Fundamentals of Psychiatry for Health Care Professionals Description
The book contains all the necessary details to comprehend mental illness through clinical patterns, global clinical manifestations, and psychopathology. It gives the reader the fundamental knowledge necessary to recognize psychiatric conditions whether they occur on their own or in conjunction with other medical conditions, to recognize the differences between health psychology and psychiatry, and to know what to do, how to do it, how to communicate with the patient, and how to work with the psychiatrist.
Here’s what you will learn in this course:
- Introduction
- Psychopathology
- Mood Disorders
- Psychotic Disorders
- Anxiety-Related Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Adult Consequences of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Eating Disorders
- Substance-Related Disorders
- Organic Mental Disorders and Psychiatric Issues in the Elderly
- Psychopharmacology
- Non-Pharmacological Treatments
- Psychiatric Emergencies
- Psychiatric Legislation and Forensic Psychiatry
- Correction to: Fundamentals of Psychiatry for Health Care Professionals