Kaplan and Sadocks Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry 4e

Pub Date: April 2005
Pages: 512
Illustrations: 133
Kaplan and Sadock's Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry
Kaplan and Sadock's Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry

FROM THE PUBLISHER
Now in its Fourth Edition, this quick-reference handbook from the leading names
in Psychiatry, Kaplan & Sadock, remains a staple for medical students on
psychiatric rotations, psychiatric residents, practitioners, and mental health
professionals. In an easy-to-scan outline format, the book summarizes the
etiology, epidemiology, clinical characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment of
all psychiatric disorders.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Psychiatric history, mental status, and psychiatric report 1
2 Clinical interview 16
3 Signs and symptoms in psychiatry 21
4 Classification in psychiatry 35
5 Delirium, dementia, amnestic disorders, and other cognitive disorders and
mental disorders due to a medical condition 45
6 Neuropsychiatric aspects of HIV and AIDS 67
7 Alcohol, opioids, and other substance-related disorders 78
8 Schizophrenia 117
9 Schizophreniform, schizoaffective, delusional, and other psychotic disorders
132
10 Mood disorders 145
11 Anxiety disorders 170
12 Somatoform disorders, factitious disorders, and malingering 186
13 Dissociative disorders 202
14 Sexual dysfunctions, paraphilias, and gender identity disorders 211
15 Eating disorders and obesity 225
16 Sleep disorders 236
17 Impulse-control and adjustment disorders 248
18 Psychosomatic medicine 254
19 Personality disorders 269
20 Suicide, violence, and other psychiatric emergencies 289
21 Infant, child, and adolescent disorders 305
22 Geriatric psychiatry 359
23 End-of-life care, death, dying, and bereavement 371
24 Psychotherapy 378
25 Psychopharmacology and other biologic therapies 390
26 Laboratory tests and brain imaging in psychiatry 447
27 Medication-induced movement disorders 462
28 Forensic and ethical issues in psychiatry 470