Psichiatria

Questions concerning the nature of insight in patients with mental illness have interested clinicians for a long time. To what extent can patients understand disorders which affect their mental function? Does insight carry a prognostic value? Is impaired insight determined by the illness or are other factors important? Despite considerable research examining insight in patients with psychoses, non-psychotic disorders and chronic organic brain syndromes, results are inconclusive and insight remains a source of some mystification. Ivana S. Markova examines the problems involved in studying insight in patients with mental illness in order to provide a clearer understanding of the factors that determine its clinical manifestation. She puts forward a new model to illustrate the relationship between different components of insight in theoretical and clinical terms, and points to directions for future research.

Tenendo conto delle teorie analitiche e delle recenti scoperte neuroscientifiche, questo libro apre nuove prospettive conoscit

Psychiatrists and other mental health care and medical professionals can now turn to a truly authoritative, up-to-date reference for current information about mood disorders. The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Mood DisordersAincluding a wealth of illustrations, tables and referencesApresents the state of the art in diagnosis, psychobiology, pharmacotherapy, and psychotherapy across the vast spectrum of mood disorders: Symptomatology and Epidemiology: -Historical aspects and social underpinnings of mood disorders. -Classification and rating scales. -Global burden (the high costs of depression and bipolar disorder). Pathogenesis: -Neurochemistry and psychoneuroendocrinology. -Cognitive processing models (experimental cognitive research). -Evolutionary explanations (the normal role of low mood in disengaging individuals from goals they cannot reach). Methods of Investigation: -Anatomical pathology (strengths and limitations of human postmortem studies). -Molecular and cellular neurobiology of severe mood disorders (abnormalities in the regulation of signaling). -Genetics of bipolar and unipolar disorders. Types of Mood Disorder: -Psychotic depression (distinct from nonpsychotic depression in presenting features, biology, familial transmission, course, and response to treatment). -Seasonal affective disorder (use of light therapy in SADS and also in other depression). -Secondary depression with medical illness (calling for large-scale studies to gauge treatment efficacy). -Major depression seen in primary care (as prevalent as hypertension). -Substance abuse (a long-standing source of controversy). -Sleep disorders (risk factors for the new onset of depression). Treatments: -Pharmacotherapy (including tricyclics and tetracyclics, MAOIs, SSRIs and newer antidepressants, lithium and other mood stabilizers, antipsychotics, hormonal interventions, and augmentation strategies). -Brain stimulation techniques (such as ECT, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and vagus nerve and deep brain stimulation). -Psychotherapies (cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, and psychoanalytic/psychodynamic). Pertinent Factors: -Personality (the need for further study of the degree and the etiologic nature of relationships between specific traits or disorders and major depression). -Culture (suggesting a model of cultural consultation using multilingual, multicultural clinicians and culture brokers to supplement routine care). -Gender (women being about twice as likely as men to have mood disorders) -Age (pediatric and geriatric depression and suicidality). Offering a fascinating synthesis of the multifaceted field of mood disorders, the richly informative American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Mood Disorders will prove invaluable for psychiatric and medical practitioners, educators, students, and residents interested in the latest breakthroughs in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of mood disorders.

The importance of a patient's quality of life is increasingly being recognised in all areas of medicine and health sciences. Many patients suffering from mental disorders will require long-term management which means that quality of life becomes an even more important consideration. The second edition of this landmark title has been extensively revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field. It provides a state-of-the-art overview of this important public health topic. It is authored by well-known experts in their field. It incorporates new material on the latest quality of life instruments, quality of life in addiction and the design of drug trials.

La comorbidità dell'abuso/dipendenza da sostanze con una patologia psichiatrica è alla base di fenomeni clinici che comportano

In questo libro viene effettuata una aggiornata revisione della letteratura psicologica e psichiatrica sul tema del suicidio e

Here's a succinct, hands-on guide to interviewing and assessing people with psychiatric disorders! Written by practicing psychiatrists, it clearly explains how to gather clinical data while empowering patients and gaining their trust. Consistently organized chapters and step-by-step guidance make it easy for readers to conduct successful psychiatric interviews, make definitive diagnoses, and establish therapeutic alliances with their patients.

This is a book on patient management problems in psychiatry aimed at trainee psychiatrists sitting the MRCPsych and similar examinations which allows self-testing by the candidate and gives advice on framing an answer together with complete model answers.

A venticinque anni dalla scomparsa del loro autore, questa antologia raccoglie alcuni dei più importanti contributi di Franco

Il volume si colloca nel punto di confluenza delle decennali ricerche e sperimentazioni cliniche dell'autore, da quelle pionie

This is the first book to summarize research and clinical methods used for treating bipolar disorders across the life cycle. The author discusses all DSM-IV Bipolar Disorders and disorders similar to Bipolar Disorders. He includes easy-to-read summaries, numerous informative illustrations and an outline of "best practice methods" recommended by research and expert panels. The book also introduces research suggesting that some cases of Bipolar Disorder may occur from an in utero neurovirus or other obstetric-linked problems. An Atlas of Bipolar Disorders outlines what is known and what remains to be discovered about the neurobiology of each bipolar disorder.

Serves as a reference on the pharmacologic treatment of psychiatric disorders in elderly patients. This edition provides information on psychotropic drugs, uses for established drugs, and clinically relevant advances in the neurosciences. It contains four chapters covering genes, pharmacokinetics, and their impact on prescribing.

"In questo libro Ignazio Majore intende presentare una sintesi dell'Analisi Mentale, aggiornata a oggi. Si confronta, quando appare necessario, con la psicoanalisi, matrice insostituita e insostituibile dalla quale proveniamo. Non esisteremmo senza la sua lezione. Dopo cento anni di psicoanalisi, dovremmo però essere in grado di vagliare i presupposti teorici di questa scienza. E il presente scritto, pur nelle sue limitate dimensioni, si propone di indicare il motivo fondamentale che rende necessaria sia una revisione della teoria psicoanalitica, sia una nuova maniera di interpretare la malattia mentale e di comprendere il funzionamento della psiche dell'uomo."

Il ruolo che il concetto di narcisismo riveste nella teoria della mente è analogo al ruolo che il concetto di energia riveste in fisica. La psicoanalisi ha fornito numerosi contributi a un chiarimento del ruolo del narcisismo in una serie di condizioni patologiche di rilievo (disturbi narcisistici di personalità, stati psicotici dissociativi, stati deliranti, disturbi dell'umore soprattutto nelle espressioni che attraversano il pensiero in senso megalomanico o, al contrario, di immiserimento). Questo libro corrisponde a un tentativo minimale di individuare una "psicopatologia della vita quotidiana" che includa l'esperienza psicotica.