Synopsis Of Psychiatry - Behavioral Sciences / Clinical Psychiatry (Paperback, 9th Revised edition)

The best-selling general psychiatry text since 1972, "Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry" is now in its updated ninth edition. This complete, concise overview of the entire field of psychiatry should be of interest to psychiatry residents and a broad range of students in medicine, clinical psychology, social work and occupational therapy. This edition includes added chapters on health care delivery systems, end-of-life care and palliative medicine. Coverage of psychotropic drugs and neuropsychiatric foundations of biological psychiatry has been significantly updated. The book is DSM-IV compatible and replete with case studies and tables, including ICD-10 diagnostic coding tables. Complete basic science material addresses neuroanatomy and biology, neurochemistry, and neuropsychiatry, as well as the relationship between the brain and behaviour. Coverage of specific mental health disorders includes substance abuse, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, sleep disorders, depression, aggression and more. The text also contains information on the full range of psychotherapies including biofeedback and hypnosis, as well as cognitive, behavioural and group therapies. New to this