Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry

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David Semple, Roger Smyth
OUP Oxford, Feb 28, 2013 - Medical - 1088 pages
Fully revised and updated for the new edition, the Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry provides the most up-to-date information clinically relevant to the doctor on the ground. Using a presentation-based format it provides detailed advice on clinical decision making after diagnosis. This handbook is an indispensable companion for any professional working in psychiatric medicine. Covering all major psychiatric conditions and sub-specialties, this handbook provides practical and comprehensive guidelines and in-depth coverage of psychiatric assessment, psychopathology, evidence-based practice, therapeutic issues, and transcultural psychiatry. It is indexed alphabetically by ICD-10 / DSM-IV classification codes and acute presentations for quick access. It reflects the recent major changes to psychiatric training and examination as well as the latest drug information. Reviewed by experienced clinicians, and revised by Specialist Trainees, this handbook not only gives expert advice for psychiatry professionals, but is also directly relevant to trainees in psychiatry. For the third edition, new information includes guidance on Adult ADHD, information on new drugs of abuse (e,g, GBL, GHB, mephodrone), and clinical decision-making in the prison setting. With such broad coverage and depth of guidance, this is the must-have pocket guide for all professionals and trainees working in psychiatry.
 

Contents

2 Psychiatric assessment
33
3 Symptoms of psychiatric illness
83
4 Evidencebased psychiatry
107
5 Organic illness
129
6 Schizophrenia and related psychoses
173
7 Depressive illness
231
8 Bipolar illness
301
9 Anxiety and stressrelated disorders
351
16 Child and adolescent psychiatry
609
17 Forensic psychiatry
669
18 Learning disability
725
19 Liaison psychiatry
775
20 Psychotherapy
819
21 Legal issues
865
22 Transcultural psychiatry
907
23 Therapeutic issues
923

10 Eating and impulsecontrol disorders
397
11 Sleep disorders
413
12 Reproductive psychiatry sexual dysfunction and sexuality
461
13 Personality disorders
489
14 Old age psychiatry
511
15 Substance misuse
535
24 Difficult and urgent situations
981
25 Useful resources
1009
26 ICD10DSMIV index
1023
Index
1043
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Dr David Semple was born and educated in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, studying Medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1987-1992. He trained in Psychiatry in the Borders/South East Scotland during which time he conducted research funded by Wellcome into the long-term effects of ecstasy. During his time as a Lecturer/Specialist Registrar based at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital/University of Edinburgh he wrote the first edition of the Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry with a group of friends including close collaborator Dr Roger Smyth. Dr Semple was appointed to his current post as a Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist at Hairmyres Hospital in 2004. Dr Roger Smyth was born and educated in Belfast, Northern Ireland and came to Scotland to study Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He trained in Psychiatry in South East Scotland. Together with a group of friends and colleagues he wrote the first edition of the Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry. Dr Smyth took up his first Consultant Psychiatrist post in St John's Hospital, Livingston in 2004, and moved to the Department of Psychological Medicine at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in 2006 to specialise in Liaison Psychiatry.

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