American Psychiatric Publishing imprint: 204 books
by American Psychopathological Association
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2007
Compiled from presentations given at the 2004 American Psychopathological Association (APPA) annual meeting, Medical and Psychiatric Comorbidity Over the Course of Life reviews the comorbidity of mental and chronic physical syndromes in an epidemiological and life course context, offering fresh insights...
Psychiatric Genetics
Applications in Clinical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2009
As more patients seek information about family risks of psychiatric illness -- an interest likely to increase as gene-identification studies are publicized -- most psychiatrists agree it is their role to discuss these issues but admit they are ill-prepared to do so. Psychiatric Genetics addresses...
Homicide
A Psychiatric Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2007
Most professional books on the subject of homicide convey a criminological or legal standpoint. Homicide: A Psychiatric Perspective complements those approaches by offering a clinical understanding unique in the literature, considering not merely the crime but the broad spectrum of homicidal behavior....
Wyatt's Practical Psychiatric Practice
Forms and Protocols for Clinical Use
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2008
In today's world of litigation and managed care, informed consent in psychiatric practice is more important than ever and providing detailed information about illnesses and medications to patients and their families is vital to informed consent.
The easy-to-read handouts on psychiatric illnesses...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2009
With decreases in lengths of hospital stay and increases in alternatives to inpatient treatments, the field of hospital psychiatry has changed dramatically over the past 20 years. As the first comprehensive guide to be published in more than a decade, the Textbook of Hospital Psychiatry is a compilation...
by Claudio Cepeda, MD, Lucille Gotanco
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
The psychiatric interview is the foundation of the psychotherapeutic process and is critically important to establish trust, elicit useful responses, assess patient behavior and psychopathology, and establish treatment goals and plans. Building on the success of its predecessor, a highly regarded...
by Donald W. Black, MD
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2018
The long-awaited Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Practice is a portable and concise companion to its parent textbook, Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry, Sixth Edition, the preeminent introduction to psychiatry for residents, medical students, and other health professionals. The Pocket Guide is designed...
Sexual Harassment
Psychiatric Assessment in Employment Litigation
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2008
This comprehensive text stands alone in addressing sexual harassment from a forensic psychiatric perspective. Sexual Harassment: Psychiatric Assessment in Employment Litigation reviews the law, social science research, clinical experience, and principles of forensic evaluation relevant to the highly...
by Roger A. MacKinnon, MD, Robert Michels
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Much has changed in the critical interval since the last edition of The Psychiatric Interview in Clinical Practice was published. This new, third edition provides an up-to-date examination of the psychiatric interview that reflects changes introduced in DSM-5, while continuing to recognize that describing...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Clinical Manual of Eating Disorders provides sound therapeutic advice based on current research and clinical practice. It includes detailed discussions of various aspects of assessment and treatment, featuring up-to-date evidence- and consensus-based information. Ranging from the determination of...
by James A. Kennedy, MD
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2008
First published in 1992, Fundamentals of Psychiatric Treatment Planning outlines an approach that quickly became the definitive standard for writing treatment plans. Developed by clinical psychiatrist James A. Kennedy, this practical, intuitive method organizes psychiatric problems into seven categories:...
Helping Kids in Crisis
Managing Psychiatric Emergencies in Children and Adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Helping Kids in Crisis: Managing Psychiatric Emergencies in Children and Adolescents provides expert guidance to practitioners responding to high-stakes situations, such as children considering or attempting suicide, cutting or injuring themselves purposely, and becoming aggressive or violently destructive....
Concise Guide to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Principles and Techniques of Brief, Intermittent, and Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Developing skills in psychodynamic psychotherapy and its techniques is a lifetime endeavor. The third edition of this volume from American Psychiatric Publishing's enduringly popular Concise Guides series serves as an excellent starting point for mastering these vital skills -- skills that can be...
Psychoneuroendocrinology
The Scientific Basis of Clinical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2008
The mind-body connection is one of the hottest topics in medicine today, documented by enormous amounts of data regarding hormone effects on the brain and behavior.
Yet it is only now -- with the debut of this thought-provoking volume -- that we find an up-to-date, sophisticated reference that...