Psychiatry

Lecture Notes: Psychiatry provides a concise and accessible introduction to the fundamentals of Psychiatry, presenting the principles of Psychiatric examination followed by systematic coverage of the major psychiatric disorders, as well as covering management and treatment options.

This eleventh edition has been revised to include recent developments in history-taking, psychotropic drugs and case presentations, as well as covering the practical elements of patient guidance and care.

Key features include:

• Clearly presented tables, figures and end-of-chapter ‘Key point’ summaries to aid revision
• An emphasis on core management skills needed by Junior Doctors in both psychiatric and general hospital settings
• Quick reference guides to help structure patient assessments on-the-go
• MCQs and case studies in line with medical school and professional level psychiatry exams

For those embarking on study or refreshing their knowledge of psychiatry, Lecture Notes: Psychiatry provides a step-by-step guide to both its wider and patient-centred practice.

Gautam Gulati is Honary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry, University of Oxford, and Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Mary-Ellen Lynall is a Graduate-entry medical student, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, and Retained Lecturer in Neuroscience, Somerville College, University of Oxford

Kate Saunders is at the University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital

Foreword by Professor John Geddes

Preface

Acknowledgements

Quick guides

History-taking checklist, 1

Mental state examination checklist, 2

Structure of a psychiatric case presentation, 3

1 Getting started

2 The Basic Psychiatric Assessment

3 Diagnosis-specific assessments

4 Risk: Harm, Self-Harm and Suicide

5 Completing and Communicating the Assessment

6 What causes mental health problems?

7 Treatment

8 Psychiatric Services and specialties

9 Mood disorders

10 Neurotic, Stress-related and Somatoform Disorders

11 Eating, sleep and sexual disorders

12 Schizophrenia

13 Dementia, delirium and neuropsychiatry

14 Substance misuse

15 Personality disorders

16 Childhood disorders

17 Learning Disability (Mental Retardation)

18 Psychiatry in other settings

19 Mental health and the Law

Answers to self-assessment

Appendix 1: ICD-10 classification of psychiatric disorders

Appendix 2: Keeping up-to-date and evidence based

Index

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