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This innovative resource provides a highly visual introduction to the basic principles and practice of psychiatry. Each topic is covered in a single two-page unit to make reference and study uncommonly easy and effective. Abundant full-color line diagrams, clinical photographs, and MRI images demonstrate essential concepts at a glance.
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Concise, double-page spread permits rapid review of essential information
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Wide range of color clinical photographs, MRI scans, and artwork schematics
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Provides practical advice regarding patient care
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Covers modern pharmacological treatment of psychiatric disorders
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Contains useful 'key point' boxes to highlight essential information
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Expanded section on recent advances in psychopharmacology, particularly in the treatment of psychosis
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Covers the new Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
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Discusses the increasing role of psychotherapy in psychiatric disturbance
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Provides a useful summary of the DSM-IV classification alongside that of the ICD-10 to enable fast comparison between the two classification systems
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Summarises recent changes in NICE guidelines
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Includes a new section on eponymous psychiatric disorders e.g. de Clérambault's and Cotard’s syndromes.
Sathiabalan
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