Handbook of Medical Psychiatry

By David P. Moore and James W. Jefferson

Book Overview

This handbook is a comprehensive text covering nearly every psychiatric, neurologic, and general medical condition capable of affecting mental status. It covers both common and uncommon disorders with well-organised, concise, and practical discussions geared for quick reference.

The book is divided into 30 sections patterned after topic headings in the DSM-IV. Within each section is a series of chapters that briefly describe an overview, time of onset, clinical features, course, complications, aetiology, differential diagnosis, and treatment of a given disorder. A short list of references follows every chapter, and many chapters include radiographs that show characteristics of the disease process. The final section covers psychopharmacology, emphasizing medical features such as pharmacokinetics, side effects, drug-drug interactions, and complications of overdose.

This is a comprehensive, medically oriented, and user-friendly text that complements - and in some cases takes the place of-the larger psychiatric tomes. It is equally useful to the medical student and to the practitioner in need of a quick refresher or confronted with a rare or unusual condition.Truly comprehensive coverage ranging from the most common disorders to the lesser-known rare disorders Detailed discussion of assessment, diagnosis, and treatment options for each disorderCovers every psychopharmacologic agent available

28 new topics/chapters:
Fetal Alcohol SyndromeEncopresisSchizophreniform DisorderBrief Psychotic DisorderJactatio Nocturna CapitisSchizoid Personality DisorderAvoidant Personality DisorderSupersensitivity PsychosisRabbit SyndromeAmnesiaCatatoniaAlien Hand SyndromeEnvironmental Dependency SyndromePostictal PsychosisPsychosis of Forced NormalizationInterictal PsychosisInterictal Personality SyndromeFronto-temporal DementiaCortico-Basal Ganglionic DegenerationMultiple System AtrophyNeurocanthocytosisDentatorubropallidoluysian AtrophyHashimoto's encephalopathyNew-Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob DiseaseGertsmann-Straussler-Scheinker DiseaseFahr's Syndrome

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0323029116
• ISBN13: 9780323029117
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Mosby
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

handbook of medical psychiatry

excellent book for medical student rotations in pyschiatry. very practical and helpful in differentiating a diagnosis.