Table Of ContentRapid Psychiatry
Rapid Psychiatry
Clare Oakley
SpecialtyRegistrarinForensicPsychiatry
BirminghamandSolihullMentalHealthFoundationTrust
Amit Malik
ConsultantPsychiatrist
HampshirePartnershipNHSTrust
Second Edition
Thiseditionfirstpublished2010,(cid:1)2010byC.OakleyandA.Malik
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Contents
Preface,ix
Acknowledgements,x
ListofAbbreviations,xi
IntroductiontoPsychiatry
Summary,3
Signsandsymptoms,4
Psychiatrichistory,7
Mentalstateexamination,9
Classificationsystemsformentaldisorders,11
Assessmentofsuiciderisk,12
Deliberateself-harm,13
Suicide,15
Multidisciplinaryteam,16
Ethicalissues,17
MentalCapacityAct,18
AdultsWithIncapacity(Scotland)Act2000,19
Mentalhealthlegislation,20
DifferentialDiagnosis
Theanxiouspatient,27
Thedepressedpatient,28
Theelatedpatient,29
Thehallucinatingpatient,30
Thepatientwithobsessions/compulsions,31
Theunresponsivepatient,32
GeneralAdultPsychiatry
Anxietydisorders-agoraphobia,35
Anxietydisorders-generalisedanxietydisorder,36
Anxietydisorders-socialphobia,37
Anxietydisorders-specificphobia,38
Chronicfatiguesyndrome,39
Dissociativedisorders,41
Eatingdisorders-assessment,42
Eatingdisorders-anorexianervosa,43
Eatingdisorders-bulimianervosa,45
Mooddisorders-bipolaraffectivedisorder,46
Mooddisorders-depression,49
Obsessive-compulsivedisorder,51
Personalitydisorders,53
vi Contents
Postnatalmentaldisorders-postnatalblues,56
Postnatalmentaldisorders-postnataldepression,57
Postnatalmentaldisorders-puerperalpsychosis,58
Reactionstostressfulevents-abnormalgriefreactions,59
Reactionstostressfulevents-acutestressdisorders,60
Reactionstostressfulevents-adjustmentdisorder,61
Reactionstostressfulevents-post-traumaticstressdisorder,62
Schizophrenia,64
Somatisationdisorder,67
Substancemisuse-assessment,68
Substancemisuse-alcohol,70
Substancemisuse-illicitdrugs,72
Neuropsychiatry
Epilepsy,77
Headinjuryandassociatedpsychiatricsequelae,79
Huntingtonsdisease,80
Motorneurondisease,81
Multiplesclerosis,82
Parkinsonsdisease,83
Syphilis,84
Wilsonsdisease,85
ChildandAdolescentPsychiatry
Specialconsiderationsforassessment,89
Attachmentanddevelopment,90
Attentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder,92
Childabuse,93
Conductdisorder,94
Otherpsychiatricdisordersofchildhoodandadolescence,95
OldAgePsychiatry
Specialconsiderationsforassessment,99
Delirium,100
Dementia,102
Depression,105
Verylate-onsetschizophrenia,107
PsychiatryofLearningDisability
Learningdisability,111
Autism,113
Downssyndrome,115
Geneticdisorders,116
Contents vii
ForensicPsychiatry
Specialconsiderationsforassessment,119
Violenceandmentaldisorder,120
Riskassessment,121
Structureofforensicservices,122
Legaltermsandcriminalproceedings,123
Psychotherapy
Specialconsiderationsforassessment,127
Cognitive-behaviouraltherapy,128
Psychodynamicpsychotherapy,129
Supportivepsychotherapy,130
Psychopharmacology
Introduction-generalpointsonprescribing,133
Antidepressants-selectiveserotoninreuptakeinhibitors,134
Antidepressants-tricyclicantidepressants,135
Antidepressants-monoamineoxidaseinhibitors,136
Antidepressants-others,137
Antipsychotics-atypicals,138
Antipsychotics-typicals,139
Antipsychotics-clozapine,140
Anxiolytics,141
ADHDmedication,142
Electroconvulsivetherapy,143
Dementiamedication,145
Hypnotics,146
Medicationforalcoholdependence,147
Medicationforopioiddependence,148
Moodstabilisers-carbamazepine,149
Moodstabilisers-lithium,150
Moodstabilisers-sodiumvalproate,152
Rapidtranquillisation,153
Appendices
Culture-specificdisorders,157
Eponymoussyndromes,158
Physicaldisorders-psychologicalconsequences,160
Medication-psychologicalconsequences,161
Glossary
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