INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF PSYCHIATRY

This handbook will be a concise guide to important topics in psychiatry with an international focus. It constitutes a pr cis of the field of psychiatry with emphases on the therapeutic approach to the patient and on the proper diagnosis of major psychiatric disorders.

Fundamentals/Core: Introduction; International Issues; Psychiatric Diagnosis; Etiology of Psych Illnesses; Approach to the Patient: Psychiatric Interviewing; Neuropsychological Testing; Ethical Aspects of Psychiatry; Psychiatric Disorders: CAP Psych Disorders; Psychotic Disorders; Mood Disorders; Anxiety Disorders; Substance use Disorders; Cognitive Disorders; Somatoform Disorders; Dissociative Disorders; Sleep Disorders; Eating Disorders; Sexual Disorders; Adjustment Disorders; Personality Disorders; Geriatrics; Treatment Settings: Emergency Psychiatry; Outpatient Psychiatry; General Hospital Psychiatry; Psychiatric Education and Research: Education; Getting in a US Residency; Psychiatric Research; Special Topics: Suicide; HIV; Treatment Response; Intellectual Disabilities; Cultural Issues; Traditional Healing; Homelessness; War, Refugees, Trauma; Stigma; Legal Aspects of Psychiatry; History of Psychiatry.