Psychiatry An Illustrated Colour Text

<p>* 2011 Winner - BMA Book Awards - Student Textbook - Psychiatry *</p> <p>This innovative resource provides a highly visual introduction to the basic principles and practice of psychiatry. Each topic is covered in a single two-page unit to make reference and study uncommonly easy and effective. Abundant full-colour line diagrams, clinical photographs, and MRI images demonstrate essential concepts at a glance.</p><ul><li>Concise, double page spread permits rapid review of essential information </li><li>Wide range of colour clinical photographs, MRI scans and artwork schematics </li><li>Provides <i>practical advice</i> regarding patient care</li><li>Covers modern pharmacological treatment of psychiatric disorders </li><li>Contains useful 'key point' boxes to highlight essential information</li></ul><ul><li> Expanded section on recent advances in psychopharmacology, particularly in the treatment of psychosis</li><li> Covers the new Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act</li><li> Discusses the increasing role of psychotherapy in psychiatric disturbance</li><li> Provides a useful summary of the DSM-IV classification alongside that of the ICD-10 to enable fast comparison between the two classification systems</li><li>Summarises recent changes in NICE guidelines</li><li>Includes a new section on eponymous psychiatric disorders e.g. de Clérambault's and Cotard's syndromes.</li></ul>