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INTRODUCTION
Mental health services Ⅰ
Mental health services Ⅱ
Classification in psychiatry
History and aetiology
Mental state examination
Assessment of risk
Management plan and formulation
Mental capacity
The Mental Health Act
TREATMENT IN PSYCHIATRY
Introduction to drug treatments
Prescribing psychotropic drugs
Antipsychotic drugs
Antidepressant drugs
Mood stabilisers
Benzodiazepines and drugs for dementia
Psychological treatments
Family and social treatments
Recovery/social inclusion and physical therapy
SCHIZOPHRENIA
Diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia
Epidemiology and aetiology of schizophrenia
Acute and chronic schizophrenia
Management of schizophrenia
MOOD DISORDERS
Classification of mood disorders
Epidemiology and aetiology of mood disorders
Bipolar disorder-clinical presentation and management
Depressive disorder-clinical presentation
Depressive disorder-management
NEUROTIC DISORDERS
Anxiety disorders-clinical presentation and aetiology
Anxiety disorders-management
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Reactions to stress
Dissociative and somatoform disorders
PSYCHIATRY AND MEDICINE
Liaison psychiatry
Psychiatry in primary care
Syndromes of cognitive impairment
Neurology and psychiatry
Organic causes of psychiatric symptoms
Eating disorders
Perinatal psychiatry
PERSONALITY DISORDERS
Personality disorders-introduction and classification
Personality disorders-management
THE PSYCHIATRIC SPECIALITIES
Learning disability
Child psychiatry Ⅰ
Child psychiatry Ⅱ
Old age psychiatry Ⅰ
Old age psychiatry Ⅱ
Forensic psychiatry
Alcohol dependence Ⅰ
Alcohol dependence Ⅱ
Substance misuse
Psychosexual disorders
Recommended Reading
Self-assessment
Case history comments
Index