Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry: Behavioral Sciences/Clinical Psychiatry
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ISBN: 0781731836 / Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, January 2002
The eighth edition is cited in Brandon-Hill . Useful as a reference for professionals who work with and care for the mentally ill, as well as for nonprofessionals who wish to collaborate in the care of a relative or friend with mental illness, this work integrates biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives. The ninth edition includes new case histories and new material on neuroanatomy, neurogenetics and molecular biology, and psychoneuroendocrinology and psychoneuroimmunology. The authors teach psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The best-selling general psychiatry text since 1972, Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry is now in its thoroughly updated Ninth Edition. This complete, concise overview of the entire field of psychiatry is a staple board review text for psychiatry residents and is popular with a broad range of students in medicine, clinical psychology, social work, and occupational therapy. This edition includes new chapters on health care delivery systems and end-of-life care and palliative medicine. Coverage of psychotropic drugs and neuropsychiatric foundations of biological psychiatry has been significantly updated. The book is DSM-IV-TR compatible and replete with case studies and tables, including ICD-10 diagnostic coding tables.
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