Handbook Of Medical Psychiatry, 2e
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The HANDBOOK is a comprehensive text covering nearly every psychiatric, neurologic, and general medical condition capable of affecting mental status. It 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, etiology, 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.New topics/chapters include: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

Paperback: 544 pages

Publisher: Mosby; 2 edition (May 28, 2004)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0323029116

ISBN-13: 978-0323029117

Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches

Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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One of the best books that covers major psychiatric, medical, and neurologic disorders. From fragile X syndrome to Klein-Levin syndrome, from limbic encephalitis to radiation encephalopathy, it practically covers all illnesses that manifest with psychiatric syndromes. Ideal for clinicians who wish to know the various etiologies of certain symptoms.

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

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