Author: The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry
Publisher: Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry
Keywords: psychiatry, group, advancement, report, gap, clinical, cultural, assessment
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2002-01
List price: $77.00
ISBN-10: 0873181441
ISBN-13: 9780873181440

Culture permeates human activity the world over. In todayAs technological Aglobal village,A people from very different cultures are interacting more closely and more often than everAmaking it critical for clinicians to understand and incorporate cultural dimensions into their daily practices. This volume offers a contemporary pragmatic understanding of how culture is inextricably intertwined with mental health and mental illness. In Chapter 1, the 17-member GAP Committee on Cultural Psychiatry begins by discussing the history (particularly within the last two decades) and scope of culture in

Authors:Robert E. Hales, Stuart C. Yudofsky, Glen O. Gabbard
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Keywords: textbook, psychiatry, hales, publishing, psychiatric, american
Number of Pages: 1786
Published: 2008-04-16
List price: $290.00
ISBN-10: 1585622575
ISBN-13: 9781585622573

The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry has been meticulously revised to maintain its preeminence as an accessible and authoritative educational reference and clinical compendium. More than 100 contributors 65 new to this edition summarize the latest developments in psychiatry, with new chapters on cellular and molecular biology; neuroanatomy; human sexuality and sexual dysfunctions; nonpharmacological somatic treatments; supportive psychotherapy; combined psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy; treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender patients; and assessment of dang

Authors:M. Schwab, W. P. Kaschka, E. Spina,
Publisher: S. Karger AG (Switzerland)
Keywords: psychiatry, biological, advances, pharmacogenomics
Number of Pages: 139
Published: 2010-06-30
List price: $64.00
ISBN-10: 3805594984
ISBN-13: 9783805594981

In recent years, there have been major developments in the fields of pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics, with the potential to make drug treatments in psychiatric medicine more effective. However, improvements in drug efficacy and tolerability, as well as finding the optimal dosage, can only be realized if in vivo mechanisms of drug action and ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion) processes (pharmacokinetics) of psychopharmacological agents are better understood. In this volume, current progress and perspectives in pharmacogenetic testing of drug-metabolizing enzymes, drug

Authors:Mark S. Gold, A.L.C. Pottash,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: psychiatry, critical, issues, testing, laboratory, diagnostic
Number of Pages: 308
Published: 1986-01-31
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0306420546
ISBN-13: 9780306420542

Author: Lester Grinspoo
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Keywords: psychiatry, review
Number of Pages: 540
Published: 1982-06-01
List price: $46.95
ISBN-10: 0880480009
ISBN-13: 9780880480000

Author: Alan M. Mellow
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Keywords: psychiatry, review, geriatric
Number of Pages: 212
Published: 2003-05
List price: $57.00
ISBN-10: 1585621161
ISBN-13: 9781585621163

With an aging baby boomer population and life-prolonging medical advances, psychiatrists must brace for an estimated 10 million late-life patients by the year 2020. Geriatric Psychiatry (Review of Psychiatry, Volume 22) outlines current research on this burgeoning patient group, with practice implications for clinicians. In Geriatric Psychiatry renowned experts review the latest information on etiology, diagnosis, and treatment options, including pharmacological and behavioral therapies, for a range of late-life disorders: Depression and anxiety disorders—A look at late-stage depressio

Authors:James H., M.D. Shore, Stephen C. Scheiber,
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Keywords: psychiatry, issues, learning, lifetime, recertification, certification
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1994-01
List price: $35.95
ISBN-10: 0880484659
ISBN-13: 9780880484657

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver. Issues in Psychiatric Series. Text on the current status of certification and recertification in psychiatry. Describes the current written and oral exam components and discusses possible future alternatives.