Textbook of Psychiatry

Psychiatry is one of the major specialties of medicine, and is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of the psychiatric disorders.

This volume on Psychiatry is currently in the initial stages of development.

Further development of this volume is a project of the Education Committee of the World Psychiatric Association. For further information, please contact Dan Stein (dan.steinuct.ac.za).

[edit] Table of Content

• History of Psychiatry
• Diagnosis & Classification
• Interview/Assessment
• Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders
• Psychotic Disorders
• Mood Disorders
• Anxiety Disorders
• Somatoform Disorders
• Dissociative Disorders
• Alcoholism and Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders
• Personality Disorders
• Sexual Disorders
• Eating Disorders
• Sleep Disorders
• Disorders of Childhood & Adolescence
• Dementia, Delirium, and Psychiatric Symptoms Secondary to General Medical Condtions
• Psychopharmacology
• Electroconvulsive Therapy and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
• Psychotherapy for Medical Students
• The Agitated/Violent Patient
• Self-harm and suicide
• Cross-Cultural Issues in Psychiatry
• Forensic Psychiatry

[edit] Editors and Contributors

1. Dan J. Stein, MD, PhD (dan.steinuct.ac.za) is Professor and Chair of the Dept of Psychiatry & Mental Health at the University of Cape Town.
2. Catherine Maud (cmaudiafrica) practices psychiatry in Durban, South Africa.
3. Nicolina van der Merwe (niolina@iafrica.com) is a medical student doing her Masters in Neuroscience at the University of Cape Town.
4. Allan Tasman, MD, is Professor and Chair of the Dept of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He is Chair of the Education Committee of the World Psychiatric Association.
5. Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis (kfountmed.auth.gr) is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, 3rd Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
6. Erik Simonsen, MD Elsa Ronningstam & Theodore Millon, PhD
7. Ronald Pies, MD is Professor of Psychiatry and Lecturer on Bioethics and Humanities at State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, N.Y., USA; and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston MA, USA.
8. Paul Summergrad, MD is Dr. Frances S. Arkin Professor of Psychiatry and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry; and Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is also Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Tufts Medical Center, Boston. Massachusetts.
9. Bruce McDermott, MD
10. Arash Ansari MD and David N. Osser MD
11. Roumen Milev, MD, PhD
12. S. Johnson MD/MSc, J Roberts MD and R El-Mallakh MD
13. Robert Kohn, MD
14. Julio Arboleda-Flórez is Professor Emeritus at Queen’s University, Canada

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