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Provides an introduction to psychiatry, essential for medical students. This text aims to present the reader with a practical introduction to the complex field of psychiatry. It intends to take the mystery out of challenging presentations such as mood disorders, personality disorders and psychotherapies.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Classification: the secret key to understanding psychiatry2. Taking a history3. Mental state examination4. Making a diagnosis: proposing a formulation5. Risk assessment6. Mood disorders7. Schizophrenia8. Anxiety disorders9. Drug and alcohol disorders10. Personality disorders11. Consultation-liaison psychiatry 12. Medications13. Psychotherapies 14. Child and adolescent psychiatry15. Old age psychiatry Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Associate Professor Rob SelzerDirector of Undergraduate Medical Education, Medicine of the Mind, School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine and Director Medical Student Programs, Central Clinical School, Bayside Health, Monash University.
Associate Professor Steven EllenHead, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Alfred Health, Prahran, Victoria. Associate Professor, Director of Master of Psychological Medicine Program, School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University.
The authors have their own radio program "radiotherapy" which airs Sundays at 10am on 3RRR (the biggest community radio station in Victoria). It has been running for 12 years.
Zusammenfassung
Provides an introduction to psychiatry, essential for medical students. This text aims to present the reader with a practical introduction to the complex field of psychiatry. It intends to take the mystery out of challenging presentations such as mood disorders, personality disorders and psychotherapies.
