/editor, Laura Weiss Roberts ; associate editors, Jinger G. Hoop, Thomas W. Heinrich
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Philadelphia
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, c2010
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 607 p.
Other Physical Details
:ill. ;26 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Understanding and evaluating patients with mental illness -- Essential lessons of psychiatry -- Doctor-patient relationship in the context of mental illness -- Psychiatric interview -- Differential diagnosis of mental illnesses and case formulation -- Neuroimaging and laboratory evaluation -- Psychological and neuropsychological testing -- Mental disorders -- Disorders usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence -- Dementia, delirium, and other disorders associated with cognitive impairment -- Substance-related disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Mood disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Somatoform disorders -- Dissociative disorders -- Sexual and gender identity disorders -- Eating disorders -- Sleep disorders -- Impulse control disorders -- Adjustment disorders -- Personality disorders -- Therapeutic interventions for mental illness -- Behavioral medicine strategies -- Psychopharmacological therapies -- Psychotherapies -- Somatic therapies -- Therapeutic response to chronic pain -- Therapeutic response to psychiatric emergencies -- Caring for special populations with mental illness -- Caring for children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders -- Psychiatric care for the medically ill -- Caring for elders with mental illness -- Psychiatric research and its application to the care of patients -- Research advances in neuroscience and psychiatric genetics -- Epidemiology research in psychiatry -- Practicing evidence-based psychiatry.