What Every Patient, Family, Friend, and Caregiver Needs to Know about Psychiatry

Name: What Every Patient, Family, Friend, and Caregiver Needs to Know about Psychiatry
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ISBN: 9781585621101

ISBN-10: 1585621102

ISBN-13: 9781585621101

Edition: 2nd 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Richard W. Roukema

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Book details

List price: $42.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Publication date: 8/26/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



About the Author


Introduction



Background and Normal Variations in Stress



A Day at the Office



Normal Development and the Life Cycle



Heredity, Parenting, and Society



Stress and Common Emotional Reactions



Managing Stress



How Emotional Illness Differs From Mental Illness



Adjustment Disorders and Psychosomatic Disorders



Anxiety Disorders, Somatoform Disorders, and Dissociative Disorders



Alcoholism and Drug Abuse



Sexual Problems in Our Culture



Eating Disorders



The Emotional Effects of Loss



Personality Disorders



Unusual Psychiatric Disorders



Mental Illness: The Psychoses



Mood Disorders: Depression and Manic States



Schizophrenia



Other Psychotic Disorders



Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders



Treatment of Emotional and Mental Illnesses



How a Psychiatrist Helps



Psychotherapy: Who, What, When, and How?


Conclusion


Suggested Readings


Index