Synopsis

Textbook of Postgraduate Psychiatry (3rd edition, 2 vols) is assimilated with all modern developments in psychiatry and their effects on clinical practice. It incorporates over 10, 000 references with some of the original data on which modern evidence-based medicine depends. There are a few new chapters on clinical epidemiology, genetics in psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, special areas of interest and others. This is a highly readable and comprehensive package of modern psychiatry. It places emphasis on detailed clinical descriptions of both common and rare psychiatric disorders and their places within 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10), Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV) and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5). Clinical management is given due prominence, with extensive accounts of modern drug management, cognitive therapy, psychosocial approaches and current guidelines such as those published in American Psychiatric Association (APA) and National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). Easy to read with over 400 tables and boxes summarizing information, this is an essential text for trainees studying for their MD (Psychiatry), DNB, DMP and MRC Psychiatry examinations.