Short textbook of Psychiatry

1. Diagnosis and Classifi cation in Psychiatry ......................................................................................1
2. Psychiatric History and Examination ...............................................................................................5
3. Organic (Including Symptomatic) Mental Disorders ................................................................... 19
4. Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders ........................................................................................ 33
5. Schizophrenia ................................................................................................................................. 54
6. Mood Disorders .............................................................................................................................. 69
7. Other Psychotic Disorders ............................................................................................................. 83
8. Neurotic, Stress-related and Somatoform Disorders ................................................................... 89
9. Disorders of Adult Personality and Behaviour ........................................................................... 113
10. Sexual Disorders ........................................................................................................................... 121
11. Sleep Disorders ............................................................................................................................. 133
12. Behavioural Syndromes Associated with Psychological Disturbances
and Physiological Factors ............................................................................................................ 142
13. Mental Retardation ...................................................................................................................... 153
14. Child Psychiatry ............................................................................................................................ 162
15. Psychopharmacology ................................................................................................................... 172
16. Other Biological Methods of Treatment ..................................................................................... 199
17. Psychoanalysis .............................................................................................................................. 205
18. Psychological Treatments ............................................................................................................ 213
19. Emergency Psychiatry .................................................................................................................. 221
20. Legal and Ethical Issues in Psychiatry ......................................................................................... 229
21. Community Psychiatry ................................................................................................................. 235
Appendices .......................................................................................................................................... 241
Appendix I: Nobel Prizes in Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines .............................................................................. 241
Appendix II: Some Important Contributors in Psychiatry ..................................................................................... 242
Appendix III: Glossary of Some Important Terms in Psychiatry........................................................................... 246
Suggested Further Reading ................................................................................................................ 249
Index .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 253