Includes bibliographical references.

The doctor-patient relationship -- The psychiatric interview -- Laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures -- Treatment adherence -- Child, adolescent, and adult development -- Diagnostic rating scales and psychiatric instruments -- Understanding and applying psychological assessment -- Neuropsychological assessment -- Coping with medical illness and psychotherapy of the medically ill -- An overview of the psychotherapies -- Brief psychotherapy : an overview -- Couples therapy -- Family therapy -- Group psychotherapy -- Hypnosis -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy, behavioral therapy, and cognitive therapy -- The DSM-5 : a system for psychiatric diagnosis -- Delirium -- Dementia -- Intellectual disability -- Mental disorders due to another medical condition -- Sleep disorders -- Impulse-control disorders -- Somatic symptom disorders -- Factitious disorders and malingering -- Alcohol-related disorders -- Drug addiction -- Psychosis and schizophrenia -- Mood disorders : depressive disorders (major depressive disorder) -- Bipolar disorder -- Psychiatric illness during pregnancy and the post-partum period -- Anxiety disorders -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessive-compulsive and related disorders -- Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder -- Dissociative disorders -- Sexual disorders and sexual dysfunction -- Eating disorders : evaluation and management -- Grief, bereavement, and adjustment disorders -- Personality and personality disorders -- Psychiatric neuroscience : incorporating pathophysiology into clinical case formulation -- The pharmacotherapy of anxiety disorders -- Antipsychotic drugs -- Antidepressants -- Pharmacological approaches to treatment-resistant depression -- Electroconvulsive therapy -- Neurotherapeutics -- Lithium and its role in psychiatry -- The use of antiepileptic drugs in psychiatry -- Pharmacotherapy of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder across the life span -- Drug-drug interactions in psychopharmacology -- Side effects of psychotropic medications -- Natural medications in psychiatry -- The suicidal patient -- Psychiatric consultation to medical and surgical patients -- Life-threatening conditions in psychiatry : catatonia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and serotonin syndrome -- Psycho-oncology : psychiatric co-morbidities and complications of cancer and cancer treatment --

Psychiatric aspects of HIV infection and aids -- Organ transplantation : pre-transplant assessment and post-transplant management -- Approaches to collaborative care and primary care psychiatry -- Psychiatric and ethical aspects of care at the end of life -- Psychiatric epidemiology -- Statistics in psychiatric research -- Genetics and psychiatry -- Serious mental illness -- Aggression and violence -- Culture and psychiatry -- Community psychiatry -- Managed care and psychiatry -- Child and adolescent psychiatric disorders -- Psychiatric and substance use disorders in transitioning adolescents and young adults -- Geriatric psychiatry -- Neuroanatomical systems relevant to neuropsychiatric disorders -- The neurological examination -- Neuropsychiatric principles and differential diagnosis -- Neuroimaging in psychiatry -- Clinical neurophysiology and electroencephalography -- Psychiatric manifestations and treatment of seizure disorders -- Differential diagnosis and treatment of headaches -- Pathophysiology, psychiatric co-morbidity, and treatment of pain -- Psychiatric aspects of stroke syndromes -- Movement disorders -- Psychiatric manifestations of traumatic brain disorder -- Intimate partner violence -- Psychiatric correlates and consequences of abuse and neglect -- Legal and ethical issues in psychiatry i : informed consent, competency, treatment refusal, and civil commitment -- The role of psychiatrists in the criminal justice system -- Legal and ethical issues in psychiatry ii : malpractice and boundary violations -- Emergency psychiatry -- Rehabilitation psychiatry -- Military psychiatry -- Disaster psychiatry -- Coping with the rigors of psychiatric practice -- Psychiatry and the media -- Global mental health in the twenty-first century.

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