International Handbook of Psychiatry A Concise Guide for Medical Students, Residents, and Medical Practitioners

Ch. 1. Impact of mental illness / Laura Weiss Roberts, Richard Balon and Joseph B. Layde -- ch. 2. International issues in psychiatry / Richard Balon and Cyril Höschl -- ch. 3. Psychiatric diagnosis / Stephanie Bagby-Stone, Jessica Nittler and John Lauriello -- ch. 4. Psychiatric genetics / Bhanu Prakash Kolla and David Mrazek -- ch. 5. Psychiatric interviewing: what to do, what not to do / Mara Pheister -- ch. 6. Psychological and neuropsychological testing / Jennifer Niskala Apps and Jonathan E. Romain -- ch. 7. Psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence / Michael Koelch and Joerg M. Fegert -- ch. 8. Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders / Peter F. Buckley, Adriana Foster and Scott Van Sant -- ch. 9. Mood disorders / Sandra Rackley and J. Michael Bostwick -- ch. 10. Anxiety disorders / Leanne Parasram and Dan J. Stein -- ch. 11. Substance use disorders / Nidal Moukaddam and Pedro Ruiz -- ch. 12. Cognitive disorders / Alana Iglewicz, Ipsit V. Vahia and Dilip V. Jeste -- ch. 13. Somatoform disorders / Christina L. Wichman -- ch. 14. The dissociative disorders / Jean M. Goodwin -- ch. 15. Sleep disorders in psychiatry / Oludamilola A. Salami -- ch. 16. Eating disorders / Athena Robinson and W. Stewart Agras -- ch. 17. Sexual disorders / Richard Balon -- ch. 18. Adjustment disorder / Mauro Giovanni Carta, Maria Carolina Hardoy and Matteo Balestrieri -- ch. 19. Personality disorders / Joel Paris -- ch. 20. Geriatrics / Randall Espinoza -- ch. 21. Emergency psychiatry / Divy Ravindranath, Mark Newman and Michelle Riba -- ch. 22. Outpatient psychiatry / Ondria Gleason, Aaron Pierce and Bryan Touchet -- ch. 23. General hospital psychiatry / Jen Alt McDonald and Mark T. Wright -- ch. 24, Psychiatric education / Linda Gask and Michelle B. Riba -- ch. 25. Residency training / Sanjai Rao and Sidney Zisook -- ch. 26. Methods of psychiatric research / Elizabeth Burgess, Nicolas Ramoz and Philip Gorwood -- ch. 27. World suicide / Morton M. Silverman -- ch. 28. AIDS psychiatry / Mary Ann Cohen -- ch. 29. Pharmacogenomic variability associated with psychotropic medication response / David Mrazek and Bhanu Prakash Kolla -- ch. 30. Ethics in psychiatry / Kristi Estabrook -- ch. 31. The culturally competent psychiatric assessment / Ajoy Thachil and Dinesh Bhugra -- ch. 32. Traditional healing for psychiatric disorders / Roger M.K. Ng, Zhang-Jin Zhang and Wendy Wong -- ch. 33. International perspective on homelessness / Belinda Bandstra, Anthony Mascola and Daryn Reicherter -- ch. 34. Mental health consequences of war and political conflict / Daryn Reicherter and Rena Sugarbaker -- ch. 35. Stigma / Travis Fisher -- ch. 36. Legal aspects of psychiatry / Joseph B. Layde