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MEDICAL Psychiatry

Kaplan & Sadock’s Concise Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry Fourth Edition By Benjamin Sadock; Virginia A. Sadock, MD , Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine; Attending Psychiatrist, Tisch Hospital; Attending Psychiatrist, Bellevue Hospital Cen- ter, New York, NY; and Pedro Ruiz, MD , Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami FL DESCRIPTION Compact and easy to use, Kaplan & Sadock’s Concise Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry, Fourth Edition is an authoritative, affordable text that provides must-know information in clinical psychiatry. Containing the most relevant clinical material from the best-selling Kaplan and Sa- dock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry, Eleventh Edition , it offers step-by-step guidance on the clinical examination, the psychiatric report, medical

assessment of the psychiatric patient, laboratory tests, and signs and symptoms, as well as all psychiatric and substance-related disorders, with special chapters on children, adolescents, and the elderly. It also covers special topics such as emergency psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, ethics, and palliative and end-of-life care. FEATURES ▶ ▶ Provides concise but thorough coverage of the entire field of clinical psychiatry, including biologic, psychologic, and sociologic factors in health and disease. ▶ ▶ Contains real-world case histories throughout. ▶ ▶ Includes thorough updates and revisions throughout, all consistent with the DSM-5. ▶ ▶ Features new and extensively revised coverage of childhood disorders, gender dysphoria, issues affecting LGBT persons, reproductive medicine, physician-assisted suicide, PTSD, the effects of terrorism and torture, and much more. ▶ ▶ Includes new chapters on public psychiatry and world aspects of psychiatry, as well as a new section on brain stimulation methods. ▶ ▶ Features a unique, comprehensive glossary of psychiatric signs and symptoms, new to this edition. Your book purchase includes a complimentary download of the enhanced eBook for iOS, Android, PC & Mac. Take advantage of these practical features that will improve your eBook experience: ▶ ▶ The ability to download the eBook on multiple devices at one time—providing a seamless reading experience online or offline ▶ ▶ Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links allow you to search within this book, or across your entire library of VitalSource eBooks ▶ ▶ Multiple viewing options offer the ability to scale images and text to any size without losing page clarity as well as responsive design ▶ ▶ The ability to highlight text and add notes with one click

Note to Booksellers: The previous edition published in April, 2008. (ISBN: 978-0-7817-8746-8)

Softbound / ISBN: 978-1-4963-4525-7 / (US$89.99 / £62.00 / €72.00) Worldwide Approx. 1000 pp. / Approx. 2 Illus. / 7.5 x 10.5 / February 2017

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