An Outline of Modern Psychiatry

by JenniferHughes (Editor)

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  Paperback
  1990

  $4.19

  This accessible summary of the current practices in modern psychiatry has been brought up to date by introducing new topics such as genetic research, post-traumatic stress disorder, the psychiatry of AIDS, child sexual abuse and the modern classification systems ICD-10 and DSM-111-R. This edition has been expanded to account for recent advances and to offer more information to readers lacking prior knowledge of psychiatry, it retains the framework of the previous editions by including a summary of classfication, causes and prevention of psychiatric conditions; a practical review of history-taking, mental state examination and investigation; the major syndromes; psychiatry of special age groups and populations; and treatment methods. A glossary of terms, case histories and a revised further reading'' list round out coverage of this most recent edition.