The Psychotherapies Dozens of different psychotherapies address innumerable different patient problems (1). With the possible exception of a few specific behavioral and cognitive-behavioral methods applied to several discrete problems, rigorous…
Mental Retardation There are 2 to 4 million mentally retarded persons in the United States (1% to 2% or more of population, depending on upper cutoff; M:F = 1.5:1; coded…
Personality Disorders Personality is a consistent style of behavior uniquely recognizable in each individual. Personality disorders (Axis II of DSM, p. 685) refers to personality characteristics of a form or…
Sleep Disturbances Sleep disorders are extremely common: 40% of the population have had trouble sleeping within the past year, 10% have had diagnosable insomnia, and 3% to 4% have had…
Psychosexual Disorders These disorders are often first brought to the attention of the general physician. The three distinct categories are the following: Psychosexual dysfunction: Inhibition in sexual desire or psychophysiologic…
Psychiatry of Drug Abuse Drug abusers are common (6% lifetime prevalence in the United States as a whole, but pockets exist with much higher prevalence; M > F for all…
Psychiatry of Alcohol Alcohol is the major substance of abuse. About 55% of Americans drink; 7% are heavy drinkers (men, 3:1); 20%+ have alcohol-abuse problems at some time (peak at…
Psychiatric Presentations of Neurologic Disease Many psychiatric symptoms caused by various neurologic diseases [e.g., central nervous system (CNS) tumor, trauma, seizure, infection] can be correlated directly to the CNS site…
Psychiatric Presentations of Medical Disease Physical and psychiatric illnesses are closely interwoven (1,2). Both medical and psychiatric physicians should know the specifics of these interrelations. Of patients needing mental health…
Psychiatric Symptoms of Nonpsychiatric Medication In many medical patients, psychiatric symptoms (1,2) develop because of common side effects of medical drugs, as an idiosyncratic response, from administration of excessive amounts,…
