Psychiatry & Mental Health: Textbooks

Focuses on foundational knowledge, with chapters on psychiatric interviewing, diagnostic formulation, developmental assessment, laboratory testing and neuroimaging, and ethical and legal aspects of clinical psychiatry, and then proceeds to a full presentation of psychiatric disorders in alignment with DSM-5. Offers an overview of treatment strategies and methods in present-day psychiatry, a combination of evidence-based biological interventions and psychotherapies. Focuses on the care of special patient populations, including women; children and adolescents; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals; older adults; and culturally diverse individuals.

Presents the most current treatment methods including descriptions of all modern psychotherapeutic techniques. Includes case studies, descriptive tables for all relevant DSM-5 and ICD-10 diagnoses, and a psychopharmacology section organized according to mechanisms of action.

Presents behavioral disorders from the perspective of what is seen in medical settings. The goal is to help clinicians manage common behavioral conditions that most often present in a medical setting. Identifies physical symptoms as a common mode of presentation of mental health problems and describes how to integrate them with psychological symptoms to make diagnoses of mental disorders.

Helps practitioners and students understand the interplay between psychological, physical, social and cultural issues of patients.

Reviews essential psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic approaches, and provides evaluation, testing, and decision-making tools and criteria.