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<p>Preface vii</p> <p>Contributors to Chapter 44 viii</p> <p>About the companion website ix</p> <p><b>Part 1 Assessment and Management 1</b></p> <p>1 Psychiatric History 2</p> <p>2 The Mental State Examination 4</p> <p>3 Diagnosis and Classification in Psychiatry 6</p> <p>4 Risk Assessment and Management in Psychiatry 8</p> <p>5 Suicide and Deliberate Self-harm 10</p> <p><b>Part 2 Mental Disorders 13</b></p> <p>6 Psychosis: Symptoms and Aetiology 14</p> <p>7 Schizophrenia: Management and Prognosis 16</p> <p>8 Depression 18</p> <p>9 Bipolar Affective Disorder 20</p> <p>10 Stress Reactions (Including Bereavement) 22</p> <p>11 Anxiety Disorders 24</p> <p>12 Obsessions and Compulsions 26</p> <p>13 Eating Disorders 28</p> <p>14 Personality Disorders 30</p> <p>15 Psychosexual Disorders 32</p> <p>16 Unusual Psychiatric Syndromes 34</p> <p><b>Part 3 Substance and Alcohol Misuse 37</b></p> <p>17 Substance Misuse 38</p> <p>18 Alcohol Misuse 40</p> <p><b>Part 4 Psychiatry of Demographic Groups 43</b></p> <p>19 Child Psychiatry I 44</p> <p>20 Child Psychiatry II 47</p> <p>21 The Psychiatry of Adolescence 49</p> <p>22 Learning Disability (Mental Retardation) 51</p> <p>23 Cross-cultural Psychiatry 53</p> <p>24 Psychiatry and Social Exclusion 55</p> <p>25 Psychiatry and Female Reproduction 57</p> <p>26 Functional Psychiatric Disorders in Old Age 59</p> <p><b>Part 5 The Interface of Psychiatry and Physical Illness 61</b></p> <p>27 Psychiatry and Physical Illness 62</p> <p>28 Neuropsychiatry I 65</p> <p>29 Neuropsychiatry II 67</p> <p>30 Neuropsychiatry III 70</p> <p>31 Acute Confusional States 72</p> <p>32 The Dementias 74</p> <p><b>Part 6 Psychiatric Management 77</b></p> <p>33 Psychological Therapies 78</p> <p>34 Antipsychotics 81</p> <p>35 Antidepressants 83</p> <p>36 Other Psychotropic Drugs 85</p> <p>37 Electroconvulsive Therapy and Other Treatments 87</p> <p>38 Psychiatry in the Community 89</p> <p>39 Forensic Psychiatry 91</p> <p>40 Mental Capacity 93</p> <p>41 Mental Health Legislation in England and Wales 95</p> <p>42 Mental Health Legislation in Scotland 97</p> <p>43 Mental Health Legislation in Northern Ireland 99</p> <p>44 Mental Health Legislation in Australia and New Zealand 101</p> <p>45 Preparing for Clinical Examinations in Psychiatry 103</p> <p>Self-assessment 105</p> <p>Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) 106</p> <p>Extended Matching Questions (EMQs) 108</p> <p>Single Best Answer (SBA) Questions 112</p> <p>OSCE Examiner Mark Sheets 116</p> <p>Answers to EMQs 118</p> <p>Answers to Single Best Answer (SBA) Questions 120</p> <p>Further Reading 122</p> <p>Glossary 127</p> <p>Index 131</p>

<p><b>Cornelius Katona</b> is Honorary Professor in the Department of Mental and Health Sciences, University College London, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.</p> <p><b>Claudia Cooper</b> is Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, University College London, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust.</p> <p><b>Mary Robertson</b> is Emeritus Professor in Neuropsychiatry, University College London, and Visiting Professor and Honorary Consultant, St George's Hospital and Medical School, London.</p>

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