| Collation |
xvii, 516 pages ; 22 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Spiral manual |
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Spiral manual.
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction: a perspective on contemporary psychiatry as a background to psychopharmacology -- Ch. 2. The mental status examination -- Ch. 3. Medical evaluation of psychiatric patients and the acute treatment of psychotropic drug overdose -- Ch. 4. Dissociative, somatoform, and paranoid disorders -- Ch. 5. Delirium and dementia -- Ch. 6. Obsessions and compulsions and obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Ch. 7. Tics, Tourette Disorder, and related problems -- Ch. 8. Disorders of eating: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge-Eating Disorder -- Ch. 9. Treatment of physical dependence on barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and other sedative-hypnotics -- Ch. 10. Opioid abuse and dependence: acute and chronic treatment -- Ch. 11. Alcoholism and its treatment -- Ch. 12. Treatment of alcohol withdrawal -- Ch. 13. Pharmacologic treatment of personality disorders: a dimensional approach -- Ch. 14. Approaches to the treatment of anxiety states -- Ch. 15. Treatment of transient insomnia -- Ch. 16. Bereavement reactions and grief -- Ch. 17. Assessment and treatment of suicide risk -- Ch. 18. Approaches to the treatment of depression -- Ch. 19. Approaches to the treatment of manic-depressive states (Bipolar disorders) -- Ch. 20. Approaches to the treatment of schizophrenia -- Ch. 21. Approaches to the psychopharmacologic treatment of children and youth -- Ch. 22. Diagnosis and treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in youth and adults -- Ch. 23. Medical uses of hypnosis -- Ch. 24. Electroconvulsive therapy -- Ch. 25. Seclusion as a treatment modality -- Ch. 26. Use of the physical restraints as an emergency treatment -- Ch. 27. Rape and sexual assault -- Ch. 28. Understanding and assessing pain and pain syndromes -- Ch. 29. Drug interactions in psychopharmacology. |
| Subject |
Mental illness -- Chemotherapy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Mental illness -- Treatment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| ISBN |
0781724708 (pbk.) |
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9780781724708 (pbk.) |
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