Essentials of Clinical Psychiatry

Hales (psychiatry and behavioral sciences, U. of California, Davis School of Medicine) and Yudofsky (psychology and behavioral sciences, Baylor College of Medicine) present an abridged synopsis of The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry, 4th ed. Twenty of the original work's 40 chapters were selected as most relevant to the widest array of clinical settings. The bulk of the work presents clinical information on particular families of psychiatric disorders, but a few chapters on therapeutics are included. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)