This is a new edition of a successful introductory textbook on the subject of psychiatry. Clearly written and rich in pedagogic features - such as summary boxes, clinical cases and other aid memoirs - this book is tailored to the learning needs of those entering the discipline for the first time. Particularly suitable for medical students, this book will also act as a 'primer' for post-graduates first entering the speciality with a view to a long-term career in the discipline.
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1. Introduction 2. The life net 3. Classification, aetiology, management and prognostic factors. 4. The doctor-patient communication. 5. History taking and clinical examination 6. Organic psychiatry. 7. Psychoactive substance use disorders 8. Schizophrenia and delusional (paranoid disorders) 9. Mood disorders, suicide and parasuicide. 10. Neurotic and other stress-related anxiety disorders 11. The dissociative (conversion) and somatoform disorders 12. Psychiatry of menstruation and pregnancy 13. Psychiatry of sexuality 14. Sleep disorders 15. Personality disorders 16. Child and adolescent psychiatry 17. Psychiatry of disability 18. Eating disorders 19. Transcultural psychiatry 20. Psychiatry of the elderly 21. Forensic psychiatry 22. Appendices
