Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry (7th Edition)

Description

Authored by four of the most experienced clinicians and researchers in European psychiatry and neuroscience the Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry provides a coherence and uniformity and balance that is seldom achieved in edited volumes. Now in the seventh edition, it includes more coverage of the field of social psychiatry—a field growing in importance and influence—with the expansion in community mental health services and latest developments in the fast-moving fields of genetics and neuroscience, showing the influence these are having in the field of psychiatry. This book is strong on practical, evidence-based guidance as well as providing succinct analyses of clinical and scientific foundations.

Key Features

• The Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry is authored by four of the most experienced clinicians and researchers in European psychiatry and neuroscience, providing a coherence and uniformity and balance that is seldom achieved in edited volumes
• Now in its seventh edition, the content has continually been refined over the years; resulting in a book that gives the reader exactly the material they need
• Now includes more coverage of the field of social psychiatry – a field growing in importance and influence – with the expansion in community mental health services
• The book is strong on practical, evidence-based guidance as well as providing succinct analyses of clinical and scientific foundations

New to this Edition

• The 7th edition includes more coverage on social psychiatry
• Includes more on psychiatric services and community mental health teams
• Updated to include the latest developments in the fast moving fields of genetics and neuroscience, showing the influence these are having on the field of psychiatry

Table of Contents

1. Signs and symptoms of psychiatric disorders
2. Classification
3. Assessment
4. Ethics and civil law
5. Aetiology
6. Evidence-based approaches to psychiatry
7. Reactions to stressful experiences
8. Anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders
9. Depression
10. Bipolar disorder
11. Schizophrenia
12. Paranoid symptoms and syndromes
13. Eating, sleep, and sexual disorders
14. Dementia, delirium, and other neuropsychiatric disorders
15. Personality and personality disorder
16. Child psychiatry
17. Intellectual disability (Mental retardation)
18. Forensic psychiatry
19. Psychiatry of the elderly
20. The misuse of alcohol and drugs
21. Suicide and deliberate self-harm
22. Psychiatry and medicine
23. Global psychiatry
24. Psychological treatments
25. Drugs and other physical treatments
26. Psychiatric services
27. References
28. Index

Reviews

“This book covers all major aspects of psychiatry in its 26 chapters. It endeavors to cover a number of topics that are not always addressed in general psychiatry books, including behavioral complications of neurological and medical illness as well as complexities that are unique to subspecialty populations […] Overall, this is a strong addition to the field and it provides a good overview of complex material in a format that is manageable for student learners.”– Vanessa Stan, MD, MPH, Doody’s

Authors Biography

Paul Harrison is Professor of Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK.

Philip Cowen is Professor of Psychopharmacology at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK.

Tom Burns is Chair of Social Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK.

Mina Fazel is Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK.