1 – Introduction
Abstract The first edition of Introduction to Psychiatry is a textbook designed to reach medical students, house staff, primary care clinicians, and early-career mental health practitioners. It is the editors’…
17 – Psychiatric Evaluation in the Medical Setting
Abstract One out of every twenty emergency department (ED) visits in the United States is due to a psychiatric issue. Providing a gateway between the community and the mental health…
20 – Global Health and Mental Health Care Delivery in Low-Resource Settings
Abstract Mental and neurological disorders present a significant burden of illness globally, with profound shortages of trained human resources, inadequate financing for mental health care delivery systems, and a lack…
19 – Health Policy and Population Health in Behavioral Health Care in the United States
Abstract The treatment of behavioral health disorders is impacted by the many complexities and challenges inherent in the United States health care system. Patients and their families struggle with limited…
16 – Psychosocial Interventions
Abstract Psychotherapy is an overarching term for any type of professional treatment for psychological and physical distress using verbal and nonverbal communication. Talking together, the patient and therapist engage collaboratively…
14 – Sleep Disorders
Abstract Sleep disorders are prevalent, disabling, and deleterious to an array of physiologic systems. Given the intricate relationship between sleep, cognition, and emotional regulation, it is not surprising that complaints…
11 – Neurocognitive Disorders
Abstract Cognitive disorders in the DSM-IV-TR included delirium, dementia, amnestic disorder, and cognitive disorders not otherwise specified. DSM-V retains the diagnosis of delirium and introduces the term neurocognitive disorder (NCD),…
12 – Feeding and Eating Disorders
Abstract DSM-V describes three eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder), three feeding disorders (avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, pica, and rumination disorder), and two residual feeding and…
13 – Child Psychiatry and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Abstract Given that children and adolescents can never be thought of simply as “little adults” but rather as patients with their own unique developmental, psychological, and biological characteristics, it is…
10 – Personality Disorders
Abstract At the turn of the twenty-first century, our understanding of personality disorders radically evolved as research on their biological characteristics and effective evidence-based treatments (EBTs) emerged to challenge preexisting…
