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…
Paranoid symptoms and syndromes Introduction Paranoid symptoms Paranoid personality disorder Paranoid symptoms in psychiatric disorders Delusional disorders (paranoid psychoses) Specific delusional disorders Assessment of paranoid symptoms Treatment of paranoid symptoms…
Assessment Introduction Psychiatric interviewing The psychiatric history The mental state examination Other components of psychiatric assessment Special kinds of psychiatric assessment Patient characteristics that may affect the interview Integrating and…
Suicide and deliberate self-harm Introduction Suicide The assessment of suicidal risk The management of suicidal patients Suicide prevention Deliberate self-harm The management of deliberate self-harm Introduction Suicide is among the…
Personality and personality disorder Personality Personality types The origins of personality The assessment of personality Personality disorder The historical development of ideas about abnormal personality The classification of abnormal personalities…
Psychological treatments Introduction How psychological treatments developed Classification of psychological treatments Common factors in psychological treatment Counselling and crisis intervention Supportive psychotherapy Interpersonal psychotherapy Cognitive–behaviour therapy Individual dynamic psychotherapies Treatment…
Reactions to stressful experiences Introduction The response to stressful events Classification of reactions to stressful events Acute stress reaction and acute stress disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder Response to special kinds…
Ethics and civil law Introduction General issues Ethical problems in psychiatric practice Confidentiality Consent to treatment The Mental Health Act Some aspects of civil law Introduction This chapter is concerned…
Signs and symptoms of psychiatric disorders Introduction General issues Descriptions of symptoms and signs Introduction Psychiatrists require two distinct capacities. One is the capacity to collect clinical data objectively and…
