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Published 03-01-2017
ISBN 9780522870954
Pages 612
Subjects Psychiatry Science: general issues
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Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry

Fourth Edition

Sidney Bloch, Philip Mitchell, Aleksandar Janca, Stephen A. Green, and Michael Robertson

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Published 03-01-2017
ISBN 9780522870954
Pages 612
Subjects Psychiatry Science: general issues
Imprint MUP POD

Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry is the trusted introductory text for students of medicine and other health professions, including psychiatric nursing, psychology, social work and occupational therapy. It has also been the essential reference for family doctors for over quarter of a century.

Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry: Fourth Edition has been revised and updated by five editors, leaders in their fields, in collaboration with a new generation of expert psychiatrists. The four-part structure—an introduction to clinical psychiatry; conditions encountered; specific patient groups and clinical settings; and principles and details of typical clinical services, and of biological and psychological treatments—provides a clear overview of clinical practice. It also explores the causes of mental illness and the ethical aspects of its treatment, and covers the full range of psychiatric disorders encountered by health practitioners.

The fourth edition emphasises biological, psychological and social factors in assessing and treating patients, includes the integrated use of DSM-5 classification, and provides further reading suggestions. It is richly illustrated with dozens of clinical stories.

About The Editor

Sidney Bloch AM, MB ChB, PhD, DPM, FRCPsych, FRANZCP is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne and Honorary Senior Psychiatrist at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne.

About The Editor

Philip Mitchell has been Head of the School of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales since 2002. His research and clinical interests are in bipolar disorder and depression, with a particular focus on predictors of the development of bipolar disorder in at-risk people; molecular genetics; pharmacological and psychological treatments; and clinical phenomenology. Dr.…

About The Editor

Aleksandar Janca is Winthrop Professor of Psychiatry in the School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Western Australia and Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Research and Teaching in WA. Professor Janca started his research career in 1987 as a Fulbright Scholar in the Department of Psychiatry, Washington…

About The Editor

Stephen A. Green is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University, Washington D.C. He has taught medical students and psychiatric trainees at Georgetown, particularly in the psychotherapies and mental health care ethics. He obtained a Masters in Philosophy and Bioethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at that University. Dr. Green has served as Associate…

About The Editor

Michael Robertson is a Clinical Associate Professor of Mental Health Ethics at the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine at the University of Sydney. He has worked clinically with traumatized refugees, military veterans, and essential service personnel in addition to many years in community mental health and rehabilitation settings. He established the…