Core psychiatry / [edited by] Padraig Wright, Julian Stern, Michael Phelan.
Contributor(s): Wright, Padraig
| Stern, Julian, MRCPsych | Phelan, Michael.
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BookPublisher: Edinburgh ; New York : Saunders, 2005Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xii, 652 p. ; 28 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0702027189.Subject(s): Psychiatry | Mental illness | Mental illness -- TreatmentDDC classification: 616.89 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 616.89 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00116138 | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Aimed at postgraduate & senior undergraduate students, 'Core Psychiatry' is principally intended as a textbook for candidates preparing for examinations to admit them to membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: The foundations of psychiatry -- A brief history of psychiatry / John Cookson -- Clinical neuroanatomy / Anne Lingford-Hughes -- Psychiatric genetics / Aiden Corvin and Michael Gill -- Human personality development / Nick Goddard -- Psychology / Sarah L. Helps and Nick Goddard -- Descriptive psychopathology / Sadgun Bhandari -- Social psychiatry and sociology / Claire Henderson and Michael Phelan -- Cultural psychiatry / Kamaldeep Bhui -- Epidemiology / Martin Prince -- Critical appraisal: reading academic papers and reviewing scientific evidence / Matthew Hotopf -- Challenges to psychiatry: antipsychiatry, the user movement and stigma / Joanna Moncrieff, Peter Byrne and Michael Crawford -- Part 2: Clinical psychiatry -- Psychiatry of learning disability / Jean O\' Hara -- Child and adolescent psychiatry / Nick Goddard -- Personality disorder / Martin Feakins -- Anxiety disorders / James V. Lucey and Aiden Corvin -- Liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine / Louise M. Howard and Lisa A. Page -- Eating disorders / Sarah H. Majid and Janet L. Treasure -- Schizophrenia and related disorders / Padraig Wright -- Unipolar depression / Anthony Cleare -- Bipolar disorders / Paul Mackin and Allan Young -- Suicide and deliberate self-harm / Shankarnanarayan Srinath -- Unusual psychiatric syndromes / Sadgun Bhandari -- Psychiatry and women / Shubulade Smith -- Adult sequelae of childhood sexual abuse / Sue Stuart-Smith -- Sexual disorders / Mark Jones -- Organic psychiatry and epilepsy / Padraig Wright and Thordur Sigmundsson -- Alcohol misuse / Adam Winstock -- Psychoactive drug misuse / Adam Winstock -- Community psychiatry / Michael Phelan -- Forensic psychiatry / Carine Minne and Oyedeji Oyebode -- Psychiatry of old age / Ajit Shah and Elizabeth Tovey -- Part 3: Diagnosis, investigation and treatment -- Clinical examination of psychiatric patients / Padraig Wright, Julian Stern and Michael Phelan -- Diagnosis and classification in psychiatry / David J. Castle abd Assen V. Jablensky -- Electroencephalography and neuroimaging / Padraig Wright, Thordur Sigmundsson and James V. Lucey -- Emergency psychiatry / John M. Cooney -- Psychotherapy - individual, family and group / Julian Stern -- Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapies / Stirling Moorey -- Psychopharmacology / Padraig Wright and David Perahia -- Psychosurgery and ECT / John M. Cooney -- Psychiatry, ethics and the law / Sean Whyte.
CIT Module SOCI 7009 - Core reading
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Part 1 The foundations of psychiatry
- 1 A brief history of psychiatry (p. 1)
- 2 Clinical neuroanatomy (p. 13)
- 3 Psychiatric genetics (p. 35)
- 4 Human personality development (p. 55)
- 5 Psychology (p. 63)
- 6 Descriptive psychopathology (p. 83)
- 7 Social psychiatry and sociology (p. 95)
- 8 Cultural psychiatry (p. 105)
- 9 Epidemiology (p. 115)
- 10 Critical appraisal: reading academic papers and reviewing scientific evidence (p. 131)
- 11 Challenges to psychiatry: antipsychiatry, the user movement and stigma (p. 143)
- Part 2 Clinical psychiatry
- 12 Psychiatry of learning disability (p. 155)
- 13 Child and adolescent psychiatry (p. 167)
- 14 Personality disorder (p. 181)
- 15 Anxiety disorders (p. 193)
- 16 Liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine (p. 205)
- 17 Eating disorders (p. 217)
- 18 Schizophrenia and related disorders (p. 241)
- 19 Unipolar depression (p. 271)
- 20 Bipolar disorders (p. 295)
- 21 Suicide and deliberate self-harm (p. 319)
- 22 Unusual psychiatric syndromes (p. 335)
- 23 Psychiatry and women (p. 345)
- 24 Adult sequelae of childhood sexual abuse (p. 357)
- 25 Sexual disorders (p. 371)
- 26 Organic psychiatry and epilepsy (p. 381)
- 27 Alcohol misuse (p. 413)
- 28 Psychoactive drug misuse (p. 431)
- 29 Community psychiatry (p. 455)
- 30 Forensic psychiatry (p. 465)
- 31 Psychiatry of old age (p. 481)
- Part 3 Diagnosis, investigation and treatment
- 32 Clinical examination of psychiatric patients (p. 493)
- 33 Diagnosis and classification in psychiatry (p. 507)
- 34 Electroencephalography and neuroimaging (p. 517)
- 35 Emergency psychiatry (p. 531)
- 36 Psychotherapy-individual, family and group (p. 541)
- 37 Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapies (p. 565)
- 38 Psychopharmacology (p. 579)
- 39 Psychosurgery and ECT (p. 611)
- 40 Psychiatry, ethics and the law (p. 621)
- Index (p. 631)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Padraig wright LRCP&SI LM MB BCh BAO(NUI) MRCPsych MD: Senior Lecturer (Honorary), Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, LondonJulian Stern BA MB ChB FRCPsych: Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy, St Mark's Hospital, Harrow
Michael Phelan BSc MB BS MRCPsych: Consultant Psychiatrist, Department of psychiatry, Charing Cross Hospital, London