The misuse of alcohol and drugs Introduction Classification of substance use disorders Alcohol-related disorders Other substance use disorders Introduction The presentation of alcohol and drug misuse is not limited to…
Forensic psychiatry Introduction General criminology Causes of crime The association between mental disorder and crime Specific offender groups Psychiatric aspects of specific crimes Psychiatric aspects of being a victim of…
Drugs and other physical treatments Introduction History of physical treatments General considerations The classification of drugs used in psychiatry Other physical treatments Introduction This chapter is concerned with the use…
Child psychiatry Introduction Normal development Classification of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents Epidemiology Aetiology Psychiatric assessment of children and their families Physical examination Psychiatric treatment for children and their…
Mood disorders Introduction Clinical features Transcultural factors Classification of mood disorders Differential diagnosis The epidemiology of mood disorders The aetiology of mood disorders Course and prognosis The acute treatment of…
Dementia, delirium, and other neuropsychiatric disorders Introduction Classification Symptoms associated with regional brain pathology Assessment of the ‘neuropsychiatric patient’ Delirium Amnesia and amnestic syndromes Dementia Movement disorders Epilepsy Head injury…
Psychiatry and medicine Psychiatry, medicine, and mind–body dualism Epidemiology of psychiatric disorder in medical settings The presentation of psychiatric disorder in medical settings Comorbidity: the co-occurrence of psychiatric and medical…
Anxiety and obsessive–compulsive disorders Terminology and classification Anxiety disorders Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) Phobic anxiety disorders Panic disorder Mixed anxiety and depressive disorder Transcultural variations in anxiety disorder Obsessive–compulsive disorder…
Psychiatric services Introduction The history of psychiatric services The components of a mental health service Services for psychiatric disorder in primary care Specialist services for acute psychiatric disorder Psychiatric services…
Classification Introduction Concepts of mental illness Criticisms of classification The history of classification Organizing principles of contemporary classifications Reliability and validity Current psychiatric classifications Current and future issues in psychiatric…
