Johnstone: COMPANION TO PSYCHIATRIC STUDIES, 6ª Ed.

Año: 1998..........P.V.P. 22.750 Ptas/135,42 Euros..........932 Pag./30 Illus.

This classic text remains a standard textbook for postgraduate students approaching examinations in psychiatry. While ideal for candidates sitting membership examinations of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, its accurate coverage of current psychiatric thought makes it ideal reading for all psychiatric health professionals.

FEATURES:

Includes a chapter on legal and ethical aspects of psychiatry
Covers evidence based medicine, making this book highty topical
Psychiatric disorders specific to women discussed in a brand new chapter
Incorporates recent advances and changes in psychiatric knowledge and practice

CONTENTS:

Psychiatry, its history and boundaries. Functional neuroanatomy. Neuropharmacology. Clinical Pharmacology. Measurement, statistics and research design. Psychiatric epidemiology. Genetics. Psychiatric interviewing. Mental state examination. Diagnosis and classification. Organic disorders. Substance misuse. Schizophrenia and related syndromes. Mood disorders. Paranoid disorders and related syndromes. Neuroimaging. Anxiety and related disorders. Eating disorders. Problems of sexuality and gender. Psychiatric disorders specific to women. Normal and abnormal personality. Psychiatry of learning disability. Psychiatric disorders of childhood. Psychiatry disorders of adolescence. Psychiatry of old age. Suicide and self harm. Psychiatry in relation to medicine. The relationship bertween crime and psychiatric. Legal and ethical aspects to psychiatry. Psychological and related treatments. Evidence-based medicine in psychiatry. Current controversies in psychiatry.