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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
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Provides concise but thorough coverage of the entire field of clinical psychiatry, including biologic,
psychologic, and sociologic factors in health and disease.
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Contains real-world case histories throughout.
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Includes thorough updates and revisions throughout, all consistent with the DSM-5.
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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.
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Includes new chapters on public psychiatry and world aspects of psychiatry, as well as a new section on
brain stimulation methods.
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Features a unique, comprehensive glossary of psychiatric signs and symptoms, new to this edition.
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MEDICAL
Psychiatry
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