social and Physical Health Approaches -- Schizophrenia and Other Primary Psychoses: Clinical Features -- Causes and Outcomes of Psychosis -- Drug Treatment of the Psychoses -- Psychosocial Management of Psychosis -- Anxiety Disorders -- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder -- Specific Phobias -- Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders -- Functional Neurological Disorder -- Bodily Distress Disorder, Chronic Pain and Factitious Disorders -- Clinical Features and Implications of New Classification of Personality Disorders -- Clinical Approaches to Personality Disorder (AKA Complex Emotional Needs) -- Antisocial and Other Personality Disorders, Impulse Control Disorders, and Non-substance Addictive Disorders -- Neuropsychiatric Disorders -- Autism -- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder -- Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry -- Eating Disorders -- Perinatal Psychiatry -- Substance Use Disorders -- Suicide and Self Harm -- Physical Health Care -- Culture, Mental Health and Mental Illnesses -- Psychiatry in Primary Care -- Psychiatry in the General Hospital -- Adult Mental Health Services

Fully updated throughout, this third edition of Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry provides a highly readable and comprehensive account of modern general adult psychiatry. This is an essential text for psychiatric trainees studying for their MRCPsych exams, and is a source of continuing professional development (CPD) for psychiatrists.
This new edition covers developments in the understanding of mental disorders, service delivery, changes to risk assessment and management, collaborate care plans and 'trauma-informed' care. Coverage will also be given to the implementation of the ICD-11 and DSM-5 classification systems, and the impact on diagnosis and treatment. Key features of the previous edition that have been updated include the detailed clinical descriptions of psychiatric disorders and historical sections with access to the classic studies of psychiatry. Additional topics include autism, ADHD and physical health.
* Mapped to the MRCPsych curriculum for General Adult Psychiatry, ensuring trainees will find what they need to know for their exam in this text
* Increased number of figures and tables, to aid digestibility of the content
* Features contributions from leading figures in psychiatry

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