Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary - Hardcover

Campbell III, Robert Jean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195152212 ISBN 13: 9780195152210

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 2003

Synopsis

The eighth edition of Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary continues to pursue its goal of keeping the reader abreast of new developments in psychiatry. Technological advances have enabled researchers to trace neurotransmission, to uncover the mechanisms of drug action, and to monitor brain activity in real time. Psychiatry has increasingly embraced the neurosciences in studies of learning and memory, sleep and dreaming, and behavioral genetics. There has been cross-fertilization with different fields - among them pharmacology, physiology, biochemistry, and experimental and developmental psychology - and many terms from those disciplines have been incorporated into the Dictionary.

This edition reflects achievements not only in the basic sciences but also in their practical application. Studies of different forms and combinations of treatments continue to refine and individualize approaches to the particular patient. To make all of this meaningful to mental health professionals and to those outside that field who are interested in what psychiatry is doing to meet the needs of its patients, the editor has retained the encyclopedic approach to the definition of many terms. That, plus the liberal use of cross-references between entries, should make it easier for the reader to access the information that is sought.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Jean Campbell is Medical Director of Gracie Square Hospital in New York City and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill-Cornell Medical College.

Review:

"Once again, Dr. Campbell has produced a work of prodigious scholarship that belongs on the shelf of every trainee and in every psychiatric clinic." --JAMA

From reviews of previous editions:

"If you frequently read contemporary psychiatric, psychological, or sociologic literature, you should own this dictionary. That it has continued into the seventh edition is probably more convincing praise than I can give. If you own the sixth edition, you should consider buying the new one: Campbell has added more than 2000 new terms and has taken pains to incorporate new terms and diagnostic criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV of the American Psychiatric Association. And for a book this size and content, its price is eminently fair."--Edward J. Huth, M.D., in Annals of Internal Medicine

"One of the stated aims of this work is to provide a dictionary that is comprehensible to the nonspecialist, and Campbell achieves that aim. For this reason, this work is recommended for libraries supporting degree programs in psychology, counseling, and social work. As for selection by medical school libraries, the dictionary is a must..."--Penny Pagangelis in American Reference

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0195152212
• ISBN 13: 9780195152210
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 728