The Medical Basis of PsychiatryS. Hossein Fatemi, Paula J. Clayton Springer Science & Business Media, 2008 M05 15 - 799 pages Psychiatry has emerged as a burgeoning scientific field with major advances in etiology and treatment of several disorders. Just as there was excitement in the anatomic advances that took place a hundred years ago when Emil Kraepelin and his collaborators took on the enormous task of classification of psychiatric disorders based on rational scientific thinking, new advances in genetics, biochemistry, neuroanatomy and pharmacotherapy of mental disorders have brought us even closer to a better understanding of complex disorders like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and even autism. The major goal of the previous edition of this classic book was to update the busy clinician, psychiatric resident and medical student with the most up-to-date information on etiology, diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders. This goal remains the focus of the third edition of this book. In this updated and expanded edition, the reader is provided with the most contemporary information and literature supported by a close survey of the field. Several new chapters dealing with new concepts in biology and treatment of mental disorders have been added. This new edition of this classic title, with its focus on biologic and medical aspects of psychiatry, will continue to be of significant help to all interested in the scientific practice of psychiatry. |
Contents
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The Amnestic Syndrome | 39 |
Bipolar Illness 47 | 46 |
Major Depressive Disorder | 73 |
Schizophrenia 85 | 84 |
Schizoaffective and Schizophreniform Disorders | 109 |
Delusional Disorders | 125 |
Childhood Anxiety Disorders | 375 |
Schizophrenia in Children and Adolescents | 391 |
Mood Disturbances | 403 |
Anxiety Symptoms 419 | 418 |
Thought Disorder | 435 |
Phenomenology of Coarse Brain Disease | 445 |
Catatonia in Psychiatric Illnesses | 455 |
Personality Disorders | 471 |
Anxiety Disorders 133 | 132 |
ObsessiveCompulsive Disorder | 161 |
Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders | 181 |
Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa | 195 |
Antisocial Personality Disorder 213 | 212 |
Alcoholism | 227 |
Drug Addiction | 251 |
Dysfunction Gender Identity and Paraphilias | 267 |
Adjustment Disorder Factitious Disorder Illicit Steroid Abuse | 284 |
Disruptive Behavior Disorders | 301 |
Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents 335 | 334 |
Autistic Disorder | 355 |
Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders | 487 |
Novel Mechanisms of Drug Treatment in Psychiatry | 519 |
Use of Laboratory Assessments in Psychiatry | 535 |
Epidemiology of Psychiatric Illness | 547 |
Suicide and Attempted Suicide 561 | 560 |
Clinical Psychopharmacology and Other Somatic Therapies | 577 |
Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies | 635 |
Forensic Psychiatry | 651 |
Neuroimaging in Psychiatry | 695 |
Indications Use and Adverse Effects 725 | 724 |
Normal Laboratory Values and Drug Therapeutic and Toxic Ranges | 753 |