Preface v
1 Neural Sciences 1
2 Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology 9
3 Contributions of the Psychosocial Sciences to Human Behavior 13
4 Clinical Neuropsychological Testing 25
5 Theories of Personality and Psychopathology 35
6 The Patient-Doctor Relationship and the Psychiatric Interview 45
7 Clinical Examination of the Psychiatric Patient 55
8 Signs and Symptoms in Psychiatry 65
9 Classification in Psychiatry and Psychiatric Rating Scales 73
10 Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders and Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition 82
11 Neuropsychiatric Aspects of HIV Infection and AIDS 97
12 Substance-Related Disorders 104
13 Schizophrenia 117
14 Other Psychotic Disorders 132
15 Mood Disorders 142
16 Anxiety Disorders 156
17 Somatoform Disorders 168
18 Factitious Disorders 177
19 Dissociative Disorders 185
20 Human Sexuality 193
21 Gender Identity Disorders 202
22 Eating Disorders 207
23 Normal Sleep and Sleep Disorders 214
24 Impulse-Control Disorder Not Elsewhere Classified 224
25 Adjustment Disorders 230
26 Personality Disorders 235
27 Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 241
28 Nonconventional Approaches in Mental Health Care 252
29 Psychiatry and Reproductive Medicine 255
30 Relational Problems 260
31 Problems Related to Abuse or Neglect 264
32 Additional Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention 269
33 Emergency Psychiatric Medicine 274
34 Psychotherapies 281
35 Biological Therapies 288
36 Child Psychiatry: Assessment, Examination, and Psychological Testing 300
37 Mental Retardation 310
38 Learning Disorders 317
39 Motor Skills Disorder: Developmental Coordination Disorder 323
40 Communication Disorders 326
41 Pervasive Developmental Disorders 331
42 Attention-Deficit Disorders 337
43 Disruptive Behavior Disorders 342
44 Feeding and Eating Disorders of Infancy or Early Childhood 346
45 Tic Disorders 351
46 Elimination Disorders 356
47 Other Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence 361
48 Mood Disorders and Suicide in Children and Adolescents 364
49 Anxiety Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence 367
50 Early-Onset Schizophrenia 372
51 Adolescent Substance Abuse 376
52 Child Psychiatry: Additional Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention 381
53 Psychiatric Treatment of Children and Adolescents 384
54 Forensic Issues in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 392
55 Geriatric Psychiatry 395
56 End-of-Life Care and Palliative Medicine 401
57 Forensic Psychiatry 408
58 Ethics in Psychiatry 418
Appendix A: Objective
Examinations in Psychiatry 424
Index 427
