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By
Matthew Castle, MBBS MRCPsych, Consultant in General Adult, Liaison and Neuropsychiatry, North Essex Partnership Foundation Trust, Chelmsford, UK
Rachel Jones, Consultant in General and Forensic Psychiatry, John Howard Centre, Hackney, London, UK
Description
This title is has been written by professionals working in the UK. It is a pocketbook for trainees in psychiatry which gives instant
access to the information psychiatrists need in acute clinical situations – how to assess the patient, how to effectively manage psychiatric
emergencies as well as the accurate diagnosis and management of common psychiatric conditions.
Contents
SECTION 1 Clinical Assessment:
The psychiatric history.
The mental state examination.
Investigations.
Differential
diagnosis.
Management.
SECTION 2 Management of psychiatric emergencies:
Generic approach in acute psychiatry.
The anxious/agitated
patient.
The manic/disinhibited patient.
Insomnia.
The deluded patient.
The hallucinated patient.
The obsessional
patient.
The confused patient.
The patient with poor memory.
Low mood/psychomotor retardation.
The suicidal patient.
The aggressive patient.
A borderline personality disorder in crisis.
The patient who has been banned from hospital or admission.
The liaison patient.
SECTION 3 Management of common psychiatric disorders:
Delirium.
Dementia.
Organic psychiatric
disorders.
Alcohol withdrawal.
Drug or alcohol induced psychiatric disorders.
Schizophrenia.
Persistent delusional
disorder (PDD).
Schizoaffective disorder.
Manic episode and bipolar affective disorder.
Agoraphobia, social phobia, panic
and anxiety disorder.
Borderline personality disorder.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 228 pages, publication date: OCT-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-10305-6
ISBN-10: 0-443-10305-4
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 27 Sep 2008
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