Psychiatry has emerged as a burgeoning scientific field with major advances in etiology and treatment of several disorders. Just as there was excitement in the anatomic advances that took place a hundred years ago when Emil Kraepelin and his collaborators took on the enormous task of classification of psychiatric disorders based on rational scientific thinking, new advances in genetics, biochemistry, neuroanatomy and pharmacotherapy of mental disorders have brought us even closer to a better understanding of complex disorders like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and even autism. The major goal of the previous edition of this classic book was to update the busy clinician, psychiatric resident and medical student with the most up-to-date information on etiology, diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders. This goal remains the focus of the third edition of this book. In this updated and expanded edition, the reader is provided with the most contemporary information and literature supported by a close survey of the field. Several new chapters dealing with new concepts in biology and treatment of mental disorders have been added. This new edition of this classic title, with its focus on biologic and medical aspects of psychiatry, will continue to be of significant help to all interested in the scientific practice of psychiatry.

Classic text including updated and expanded topics Written by international experts Details advances in genetics, biochemistry, etiology, diagnosis and treatment Covers adult and child syndromes, symptom clusters and special areas

Autorentext
Norman Sartorius, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Inhalt
SyndromesAdult.- The Mental Status Examination.- Syndromes of Brain Dysfunction Presenting with Cognitive Impairment or Behavioral Disturbance: Delirium, Dementia, and Mental Disorders Caused by a General Medical Condition.- The Amnestic Syndrome.- Bipolar Illness.- Major Depressive Disorder.- Schizophrenia.- Schizoaffective and Schizophreniform Disorders.- Delusional Disorders.- Anxiety Disorders.- ObsessiveCompulsive Disorder.- Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders.- Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa.- Antisocial Personality Disorder.- Alcoholism.- Drug Addiction.- Sexual Disorders: Dysfunction, Gender Identity, and Paraphilias.- Other Psychiatric Syndromes: Adjustment Disorder, Factitious Disorder, Illicit Steroid Abuse, and Cultural Syndromes.- Child Psychiatry.- Disruptive Behavior Disorders.- Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents.- Autistic Disorder.- Childhood Anxiety Disorders.- Schizophrenia in Children and Adolescents.- Symptom Clusters.- Mood Disturbances.- Anxiety Symptoms.- Thought Disorder.- Phenomenology of Coarse Brain Disease.- Catatonia in Psychiatric Illnesses.- Personality Disorders.- Special Areas.- Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders.- Novel Mechanisms of Drug Treatment in Psychiatry.- Use of Laboratory Assessments in Psychiatry.- Epidemiology of Psychiatric Illness.- Suicide and Attempted Suicide.- Clinical Psychopharmacology and Other Somatic Therapies.- Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies.- Forensic Psychiatry.- Sleep Disorders.- Neuroimaging in Psychiatry.- Electroconvulsive Therapy: Indications, Use, and Adverse Effects.- Profiles in the History of Neuroscience and Psychiatry.- Normal Laboratory Values and Drug Therapeutic and Toxic Ranges.