Gabbard's Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders, Fourth Edition [Hardcover]

Glen O. Gabbard (Author, Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 13, 2007 | ISBN-10: 1585622168 | ISBN-13: 978-1585622160 | Edition: 4

A staple of psychiatric practice through three editions, Gabbard's Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders has been thoroughly revised to reflect modern clinical expertise in a more accessible volume. More than 160 authorities share insights gained from firsthand experience in a state-of-the-art text that covers all major treatments in psychiatry linked to specific disorders, with a pluralistic approach that includes all major treatment modalities without focusing exclusively on favorite approaches. Not only has each chapter been completely updated, the text has been reorganized to facilitate its publication in a single volume that cuts directly to the heart of disorder-based treatments.

Scrupulously reviewed to consolidate treatment information most needed by readers, the book is organized along the lines of DSM-IV-TR to cover the entire spectrum of conditions, from cognitive, psychotic, and mood disorders to eating disorders, sleep disorders, and disorders of impulse control. This new edition features more extensive coverage of dementia, reorganized material on substance abuse disorders, the latest research on schizophrenia, and recent advances in the understanding of personality disorders. It is an essential touchstone for practitioners and an outstanding reference for students in the mental health professions--and is now an even more useful clinical tool.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This volume has the strengths of an encyclopedia buttressed by comprehensive and useful bibliographies."-- "The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease", "March, 2008"

About the Author

Glen O. Gabbard, M.D., is Brown Foundation Chair of Psychoanalysis and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Director of the Baylor Psychiatry Clinic, at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He is also Training and Supervising Analyst at the Houston- Galveston Psychoanalytic Institute in Houston.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 986 pages
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing; 4 edition (April 13, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585622168
• ISBN-13: 978-1585622160
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #992,258 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Glen O. Gabbard, M.D., is Professor and Director of the Baylor Psychiatry Clinic at the Baylor College of Medicine and Training and Supervising Analyst at the Houston-Galveston Psychoanalytic Institute in Houston, Texas. He was previously Director of the Menninger Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.

Dr. Gabbard is the author or editor of more than fifteen books and currently is joint Editor-in-Chief and Editor for North America of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis. His numerous awards include the 2000 Mary Sigourney Award for outstanding contributions to psychoanalysis.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Deliberate Turn of Events, November 18, 2009

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George Dawson (St. Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gabbard's Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders, Fourth Edition (Hardcover)

I am writing this review as a clinical psychiatrist who has been practicing for the past 20 years and who owns all three previous editions of this text. To me, the current edition appears to have changed significantly. The information content seems less. I would refer any interested reader to the coverage on delirium in the text and how it differs from the coverage in a previous edition. As an example, the Third Edition included an accompanying chapter entitled "Substance Induced Delirium and Related Encephalopathies" by Brown. That was an outstanding chapter with regard to current theories of delirium and how it related to clinical psychiatry. I can find no equivalent chapter in the newer edition.

The aesthetics of the current volume are not as good as the previous volume. The text is written in two columns per page in what appears to be a larger font. The numbers of references at the end of chapters are variable. The text is limited to one volume rather than two. This was apparently a conscious decision by the editors as discussed in their introduction to the Fourth Edition.

That is a decision that I disagree with. I preferred the more information intense approach in the previous editions and therefore am less enthusistic about this one. If you purchased the previous edition and found it to contain too much the current text may be the right one for you.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wholesome, February 22, 2008

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Isaac Dekker (sydney) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gabbard's Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders, Fourth Edition (Hardcover)

up-to-date in all the fields of reserach and practice it is all in one approach on mainstream psychiatric disorders and treatments. perfect for student, practitioner or your educated local with an interest. buying books without first seeing them can be a bit of a stab in the dark this is a wholesome approach to psychiatric conditions and treatments with easy to read and follow layout with very little jargon, thouroughly worth the $ paid.