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Introductory textbook of psychiatry / Donald W. Black, Nancy C. Andreasen

By: Black, Donald W, 1956- [author].
Contributor(s): Andreasen, Nancy C [author] | American Psychiatric Association [issuing body].
Publisher: Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, ©2021Edition: Seventh edition.Description: 619 p: illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781615373123; 1615373128; 9781615373192; 1615373195.Uniform titles: Introductory textbook of psychiatry. 7th ed Subject(s): Psychiatry | Mental Disorders | Psychiatry -- methodsGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Diagnosis and Classification -- Interviewing and Assessment -- Neurobiology and Genetics of Mental Illness -- Neurodevelopmental (Child) Disorders -- Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders -- Mood Disorders -- Anxiety Disorders -- Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders -- Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders -- Somatic Symptom Disorders and Dissociative Disorders -- Feeding and Eating Disorders -- Sleep-Wake Disorders -- Sexual Dysfunction, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders -- Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders -- Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders -- Neurocognitive Disorders. -- Personality Disorders -- Psychiatric Emergencies -- Legal Issues -- Psychotherapy -- Somatic Treatments
Summary: "The Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry provides a comprehensive introduction to the field both for students new to psychiatry and for students who are studying for their board exams. This authoritative, seventh edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect advances since the last edition. DSM-5® provides a frame for the text's many illuminating clinical vignettes, which in turn bring diagnosis, assessment, and treatment to vivid life. Other features, such as clinical points, self-assessment questions, and an exhaustive glossary of terms, add to the educational value and enhance learning. The internationally renowned authors have produced a text of uniform approach and uncommon style, and readers will appreciate the insight and rigor that have made the Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry the bestselling volume of its kind for more than two decades"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Diagnosis and Classification -- Interviewing and Assessment -- Neurobiology and Genetics of Mental Illness -- Neurodevelopmental (Child) Disorders -- Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders -- Mood Disorders -- Anxiety Disorders -- Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders -- Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders -- Somatic Symptom Disorders and Dissociative Disorders -- Feeding and Eating Disorders -- Sleep-Wake Disorders -- Sexual Dysfunction, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders -- Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders -- Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders -- Neurocognitive Disorders. -- Personality Disorders -- Psychiatric Emergencies -- Legal Issues -- Psychotherapy -- Somatic Treatments

"The Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry provides a comprehensive introduction to the field both for students new to psychiatry and for students who are studying for their board exams. This authoritative, seventh edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect advances since the last edition. DSM-5® provides a frame for the text's many illuminating clinical vignettes, which in turn bring diagnosis, assessment, and treatment to vivid life. Other features, such as clinical points, self-assessment questions, and an exhaustive glossary of terms, add to the educational value and enhance learning. The internationally renowned authors have produced a text of uniform approach and uncommon style, and readers will appreciate the insight and rigor that have made the Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry the bestselling volume of its kind for more than two decades"--

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