CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Psychiatry, Second Edition (LANGE CURRENT Series) - Softcover

Ebert, Michael; Loosen, Peter; Nurcombe, Barry; Leckman, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071422927 ISBN 13: 9780071422925

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical, 2008

Synopsis

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The most accessible, integrated source of clinical psychiatric information--completely updated!

For more than 70 years, professors, students, and clinicians have trusted LANGE for high-quality, current, concise medical information in a convenient, affordable, portable format. Whether for coursework, clerkships, USMLE prep, specialty board review, or patient care, there's a LANGE book that guarantees success.

CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Psychiatry, Second Edition is the ultimate reference for quickly answering day-to-day questions on psychiatric illness in both adults and children. Comprehensive in scope, yet streamlined in its coverage, this time-saving clinical companion reviews essential psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic approaches to the full range of psychiatric disorders.

FEATURES

• The most effective interviewing techniques and approaches
• Important evaluation, testing, and decision-making tools and criteria
• Ready-to-use information on psychiatry and the law, psychological testing, emergency psychiatry, evaluating infants, and more
• Authoritative coverage of developmental psychology, neuropsychopharmacology, psychiatric genetics, psychoanalysis, and other related areas
• Helpful section on the principles of evaluating and diagnosing patients, as well as treatment strategies
• Core sections on adult disorders and pediatric psychiatric problems
• NEW! Critical updates to key diagnostic, psychopharmacologic, and psychotherapeutic modalities
• NEW! Section on psychiatric practice in special settings

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The most accessible and time-efficient source of clinical psychiatric information you can find: The perfect reference for quickly answering day-to-day questions on psychiatric diseases and disorders in both adults and children. Indispensable for students, residents, and psychiatrists, as well as general and family practitioners and pediatricians. Inside: page after page of authoritative, practical, biopsychosocially-based help with evaluation, treatment, and management of all common psychiatric syndromes and conditions. Easy-to-use, yet comprehensive, Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Psychiatry features: A highly useful separate section devoted to psychiatric disorders occurring in infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Relevant etiology, phenomenology, pathophysiology, and drug information. Up-to-date information on eating disorders, sleep disturbances, impulse-control problems, sexual dysfunctions, anxiety and depression disorders, and all other commonly presented conditions. Interviewing techniques and approaches suitable for adults, children, adolescents, parents, and families. Evaluation, testing, and decision-making tools and criteria, including DSM-IV criteria. Information on psychiatry and the law, psychological testing, emergency psychiatry, evaluating infants, and more. Coverage of developmental psychology, neuropsychopharmacology, psychiatric genetics, psychoanalysis, and other related areas.

About the Author:

Michael H. Ebert, M.D.
Associate Dean for Veterans Affairs and Professor of
Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
Chief of Staff, VA Connecticut Healthcare System
West Haven, CT

Peter T. Loosen, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, TN

Barry Nurcombe, M.D.
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Departments of Pediatric Medicine and Psychiatry and
Neuroscience
University of Western Australia, Perth

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
University of Queensland, Herston

James F. Leckman, M.D.
Neison Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics,
and Psychology
Director of Research
Yale Child Study Center
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Ct

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0071422927
• ISBN 13: 9780071422925
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 832