A Short Textbook of Psychiatry

This is a comprehensible and concise text on psychiatric disorders and their treatment. This easy to understand book discusses the most recent developments in classification, terminology and treatment methods of psychiatrist disorders and their allied aspects. From delirium and depression to Alzeimers disease and anxiety disorders to emergency and community psychiatry it equips the students to thoroughly understand and effectively address the needs of psychiatric patients in the clinical settling. Gives instant access to the information needed in acute clinical situations how to assess the patient, how to effectively manage psychiatric disorders as well as the accurate diagnosis and management of common psychiatric conditions. 1. Diagnosis and Classification in Psychiatry, 2. Psychiatric History and Examination, 3. Organic (Including Symptomatic) Mental Disorders, 4. Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders, 5. Schizophrenia, 6. Mood Disorders, 7. Other Psychotic Disorders, 8. Neurotic, Stress-Related and Somatoform Disorders, 9. Disorders of Adult Personality and Behavior, 10. Sexual Disorders, 11. Sleep Disorders, 12. Behavioral Syndromes Associated With Psychological Disturbances and Physiological Factors, 13. Mental Retardation, 14. Child Psychiatry, 15. Psychopharmacology, 16. Other Biological Methods of Treatment, 17. Psychoanalysis, 18. Psychological Treatments, 19. Emergency Psychiatry, 20. Legal and Ethical Issues in Psychiatry, 21. Community Psychiatry.