Preface

v

1

Neural Sciences

1

2

Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology

9

3

Contributions of the Psychosocial Sciences to Human Behavior

13

4

Clinical Neuropsychological Testing

25

5

Theories of Personality and Psychopathology

35

6

The Patient-Doctor Relationship and the Psychiatric Interview

45

7

Clinical Examination of the Psychiatric Patient

55

8

Signs and Symptoms in Psychiatry

65

9

Classification in Psychiatry and Psychiatric Rating Scales

73

10

Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders and Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition

82

11

Neuropsychiatric Aspects of HIV Infection and AIDS

97

12

Substance-Related Disorders

104

13

Schizophrenia

117

14

Other Psychotic Disorders

132

15

Mood Disorders

142

16

Anxiety Disorders

156

17

Somatoform Disorders

168

18

Factitious Disorders

177

19

Dissociative Disorders

185

20

Human Sexuality

193

21

Gender Identity Disorders

202

22

Eating Disorders

207

23

Normal Sleep and Sleep Disorders

214

24

Impulse-Control Disorder Not Elsewhere Classified

224

25

Adjustment Disorders

230

26

Personality Disorders

235

27

Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

241

28

Nonconventional Approaches in Mental Health Care

252

29

Psychiatry and Reproductive Medicine

255

30

Relational Problems

260

31

Problems Related to Abuse or Neglect

264

32

Additional Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention

269

33

Emergency Psychiatric Medicine

274

34

Psychotherapies

281

35

Biological Therapies

288

36

Child Psychiatry: Assessment, Examination, and Psychological Testing

300

37

Mental Retardation

310

38

Learning Disorders

317

39

Motor Skills Disorder: Developmental Coordination Disorder

323

40

Communication Disorders

326

41

Pervasive Developmental Disorders

331

42

Attention-Deficit Disorders

337

43

Disruptive Behavior Disorders

342

44

Feeding and Eating Disorders of Infancy or Early Childhood

346

45

Tic Disorders

351

46

Elimination Disorders

356

47

Other Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence

361

48

Mood Disorders and Suicide in Children and Adolescents

364

49

Anxiety Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence

367

50

Early-Onset Schizophrenia

372

51

Adolescent Substance Abuse

376

52

Child Psychiatry: Additional Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention

381

53

Psychiatric Treatment of Children and Adolescents

384

54

Forensic Issues in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

392

55

Geriatric Psychiatry

395

56

End-of-Life Care and Palliative Medicine

401

57

Forensic Psychiatry

408

58

Ethics in Psychiatry

418

Appendix A

Objective Examinations in Psychiatry

424

Index

427