Psychiatry /
Burton, Neel L.
Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub.,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A brief history of psychiatry -- Patient assessment -- The delivery of mental health care -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Affective (mood) disorders -- Suicide and deliberate self-harm -- Neurotic, stress-related, and somatoform disorders (anxiety disorders) -- Personality disorders -- Organic psychiatric disorders (delirium and dementias) -- Mental retardation (learning disabilities) -- Substance misuse -- Eating, sleep, and sexual disorders -- Child and adolescent psychiatry -- So, why a career in psychiatry?
Psychiatry.