The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry - Hardcover

Laura Weiss; M.D. Roberts

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1615371508 ISBN 13: 9781615371501

Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc, 2019

Synopsis

The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry, first published more than 30 years ago, is a landmark text with a legacy of sound scholarship, expert knowledge, and effective pedagogy. Thoroughly revised and featuring new authors and content, the seventh edition raises the bar, adding age-related, cultural, societal, and population considerations in the practice of psychiatry to the authoritative text that generations of students, residents, and clinicians have heretofore relied upon. The book first focuses on foundational knowledge, with chapters on psychiatric interviewing, diagnostic formulation, developmental assessment, laboratory testing and neuroimaging, and ethical and legal aspects of clinical psychiatry, and then proceeds to a full presentation of psychiatric disorders in alignment with DSM-5. The third section offers an overview of treatment strategies and methods in present-day psychiatry, a combination of evidence-based biological interventions and psychotherapies, and gives a clear sense of exciting new directions in psychiatric therapeutics. The final section of the textbook is focused on the care of special patient populations, including women; children and adolescents; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals; older adults; and culturally diverse individuals.

Many topics are new to this volume, including the following: ? Suicide risk assessment, a critically important subject, is addressed in a new chapter that provides the reader with up-to-date knowledge needed to conduct a thorough, attuned, and accurate psychiatric interview in line with best practices.? A new chapter on the social determinants of mental health has been added, reflecting an increased emphasis on populations whose specific concerns have been historically underappreciated in American psychiatry, and illuminating factors that influence mental health needs and barriers to care in specific patient populations.? Precision psychiatry, an integrative approach that pulls together the scientific foundation of the discipline and recent technological advances and directs them toward closing the gap between discovery and clinical translation, is explored in a new chapter.? E-health strategies in mental health have become increasingly available to psychiatrists and other health professionals, especially in the mobile and monitoring spheres. A new chapter offers insights into these intriguing new options for delivering treatment.? A chapter on complementary and integrative therapies explores the integration of conventional medicine with alternative treatments for which there is an evidence base, providing an overview of nutrients, phytomedicines, hormones, mind--body practices, and electromagnetic treatments.

With features such as key clinical points and recommended readings for further study, The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry is a comprehensive course book, an indispensable reference, and the ultimate resource for clinical care.

About this title

About the Author

Laura Weiss Roberts, M.D., M.A., is Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California.?

From the Back Cover

The new seventh edition of The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry reflects advances in the understanding of the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric disorders as well as the positive, transformational change that has taken place in the field of psychiatry as a whole since the last edition. Dr. Roberts, who was a coeditor in the previous edition, has assumed editorial leadership and provides a solid bridge to a fresh generation of chapter authors who share the objectives of furthering knowledge for the benefit of patients and students, of dismantling health disparities, and of stimulating inquiry to satisfy the imperative of improving human health for all people. Not merely an update of the classic Textbook, the new volume exceeds expectations, incorporating deep understanding of mechanisms of disease, novel therapeutic methods, rich evidence-based clinical approaches, and adaptive systems and models of care.

Comprehensive, authoritative, and insightful, The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry both elucidates the essentials of sound psychiatric practice and illuminates the future directions of the field.

From the Inside Flap

The new seventh edition of The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry reflects advances in the understanding of the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric disorders as well as the positive, transformational change that has taken place in the field of psychiatry as a whole since the last edition. Dr. Roberts, who was a coeditor in the previous edition, has assumed editorial leadership and provides a solid bridge to a fresh generation of chapter authors who share the objectives of furthering knowledge for the benefit of patients and students, of dismantling health disparities, and of stimulating inquiry to satisfy the imperative of improving human health for all people. Not merely an update of the classic Textbook, the new volume exceeds expectations, incorporating deep understanding of mechanisms of disease, novel therapeutic methods, rich evidence-based clinical approaches, and adaptive systems and models of care.

Comprehensive, authoritative, and insightful, The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry both elucidates the essentials of sound psychiatric practice and illuminates the future directions of the field.

Edition details

• Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1615371508
• ISBN 13: 9781615371501
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1326
• Editor: Laura Weiss, M.D. Roberts