Psychiatry

This is an essential guide to the fundamentals of psychiatry for undergraduate students, junior doctors, and mental health nursing students.


Zusatztext The book is good enough to be of use to both medical undergraduates as well as junior doctors and GPs wanting a refresher on the topic. Equally healthcare professionals with an interest in mental health will also find this a very good resource. I think a lot of people will find this useful and educational. Informationen zum Autor Rebecca McKnight studied medicine at the University of Oxford and developed an interest in mental health whilst still an undergraduate. Rebecca is particularly interested in the varied clinical manifestations of mood disorders and the epidemiology of psychiatric conditions. Her main research areas have been in using new technologies to monitor mood, and in the efficacy and safety of lithium therapy in bipolar disorder. Rebecca has trained in general adult psychiatry and as well as clinical work, is active in undergraduate teaching and clinical leadership. Rebecca lives in Oxford with her husband and two young sons. Jonathan Price studied medicine at Cambridge and Oxford, completed an undergraduate degree in Physiology and Psychology, and was committed to a career in psychiatry from his first encounter during his undergraduate attachment. Via Shropshire, Nottingham and Birmingham, he returned to Oxford, where he completed his training in adult psychiatry, old age psychiatry, and psychological medicine, and undertook a research fellowship in health services research. He was responsible for the undergraduate course in psychiatry for 16 years, aiming to encourage medical students to pursue a career in a specialty that is absorbing, challenging, moving and inspiring. He now divides his time between Oxford and the hills and waters of North West Wales.John Geddes is Head of Department and Professor of Epidemiological Psychiatry at Oxford University. He is also Director of NIHR Oxford cognitive health Clinical Research Facility, and Oxford Cognitive Health and Neuroscience Clinical Trial Unit. Klappentext This is an essential guide to the fundamentals of psychiatry for undergraduate students, junior doctors, and mental health nursing students. Zusammenfassung This is an essential guide to the fundamentals of psychiatry for undergraduate students, junior doctors, and mental health nursing students. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Introduction 1: Introduction to psychiatry 2: The scale of the problem 3: Mental disorder and you Part 2: Assessment 4: Conducting the assessment: setting it up and taking a history 5: Conducting the assessment: examining the patient 6: Thinking about diagnosis 7: Thinking about aetiology 8: Thinking about prognosis 9: Risk assessment and management 10: Communicating your findings Part 3: Management 11: General aspects of care: settings of care 12: Psychiatry and the law 13: Drugs and other physical treatments 14: Psychological treatment 15: Social treatments 16: Managing acute behavioural disturbance Part 4: Management of specific groups 17: Child and adolescent psychiatry: general aspects of care 18: Psychiatry of older adults 29: Learning disability 20: People presenting with physical disorder Part 5: The specific disorders 21: Mood disorders 22: Schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders 23: Reactions to stressful experiences 24: Anxiety and obsessional disorders 25: Medically unexplained physical symptoms 26: Delirium, dementia, and other cognitive disorders 27: Eating disorders 28: Sleep disorders 29: Problems due to use of alcohol and other psychoactive substances 30: Problems of sexuality and gender 31: Personality and its disorders 32: Child and adolescent psychiatry: specific disorders Part 6: Psychiatry and you 33: Psychiatry and you ...

Autorentext
Rebecca McKnight studied medicine at the University of Oxford and developed an interest in mental health whilst still an undergraduate. Rebecca is particularly interested in the varied clinical manifestations of mood disorders and the epidemiology of psychiatric conditions. Her main research areas have been in using new technologies to monitor mood, and in the efficacy and safety of lithium therapy in bipolar disorder. Rebecca has trained in general adult psychiatry and as well as clinical work, is active in undergraduate teaching and clinical leadership. Rebecca lives in Oxford with her husband and two young sons. Jonathan Price studied medicine at Cambridge and Oxford, completed an undergraduate degree in Physiology and Psychology, and was committed to a career in psychiatry from his first encounter during his undergraduate attachment. Via Shropshire, Nottingham and Birmingham, he returned to Oxford, where he completed his training in adult psychiatry, old age psychiatry, and psychological medicine, and undertook a research fellowship in health services research. He was responsible for the undergraduate course in psychiatry for 16 years, aiming to encourage medical students to pursue a career in a specialty that is absorbing, challenging, moving and inspiring. He now divides his time between Oxford and the hills and waters of North West Wales. John Geddes is Head of Department and Professor of Epidemiological Psychiatry at Oxford University. He is also Director of NIHR Oxford cognitive health Clinical Research Facility, and Oxford Cognitive Health and Neuroscience Clinical Trial Unit.

Inhalt
Part 1: Introduction
1: Introduction to psychiatry
2: The scale of the problem
3: Mental disorder and you
Part 2: Assessment
4: Conducting the assessment: setting it up and taking a history
5: Conducting the assessment: examining the patient
6: Thinking about diagnosis
7: Thinking about aetiology
8: Thinking about prognosis
9: Risk assessment and management
10: Communicating your findings
Part 3: Management
11: General aspects of care: settings of care
12: Psychiatry and the law
13: Drugs and other physical treatments
14: Psychological treatment
15: Social treatments
16: Managing acute behavioural disturbance
Part 4: Management of specific groups
17: Child and adolescent psychiatry: general aspects of care
18: Psychiatry of older adults
29: Learning disability
20: People presenting with physical disorder
Part 5: The specific disorders
21: Mood disorders
22: Schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders
23: Reactions to stressful experiences
24: Anxiety and obsessional disorders
25: Medically unexplained physical symptoms
26: Delirium, dementia, and other cognitive disorders
27: Eating disorders
28: Sleep disorders
29: Problems due to use of alcohol and other psychoactive substances
30: Problems of sexuality and gender
31: Personality and its disorders
32: Child and adolescent psychiatry: specific disorders
Part 6: Psychiatry and you
33: Psychiatry and you

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