Essentials of psychiatry

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- pt. 1. Approaches to the patient -- ch. 1. Listening to the patient -- ch. 2. The cultural context of clinical assessment -- ch. 3. The psychiatric interview : settings and techniques -- ch. 4. Physician-patient relationship -- ch. 5. Professional ethics and boundaries -- ch. 6. Law, ethics and psychiatry -- pt. 2. A developmental perspective on normal domains of mental and behavioral function -- ch. 7. A psychiatric perspective on human development -- ch. 8. Psychopathology across the life-cycle -- pt. 3. Scientific foundations of psychiatry -- ch. 9. Psychiatric epidemiology -- ch. 10. Psychiatric pathophysiology : schizophrenia -- ch. 11. Psychiatric pathophysiology : mood disorders -- ch. 12. Psychiatric pathophysiology : anxiety disorders -- ch. 13. Psychiatric pathophysiology : addiction -- ch. 14. Psychiatric pathophysiology : dementia -- ch. 15. Cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology. ch. 16. Cognitive psychology : basic theory and clinical implications -- ch. 17. Social psychology -- ch. 18. Psychoanalytic theories -- pt. 4. Manifestations and assessments of psychiatric illness -- ch. 19. Clinical evaluation and treatment planning : a multimodal approach -- ch. 20. Behavior and adaptive functioning -- ch. 21. Cultural aspects of psychiatric disorders -- pt. 5. Disorders -- ch. 22. Psychiatric classification -- ch. 23. Diagnostic classification in infancy and early childhood -- ch. 24. Childhood disorders : mental retardation -- ch. 25. Childhood disorders : learning and motor skills disorders -- ch. 26. Childhood disorders : communication disorders -- ch. 27. Childhood disorders : the autism spectrum disorders -- ch. 28. Childhood disorders : attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders. ch. 29. Childhood disorders : feeding and other disorders of infancy or early childhood -- ch. 30. Childhood disorders : tic disorders -- ch. 31. Childhood disorders : elimination disorders and childhood anxiety disorders -- ch. 32. Delirium and dementia -- ch. 33. Mental disorders due to a general medical condition -- ch. 34. General approaches to substance and polydrug use disorders -- ch. 35. Substance abuse : alcohol use disorders -- ch. 36. Substance abuse : caffeine use disorders -- ch. 37. Substance abuse : cannabis-related disorders -- ch. 38. Substance abuse : cocaine use disorders -- ch. 39. Substance abuse : phencyclidine use disorders -- ch. 40. Substance abuse : hallucinogen- and MDMA-related disorders. ch. 41. Substance abuse : inhalant-related disorders -- ch. 42. Substance abuse : nicotine dependence -- ch. 43. Substance abuse : opioid use disorders -- ch. 44. Substance abuse : sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic use disorders -- ch. 45. Schizophrenia and other psychoses -- ch. 46. Mood disorders : depression -- ch. 47. Mood disorders : bipolar (manic-depressive) disorders -- ch. 48. Mood disorders : premenstrual dysphoric disorder -- ch. 49. Anxiety disorders : panic disorder with and without agoraphobia -- ch. 50. Anxiety disorders : social and specific phobias -- ch. 51. Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- ch. 52. Anxiety disorders : traumatic stress disorders -- ch. 53. Anxiety disorders : generalized anxiety disorder. ch. 54. Somatoform disorders -- ch. 55. Factitious disorders -- ch. 56. Dissociative disorders -- ch. 57. Sexual disorders -- ch. 58. Eating disorders -- ch. 59. Sleep and sleep-wake disorders -- ch. 60. Impulse control disorders -- ch. 61. Adjustment disorders -- ch. 62. Personality disorders -- ch. 63. Psychological factors affecting medical condition -- ch. 64. Medication-induced movement disorders -- ch. 65. Relational problems -- pt. 6. Therapeutics -- ch. 66. Individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy -- ch. 67. Group psychotherapy -- ch. 68. Time-limited psychotherapy (including interpersonal therapy) -- ch. 69. Cognitive and behavioral therapies -- ch. 70. Family therapy -- ch. 71. Couples therapy -- ch. 72. Hypnosis -- ch. 73. Psychosocial rehabilitation -- ch. 74. Electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and vagal nerve stimulation. ch. 75. Neurosurgery for treatment-refractory psychiatric disorders : obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depressive disorder -- ch. 76. Ethnic and cultural perspectives in psychopharmacology -- ch. 77. Antipsychotic drugs -- ch. 78. Mood stabilizers -- ch. 79. Antidepressants -- ch. 80. Anxiolytic drugs -- ch. 81. Sedative-hypnotic agents -- ch. 82. Stimulants and related compounds -- ch. 83. Cognitive enhancers and treatments for Alzheimer's disease -- ch. 84. Pharmacotherapies for substance abuse -- ch. 85. Therapeutic management of the suicidal patient -- ch. 86. Treatment of violent behavior -- ch. 87. Combined therapies : psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy -- ch. 88. Medication compliance -- Index.