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Zusatztext This is a terific second edition of an epic textbook of psychiatry. It is a pleasure to read and use as an authoritative reference source. It represents an outstanding effort. Informationen zum Autor Michael Gelder! Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry! Warneford Hospital! University of Oxford! Oxford! UK;Nancy Andreasen! Director! Mental Health Clinical Research Center! University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics! Iowa City! USA;Juan Lopez-Ibor! Professor of Psychiatry! Complutense University! Madrid! Spain;John Geddes! Professor of Epidemiological Psychiatry! Warneford Hospital! University of Oxford! Oxford! UK Klappentext The 'New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry' is one of the leading reference works in this field. Bringing together over 200 chapters from the leading figures in the discipline! it presents a comprehensive account of clinical psychiatry! with reference to its scientific basis and to the patient's perspective throughout. In the 8 years since publication of the first edition! many new and exciting developments have occurred in the biological sciences! which are having a major impact on how we study and practise psychiatry. In addition! psychiatry has fostered closer ties with philosophy! and these are leading to healthy discussions about how we should diagnose and treat mental illness. This new edition recognises these and other developments. Throughout! accounts of clinical practice are linked to the underlying science! and to the evidence for the efficacy of treatments. Physical and psychological treatments! including psychodynamic approaches! are covered in depth. The history of psychia Zusammenfassung The award winning 'New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry' is one of the leading reference works in this field. Bringing together over 200 chapters from the leading figures in the discipline! it presents a comprehensive account of clinical psychiatry! with reference to its scientific basis and to the patient's perspective throughout Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 - The Subject Matter of and Approach to Psychiatry; 1.1 Kay Redfield Jamison! & Adam Kaplin: The patient's perspective; 1.2 Graham Thornicroft! Elaine Brohan & Aliya Kassam: Public attitudes and the challenge of stigma; 1.3.1 Benedetto Saraceno: Mental disorders as a worldwide public health issue; 1.3.2 Julian Leff: Transcultural psychiatry; 1.4 Pierre Pichot: The history of psychiatry as a medical specialty; 1.5.1 Sidney Bloch & Stephen Green: Psychiatric ethics; 1.5.2 K W M Fulford: Values and values-based practice in clinical psychiatry; 1.6 Juan Lopez-Ibor & Costas Stefanides: The psychiatrist as manager; 1.7 Andrew Sims: Descriptive phenomenology; 1.8.1 John E Cooper & Margaret Oates: The principles and clinical assessment in general psychiatry; 1.8.2 Robert Cloninger: The assessment of personality; 1.8.3.1 Graham E Powell: Cognitive assessment; 1.8.3.2 John N Hall: Questionnaire! rating and behavioural methods of assessment; 1.9 Michael B First & Harold A Pincus: Diag ...
