Kaplan and Sadock's Concise Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry

This concise textbook is ideal for any student or health care professional who needs an authoritative, readable, affordable text that is sharply focused on clinical psychiatry.

This book contains the most relevant clinical material from the best-selling "Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry," tenth edition, and includes updated information on recently introduced psychiatric drugs. The book is DSM-IV-TR compatible and replete with case studies and tables, including DSM-IV-TR tables.

Chapters offer step-by-step guidance on the clinical examination, the psychiatric report, medical assessment of the psychiatric patient, laboratory tests, and signs and symptoms. The major portion of the book covers all psychiatric and substance-related disorders, with special chapters on children, adolescents, and the elderly. Also included are chapters on emergency psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, ethics, and palliative and end-of-life care.

• LWW Doody’s Core Title Collection 2012( Prod-11178)
• LWW Medical Book Collection 2010( Prod-5544)
• LWW Psychiatry Book Collection( Prod-10632)
• LWW Doody's Core Title Collection 2011( Prod-10037)
• LWW Complete Book Collection 2009( Prod-5997)
• LWW Doody's Essential Collection 2011( Prod-10038)

• Author/Editor: Sadock, Benjamin J.; Sadock, Virginia A.
• ISBN/ISSN: 9780781787468
• Specialty: Psychiatry
• Language:English
• Edition: 3rd
• Pages: 752
• Illustrations: 40
• Year: 2008