Abstract
Psychiatric assessment, DSM-IV and differential diagnosis biopsychosocial assessment and case formulation psychological testing in medical practice delirium, dementia and other disorders associated with cognitive impairment schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders personality disorders mood disorders anxiety disorders somatoform disorders, factitious disorders and malingering alcoholism and substance abuse geriatric psychiatry eating disorders dissociative disorders psychosexual disorders paraphilias psychiatric disorders of childhood and adolescence the psychotherapies - basic theoretical principles and techniques biological therapies for mental disorders psychiatric emergencies - recognition and management psychiatric aspects of medical practice psychiatric aspects of acquired immune deficiency syndrome the evaluation and management of sleep disorders basic principles of pain management behavioural medicine strategies for medical patients legal issues in psychiatry.
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Publication Info
- Year
- 1994
- Type
- book
- Citations
- 40
- Access
- Closed