num_pages: 210
description: This handbook, perhaps better known as the Orange book, provides practical guidance on the psychiatric and neuropsychiatric examination and interviewing of adults and children, a core skill and the basis for reaching a diagnosis and defining a treatment plan. It also covers special interview situations, such as how to deal with specific patient reactions, and with other special problems, such as how to conduct a complicated assessment, for example in cases of autism or self harm. The final chapters explain when to refer to experts and describe early treatment interventions. The book concludes by describing some important legal and service organization issues. The text is supported by appendices for ready-reference.
language: English
title: Maudsley Handbook of Practical Psychiatry
titlecomplete: Maudsley Handbook of Practical Psychiatry (Oxford Pocket Medicine)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Oxford University Press