Fundamentals of Psychiatry addresses a training need identified by the US Institute of Medicine for improved knowledge, skills, cultural diversity and understanding among the health care workforce treating mental and/or substance-use conditions.?Psychiatry Residents and Advanced Psychiatric Nurses in Training require a clear, compact textbook in which the massive knowledge base in psychiatry is condensed in a user-friendly way.?To this end, Allan Tasman, lead editor of the critically acclaimed Psychiatry, Third Edition, (edited by Tasman, Kay, Lieberman, First and Maj), has teamed up with Wanda Mohr, a Professor of Psychiatric Nursing.?They have rewritten the essential information from each chapter of Psychiatry, Third Edition, to produce a thorough but compact first textbook for those in training in a mental health discipline or a practitioner interested in a clinical reference. The intent was not to be exhaustive or comprehensive, but to distill the content to a need to know form. Some of the chapters may seem truncated but all the requisite elements of each topic and subject matter are present. This book is a complete reference for DSM IV-TR disorders.? It includes screening and assessment measures, differential diagnosis, laboratory tests needed in diagnosis and treatment, the major treatment modalities (including psychopharmacotherapeutics) for the disorder and special issues practitioners may face in treating patients with each disorder, including consultation and referral. It? also provides information on therapeutic relationships, professional relationships, diagnostic methods, psychiatric emergencies and ethical/legal issues, and cultural complexities that the practitioner/professional may confront. This work is guided by an integrative approach to patient care that acknowledges the complexity and uniqueness of the whole person within his or her contexts, making use of many means of understanding them. The nature of psychiatric disorders is such that understanding the person who has the illness, with all their pre-existing personal strengths and weaknesses, is essential to optimal understanding of the patient and for implementing a treatment plan.? This philosophical approach affirms the collaborative relationship between patients, their families and caregivers from different disciplines.?The distinguishing feature of this book is the superb combination of high quality material, selected on a need-to-know basis, with an emphasis on uniformity, evenness, and accessibility of writing, all within a multi-disciplinary framework.?
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