Textbook Of Psychiatry-Laura Weiss Roberts (7th Edition)

Textbook of Psychiatry-Laura Weiss Roberts (7th Edition)

Name: The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry
Edition: 7th
Author: Laura Weiss Roberts
Subject: Psychiatric
Language: English
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association

Brief Introduction

The Seventh Edition of The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry would continue to excel in the education of medical students, psychiatry residents, practicing psychiatrists, and colleagues in other subspecialties of medicine, as well as other mental health professionals. Upon reading the “galleys” of all the chapters of the Seventh Edition of the Textbook, we realized that our very high expectations for the future of the Textbook had been surpassed. If it is true that (in many ways) “past is prelude,” we believe that comparing the First Edition of the Textbook (Talbot et al. 1988) with the Seventh Edition (Roberts 2019) might provide some useful insights into how our field has remained the same in certain respects and how and why it has changed in other ways over the past 30 years. Given the understandable word limitations, we will touch upon only what we deem to be certain highlights in this consideration.

PART I Foundations

The Psychiatric Interview and Mental Status Examination
DSM-5 as a Framework for Psychiatric Diagnosis
Normal Child and Adolescent Development
Assessment of Suicide Risk
Laboratory Testing and Neuroimaging Studies in Psychiatry
The Social Determinants of Mental Health
Ethical Considerations in Psychiatry
Legal Considerations in Psychiatry

PART II Psychiatric Disorders

Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
Bipolar and Related Disorders
Depressive Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
Dissociative Disorders
Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Eating and Feeding Disorders
Sleep–Wake Disorders
Sexual Dysfunctions
Gender Dysphoria
Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders
Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Neurocognitive Disorders
Personality Pathology and Personality Disorders
Paraphilic Disorders

PART III Treatments

Precision Psychiatry
Psychopharmacology
Brain Stimulation Therapies
Brief Psychotherapies
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Supportive Psychotherapy
Mentalizing in Psychotherapy
Hybrid Practitioners and Digital Treatments
Complementary and Integrative Psychiatry
Integrated and Collaborative Care
Standardized Assessment and Measurement-Based Care

PART IV Caring for Special Populations

Women
Children and Adolescents
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patients
Older Adults
Culturally Diverse Patients

Index

Excerpts

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The psychiatric interview involves the development of a history of the patient’s present illness, a mental status examination (MSE), an assessment of dangerousness and substance use, and a differential diagnosis and treatment plan. Developmental, family, and social histories are also part of the initial interview, as is a history of prior psychiatric treatments and cooccurring medical conditions. A therapeutic alliance and a therapeutic effect are both reasonable expectations, as is some sort of psychological understanding of the patient. This information is generally compiled within an often-clunky electronic medical record. Such efforts are a challenge, especially when the clinician is also expected to be kind, tactful, patient, and friendly.
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