Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Foreword

A brief history of psychiatry
Patient assessment
The delivery of mental health care

Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
Affective (mood) disorders
Suicide and deliberate self-harm
Neurotic, stress-related, and somatoform disorders (anxiety disorders)
Personality disorders
Organic psychiatric disorders (delirium and dementias)
Mental retardation (learning disabilities)
Substance misuse
Eating, sleep, and sexual disorders
Child and adolescent psychiatry
So, why a career in psychiatry?
Self-assessment EMQs
Answers to self-assessment
Answers to EMQs
Appendix: Some psychiatric questionnaires and rating scales
Index