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This is the third edition of a classic textbook of medical psychiatry. It is intended to be read as well as referred to. Its scope is broad, including such topics as herbal and nutritional treatments, management of conflicting second opinions, and adapting the physical examination to the medical psychiatric context. It combines critical analysis of the published literature with expert clinicians' personal syntheses. It provides the reader with both practical knowledge and enduring perspectives on integrating psychiatric and general medical care.
More than 10 years after the first edition was published—and spurred in part by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which turned nearly all mental health professionals into de facto disaster mental health professionals—this second edition of Disaster Psychiatry remains a clinically oriented, evidence-based, and practical guide to mental health evaluation and interventions against the backdrop of adversity. Over the course of 21 extensively referenced chapters, a cadre of experienced mental health professionals takes a biopsychosocial approach to explaining what a disaster is, how it relates to mental health, and how psychiatrists and other mental health professionals can ef...
Personality Disorders is an up-to-date, evidence-based, and accessibly written review to assist psychiatry residents, fellows, and practitioners in the understanding and treatment of patients with various personality styles and personality disorders. Diverse theoretical orientations are presented along with current information on diagnosis, assessment, and clinical management including medication management and group therapy.
It is becoming increasingly common for psychiatrists to be among the first responders when disaster strikes. More than 800 psychiatrists are believed to have responded to the 9/11 attacks. The first clinical manual on the best practices for helping those affected by disaster, Disaster Psychiatry: Readiness, Evaluation, and Treatment offers an explicit and practical discussion of the evidence base for recommendations for psychiatric evaluation and interventions for disaster survivors. Disaster is defined by the World Health Organization as a severe disruption, ecological and psychosocial, that greatly exceeds a community's capacity to cope. This manual takes an "all-hazards" approach to disas...
Finally, this volume concludes with a look at the potential "traumas of normal life," such as divorce, bereavement, and life-threatening illness, and the role of dreams in working through normal grief and loss
This book provides an introduction to depression, including common comorbid conditions and differential diagnoses, treatment strategies, and considerations in special populations.
Trauma, stress, and disasters are impacting our world. The scientific advances presented address the burden of disease of trauma- and stressor-related disorders. This book is about their genetic, neurochemical, developmental, and psychological foundations, epidemiology, and prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment. It presents evidence-based psychotherapeutic, psychopharmacological, public health, and policy interventions.