The third edition of this text depicts psychiatry as a field virtually exploding with new knowledge. Its two authors present the fundamentals for practising psychiatry. The field is summarized in four sections on: background (such as history, diagnosis and neurobiology); psychiatric disorders (such as cognitive, mood, anxiety, dissociative, and personality disorders); special topics (such as violent behaviour and legal issues); and psychosocial and somatic treatments. In addition to findings about specific psychiatric disorders and new case vignettes, illustrations and tables, the authors include expanded chapters on the psychiatric aspects of AIDS, reflecting the exponential increase in knowledge about this still-unchecked world-wide epidemic, and on somatic treatments, reflecting the burgeoning knowledge about new drug treatments, particularly antidepressants. The authors have also added the Beck Depression Inventory - a self-report patient questionnaire to help the clinician obtain an objective measure of the patient's condition - to their appendix of commonly-used diagnostic scales and measurements. They also include model curriculum recommendations for students and psychiatry clerkship directors. The text should be suitable for third- and fourth-year medical students rotating through psychiatry and for first- and second-year residents, and generally for clinicians in private practice, social workers, nursing students, physician's assistants, and laypersons interested in learning more about psychiatric illnesses.
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"It has been expertly coauthored by Andreasen and Black to give a well-written and attractively produced text that is bursting with information. The scope of the text is remarkably broad, from the historical underpinnings of psychiatry to more recent developments in evaluation and treatment. The inclusion of clinical vignettes and an appendix that provides a range of rating scales and questionnaires adds interest and usefulness."- "Ronan McIvor, Consultant Psychiatrist, British Journal of Psychiatry," "December 2002"
About the Author
Nancy C. Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D.,is the Andrews H. Woods Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Mental Health Clinical Research Center at the University of Iowa College of Medicine in Iowa City, Iowa.
Donald W. Black, M.D.,is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City, Iowa.
He is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Utah School of Medicine. He completed his training in psychiatry at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. He completed a fellowship in Psychiatric Epidemiology and was awarded an MS degree in preventive medicine from the University of Iowa. Dr. Black divides his time between patient care, teaching and research. In 1995, he received the University of Iowa Collegiate Teaching Award for excellence in teaching, and is listed in "Best Doctors in America." Dr. Black writes extensively for professional audiences, and his work has been profiled in the national and international media. His research has mainly involved mood and anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, and severe personality disorders. Dr. Black is also active in professional organizations and is current President of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists and is president-elect of the Iowa Psychiatric Society.
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Introductory textbook of psychiatry,
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I have practiced primary care medicine for nearly 30 years and this is, by far, the best textbook of pyschiatry that I have come across. It is clearly organized and gives the practitioner the basics of what he needs to organize mental health care in his mind. It is clearly written and easy to understand. I have read over many years, other textbooks of psychiaty and synopses of the same, and this is a great book for medical students and practitioners alike. More depth will be needed for those in the field but for clearly organizing the subject in one's mind, this is a great text.
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Bad book very dry and a little outdated at times,
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Don't waste your time, seriously. I bought this book for a psychiatry rotation during medical school and after reading other students books from different authors, I'd wished I spent $5 more and purchased another text. From what I have seen, there are many other psych books that are better written and more current.
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