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Titles appearing in SciTech Book News — December 2008
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The approach to the psychiatric patient.

Ed. by John W. Barnhill.
American Psychiatric Pub., ©2009    523 p.    $62.00    RC465
978-1-58562-300-6

This casebook contains 10 psychiatric cases, each one accompanied by 8-14 essays on various features of the case, written by basic scientists, social scientists, clinicians, researchers, psychopharmacologists, and psychoanalysts. Each author was asked to discuss a specific aspect of the case, combining diagnostic dilemmas, ambiguities, specific interview techniques, and treatment possibilities to create a mosaic that reflects a biopsychosocial approach. Just as in real life, the cases involve various combinations of comorbidities, and span the diagnostic spectrum, from schizophrenia to adolescent bereavement. Situations range from emergency rooms to outpatient offices. Barnhill teaches clinical psychiatry and public health at Weill Cornell Medical College. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Cognitive behavior therapy for severe mental illness; an illustrated guide. (DVD included)

Ed. by Jesse H. Wright et al.
American Psychiatric Pub., ©2009    354 p.    $65.00    RC489
978-1-58562-321-1

Designed for clinicians who use cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) on a regular basis, this handbook combines conventional text with video presentations (via an included DVD) to describe common treatment strategies for severe mental disorders. Wright (U. of Louisville School of Medicine), Turkington (Newcastle U., UK), Kingdon (U. of Southampton, UK) and Basco (U. of Texas) offer succinct and practical assessment and diagnostic approaches to patients suffering from a wide variety of neuroses and psychoses, including depression, mania and hallucinations. The authors also discuss the advantages of using CBT for severe mental illness, an approach that is gaining more and more traction in the field. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Textbook of hospital psychiatry.

Ed. by Steven S. Sharfstein et al.
American Psychiatric Pub., ©2009    506 p.    $125.00    RC443
978-1-58562-322-8

After reviewing the history of psychiatric hospitals, this textbook describes the admission, evaluation, and treatment of patients in specific units for children, adolescents, elderly, eating disorders, trauma disorders, and veterans. Other topics of the 35 contributions include safety, suicide, residential psychotherapeutic treatment, outpatient community mental health services, financing of care, quality indicators, and the electronic medical record. Sharfstein is a clinical professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Textbook of psychotherapeutic treatments.

Ed. by Glen O. Gabbard.
American Psychiatric Pub., ©2009    876 p.    $75.00    RC480
978-1-58562-304-4

Fifty-three international academics and practitioners contribute 30 chapters to a text covering the theory, technique, indications, and efficacy of an array of psychotherapeutic treatments in psychiatry. Suitable as both a reference for practitioners and as a textbook for trainees in psychiatry and other mental health professions, the material is organized into sections on individual psychodynamic psychotherapy; individual cognitive-behavioral therapy; individual interpersonal psychotherapy; individual supportive psychotherapy; the diverse theories and techniques of group, family, and couples therapy; forms of psychotherapy integration; and risk management issues. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)