Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry

"Fully updated throughout, this third edition of Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry provides a highly readable and comprehensive account of modern general adult psychiatry. This is an essential text for psychiatric trainees studying for their MRCPsych exams, and is a source of continuing professional development (CPD) for psychiatrists"--

Introduction; 1. Clinical epidemiology James B. Kirkbride and Annie Jeffery; 2. Assessment, formulation and diagnosis David Kingdon, George Stein and Paul Rowlands; 3.1. Clinical features of depressive disorders Ian M. Anderson and Kate Williams; 3.2. Causes of depression Glyn Lewis and Gemma Lewis; 3.3. Drug and physical treatments of depression Ryan Williams and Anthony Cleare; 3.4. Psychological and social treatment of depression Stirling Moorey; 4.1. Bipolar disorder: Diagnosis, clinical features, outcome and treatment Jennifer Burgess, Alan Currie, Stuart Watson, Aditya Sharma, David Cousins, John Cookson and Hamish McAllister-Williams; 4.2. Bipolar disorder: Treatment, psychological, social and physical health approaches Richard Morriss; 5.1. Schizophrenia and other primary psychoses: Clinical Features Peter F. Liddle; 5.2. Causes and outcome of psychosis Cecilia Casetta, Adrianna P. K¿pi¿ska, Simona A. Stilo and Robin M. Murray; 5.3. Drug treatment of the psychoses Fiona Gaughran, Edward Chesney, Jonathan Rogers and Paul Morrison; 5.4. Psychosocial management of psychosis David Kingdon; 6.1. Anxiety disorders David S. Baldwin, Bethan Impey and Vasilios Masdrakis; 6.2. Post-traumatic stress disorder Jonathan I. Bisson; 6.3. Specific phobias Julius Burkauskas, Naomi A. Fineberg, Arun Enara, Giovanna Cirnigliaro and Lynne M. Drummond; 6.4. Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders Lynne M. Drummond, Arun Enara, Giovanna Cirnigliaro, Julius Burkauskas and Naomi A. Fineberg; 6.5. Functional neurological disorder Matt Butler and Timothy R. Nicholson; 6.6. Bodily distress disorder, chronic pain and factitious disorders David Kingdon; 7.1. Clinical features and implications of new classification of personality disorders Peter Tyrer; 7.2. Clinical approaches to personality disorder (AKA Complex Emotional Needs) Oliver Dale and Andrew Howe; 7.3. Anti-social and other personality disorders, impulse control disorders, and non-substance addictive disorders George Stein; 8. Neuropsychiatric disorders Andrea E. Cavanna and Alan Carson; 9. Autism Ian A. Davidson, Mary Doherty and Clair Haydon; 10. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder Marios Adamou; 11. Sleep disorders and psychiatry Hugh Selsick; 12. Eating disorders Agnes Ayton; 13. Perinatal psychiatry Joanna Cranshaw, Gertrude Seneviratne and George Stein; 14. Substance use disorder Ed Day and Zainab Bashir; 15. Suicide and self-harm George Stein; 16. Physical health care Paul Rowlands and John Wass; 17. Culture, mental health and mental illnesses Dinesh Bhugra, Max Pemberton, Sam Gnanapragasam and Daniel Poulter; 18. Psychiatry in primary care Linda Gask and Safi Afghan; 19. Psychiatry in the general hospital Parashar Ramanuj and Alice Ashby; 20. Adult mental health services David Kingdon and Paul Rowlands.