PSYCHIATRY

Principles, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice and Decision-Making

von Alexander A. Reed Md, Maya J. Christianah MD MPH

540 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Psychiatric symptoms rarely arrive in neat diagnostic categories.Depression may conceal bipolar disorder. Hallucinations may arise from psychosis, substance exposure, delirium, neurological disease, or a medical condition. Agitation may represent mania, intoxication, withdrawal, fear, cognitive impairment, or an immediate emergency.Psychiatry: Principles, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice and Decision-Making teaches readers how to approach that complexity with structured clinical reasoning.This comprehensive 500+ page textbook connects psychiatric knowledge with the decisions clinicians and trainees must make: What syndrome is present? What dangerous condition must be excluded? Which diagnosis best explains the presentation? What treatment, disposition, monitoring, and follow-up are appropriate?Develop a systematic approach to: - Psychiatric interviewing and the mental status examination- Risk assessment, clinical formulation, and differential diagnosis- Medical, neurological, medication-related, and substance-related mimics- Depressive, bipolar, psychotic, anxiety, trauma-related, obsessive-compulsive, personality, eating, substance-use, neurodevelopmental, and neurocognitive disorders- Psychopharmacology, adverse effects, interactions, monitoring, and treatment resistance- Psychotherapy, behavioral interventions, and recovery-oriented care- Suicidality, agitation, delirium, catatonia, intoxication, withdrawal, and psychiatric emergencies- Special considerations across childhood, pregnancy, adulthood, and later lifeThe signature REED Psychiatric Reasoning Framework-Recognize, Exclude, Establish, Decide, and Reassess-provides a repeatable structure for moving from presentation to a defensible working diagnosis and practical treatment plan.Built for active clinical learningCases, diagnostic comparisons, medical-mimic warnings, clinical pearls, treatment pathways, medication guidance, review questions, and rapid-reference sections transform complex material into usable clinical knowledge.Designed for medical students, psychiatry residents, physicians, mental-health nurses, psychology trainees, and healthcare professionals seeking a structured clinical psychiatry reference.Move beyond memorizing diagnostic labels. Learn how to reason from symptoms, exclude dangerous alternatives, formulate the case, and decide what should happen next.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798176320251
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.09.2026
• Größe: 279 x 216 mm
• Verlag: Independently published