Book contents
- Introduction to Psychiatry
- Introduction to Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Clinical Neuroscience
- 3 Introduction to the Patient Interview
- 4 Mood Disorders
- 5 Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
- 6 Anxiety Disorders
- 7 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
- 8 Disorders Related to Stress and Trauma
- 9 Substance Use Disorders
- 10 Personality Disorders
- 11 Neurocognitive Disorders
- 12 Feeding and Eating Disorders
- 13 Child Psychiatry and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- 14 Sleep Disorders
- 15 Psychopharmacology and Neurotherapeutics
- 16 Psychosocial Interventions
- 17 Psychiatric Evaluation in the Medical Setting
- 18 Psychiatry of Gender and Sexuality
- 19 Health Policy and Population Health in Behavioral Health Care in the United States
- 20 Global Health and Mental Health Care Delivery in Low-Resource Settings
- Index
- References
2 - Clinical Neuroscience
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 July 2021
- Introduction to Psychiatry
- Introduction to Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Clinical Neuroscience
- 3 Introduction to the Patient Interview
- 4 Mood Disorders
- 5 Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
- 6 Anxiety Disorders
- 7 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
- 8 Disorders Related to Stress and Trauma
- 9 Substance Use Disorders
- 10 Personality Disorders
- 11 Neurocognitive Disorders
- 12 Feeding and Eating Disorders
- 13 Child Psychiatry and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- 14 Sleep Disorders
- 15 Psychopharmacology and Neurotherapeutics
- 16 Psychosocial Interventions
- 17 Psychiatric Evaluation in the Medical Setting
- 18 Psychiatry of Gender and Sexuality
- 19 Health Policy and Population Health in Behavioral Health Care in the United States
- 20 Global Health and Mental Health Care Delivery in Low-Resource Settings
- Index
- References
Summary
Psychiatry draws widely upon insights from many realms ranging from public health, the social sciences, and the humanities. As psychiatric disorders affect mood, cognition, perception, emotion, and behavior, brain science is recognized as foundational to understanding their pathophysiology. Along with the disciplines of neurology, neurosurgery, and neuroradiology, psychiatry is often regarded as one of the clinical neurosciences.
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- Introduction to PsychiatryPreclinical Foundations and Clinical Essentials, pp. 9 - 37Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021