Abstract
Contributors. Foreword. Introduction. Basic Sciences: Biological, Psychological, and Social. Neuroscience. Genetic. Psychoanalysis. Models of psychoanalysis. Psychology: cognition and emotion. Family. Group dynamics. Social and cultural factors: their role in mental illness. Psychiatric epidemiology. History of psychiatry. Psychopathology. Nosology, phenomenology, and diagnosis. Schizophrenia. Affective disorders. Unusual psychoses and culture-specific disorders. Anxiety disorders, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Personality disorders. Neuropsychiatric syndromes. HIV and AIDS. Mental retardation. Chronically mentally ill patients. Sleep, sleep disorders, and dreaming. Sexual disorders. Eating disorders. Substance-related disorders. Posttraumatic stress disorder. Bereavement and grief. Psychosomatic. Suicide. Violence. Child and adolescent psychopathology. Assessment. Psychiatric interviewing. Diagnostic psychological testing. The clinical neuropsychological examination. Neurology for psychiatrists. Novel approaches to diagnostic assessment in neuropsychiatry. Treatment. Psychopharmacology. Electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Psychoeducation. Cognitive psychotherapy. Brief psychotherapy. Crisis intervention and emergency psychiatry. Group psychotherapy. Family and marital therapy. Milieu therapy: inpatient and partial hospitalization -- special problems and populations. Consultation-liaison psychiatry. Behavior. Interpersonal psychotherapy. Sex therapy. Geriatric. Modalities in child and adolescent psychiatry. Normality and development. Infant and child development. Adolescent and young adult development. Adult development. Gender issues in human development across the life cycle. Socially disadvantaged and cross-cultural populations. Special topics. Community psychiatry. Administration in psychiatry. Ethics. Forensic psychiatry. Economics issues in psychiatry. Military psychiatry. Occupational psychiatry. Psychiatric research. Psychiatric education and supervision. Books for families about serious mental illness. Index.
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