American Psychiatric Pub.
The American Psychiatric Publishing board prep and review guide for psychiatry.
A preparation guide for Part I of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) examination. Most of the 36 chapters address a specific clinical syndrome category according to DSM-IV-TR classification, reviewing the disorder's epidemiology, differential diagnosis, etiology, course, and treatment options. The opening chapters describe normal child and adolescent development, genetics, immunology, endocrinology, psychological assessment techniques, and legal issues. A few study questions are provided at the end of each chapter. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Clinical guide to the treatment of the mentally ill homeless person.
Twenty-seven American academics, practitioners, and researchers contribute 14 chapters to a guide for clinicians who work with homeless people with mental illnesses. The text approaches treatment and rehabilitation from the vantage point of the treatment environment, from street to housing. Coverage includes an overview of mental illness and homelessness, general concepts of outreach and engagement, single adults in shelters, families in shelters, assertive community treatment, housing issues and models, mobile crisis teams, psychiatric emergency services, psychiatric inpatient settings, primary care settings, homeless children, jails and prisons, homeless veterans, and rural settings. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Clinical manual of pediatric psychosomatic medicine; mental health consultation with physically ill children and adolescents.
Shaw (psychiatry and pediatrics, Stanford University) and DeMaso (psychiatry and pediatrics, Harvard Medical School) provide practitioners with an overview of key issues that arise in psychiatric consultation with physically ill children, and offer a framework to help guide clinical assessment and management. They overview pediatric psychiatry consultation, including legal and forensic issues, then detail specific psychiatric symptoms and disorders in physically ill children and adolescents, and provide assessment templates. Chapters on treatment and intervention cover psychotherapy, family therapy, psychopharmalogical approaches, and preparing patients for procedures. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Dimensional models of personality disorders; refining the research agenda for DSM-V.
Whether personality disorders are discrete conditions or dimensions of the functioning of general personality is the main question addressed by these 26 papers and commentary, with the general objective being to incorporate a dimensional model of personality disorder with the next edition of the DSM. Drawn from papers developed in conferences sponsored by the American Psychiatric Association and the National Institute of Mental Health to set research priorities, the topics here include alternative dimensions of personality disorder, behavioral and molecular genetic contributions to a dimensional classification of personality disorder, neurobiological dimensional models of personality, temperament and personality as broad-spectrum antecedents of psychopathology in childhood and adolescence, personality dimensions across cultures, work toward a unified model of personality leading to understanding of personality disorders and clinical disorders, clinical utility of dimensional models, and a personality disorder research agenda for DSM-V. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
FOCUS psychiatry review; 400 self-assessment questions.
Two professors of psychiatry from George Washington U. and UCLA present 400 self-assessment questions for people preparing for American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology certification or recertification exams. Questions are multiple choice and cover these major themes: child and adolescent psychiatry; clinical neuroscience and genetics; forensic and ethical issues; gender, race, and culture; geriatric psychiatry; psychopharmacology; psychosomatic medicine; psychotherapy; and schizophrenia. Also addressed are the following categories of disorders: anxiety; bipolar; posttraumatic stress; major depressive; personality; sleep, sex, and eating; and substance-related. The answer and a brief explanation follows each question, as well as suggestions for further reading. The front matter contains a form that may be sent to the American Psychiatric Association to obtain Continuing Medical Education credit after completing the self-assessment. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Introductory textbook of psychiatry, 4th ed.
Although written for medical students and residents in their first years of training, those studying nursing and social work will also find this a useful text and reference. Updated to consider the most current theories and practice, this edition covers a range of basic topics, including the particulars of diagnosis and classification, methods of interviewing and assessment, and the neurobiology and genetics of mental illness. It then covers a range of disorders, including delirium, dementia, amnesia, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, somatoform and dissociative disorders, and disorders associated with alcohol, drugs, personality, sexual dysfunction, paraphilias, gender identity, eating, adjustment and impulse control, Special topics include psychiatric emergencies, child psychiatry, sleep disorders, legal considerations, psychological treatments, pharmacology and electroconvulsive therapy. The authors include a glossary and very comprehensive index. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
