Main description:

This book is a concise guide to the field of psychiatry for trainees. Beginning with an introduction to its history and conceptual models, the following chapters are dedicated to mental health assessment and the therapeutic relationship between patient and clinician.

Each of the following sections examines a different category of condition, including personality disorders, psychosexual disorders, neurotic disorders and childhood psychiatric disorders.

A comprehensive appendices section includes lists and definitions of common defence mechanisms, phobias, manias and paraphilias, and a detailed glossary.

Key points

Concise guide to psychiatry for trainees
Chapter dedicated to mental health assessment
Covers numerous different psychiatric disorders
Comprehensive appendices section and glossary

Contents:

Introduction
Conceptual Models
Mental Health Assessment
Therapeutic Relationship
Psychotic Disorders
Neurotic Disorders
Psychoactive Substance Use Disorder
Psychophysiological Disorder
Personality Disorder
Psychosexual Disorder
Childhood Mental Disorder
Emergency Psychiatry
Legal Aspects of Psychiatry
Biopsychosocial Therapies
Community Mental Health
Mental Disorders in Women and the Elderly
Crisis Situations
Appendices
Glossary