Chapter
Chapter 2: Functional neuroanatomy
The methods of functional neuroanatomy
Frontosubcortical loops - controlling movement and cognition
The limbic system: Border of cognition and emotion
Physiology of dopamine neurones and the incentive salience hypothesis
Chapter 3: Neuropharmacology
Amino acid neurotransmission
Cholinergic neurotransmission
Noradrenergic neurotransmission
Dopaminergic neurotransmission
Serotonergic neurotransmission
Peptidergic neurotransmission
Neuronally produced gases
Structural brain imaging techniques
Functional brain imaging techniques
Quantitative image analysis
Electrophysiological methods
Neuroimaging studies of psychiatric disorders
Conclusions and future directions
Chapter 5: Basic psychology
Chapter 6: Social and transcultural aspects of psychiatry
Chapter 7: Neuropsychology
Neuropsychology in major psychiatric disorder
Memory for emotional material
Cognitive neuropsychiatry
Psychometric issues-reliability and validity
Neuropsychological measures
Computerised neuropsychological assessment
Chapter 8: Genetics in relation to psychiatry
The genetic code and how it is transmitted
Mapping and finding genes
Chapter 9: Research methods, statistics and evidence-based practice
Types of clinical research
Systematic reviews and meta-analysis
Developing your own research ideas
Inferential statistics - introduction
Evidence-based clinical practice
Further examples of critical appraisal and implementation
How evidence-based are we?
Chapter 10: Clinical assessment: interviewing and examination
The psychiatric interview
Basic neurological examination
Chapter 11: Clinical psychopharmacology
Benzodiazepines and other sedatives/hypnotics
Chapter 12: Psychological therapies
Psychodynamic psychotherapy
The short-term, focal and brief psychotherapies
The behavioural and cognitive therapies
Supportive psychotherapy (SPT)
Systemic and family therapy
The integrative therapies
Training in psychotherapy
Chapter 13: Organic disorders
Chapter 14: Misuse of, and dependence on, alcohol and other drugs
Definitions of dependence on psychoactive substances
The psychobiology of alcohol dependence
Psychiatric complications of alcohol misuse
Medical complications of excessive drinking
Alcohol-related social harm
Recognition and clinical management of alcohol-related problems
Management of drug misuse
Chapter 17: Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
Common features of neuroses
Boundaries between neuroses and other conditions
The classification of neurotic disorders
Specific syndromes and disorders
Reactions to severe stress and adjustment disorders
Dissociative (conversion) disorders
Comments on the concept of somatoform disorders
Chapter 18: Eating disorders
Definition and classification
Practical diagnosis and engagement
Chapter 19: Personality disorders
Concept, classification and diagnostic criteria
Chapter 20: Learning disability
Definitions of learning disability
Prevalence of learning disability
Assessment and a lifespan approach to learning disability
Conditions associated with learning disability
Prevalence and mortality of DS
The X chromosome and learning disability
Copy number variation and genomic disorders
Syndromes of mixed or uncertain aetiology associated with learning disability
Disorders that coexist with learning disability
Forensic issues in learning disability
Epilepsy and learning disability
The future for the psychiatrist in learning disability
Chapter 21: Psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence
Psychiatric disorders in childhood
Normal and abnormal psychological development
General features of psychiatric disturbance
Disorders in preschool children
Psychiatric aspects of child abuse (Briere et al 1996)
Pervasive developmental disorders (Cohen &Volkmar 1997, Gillberg 1995)
Mood disorders - see adolescent section
Psychological effects of illness and handicap
Psychiatric disorders in adolescence
Adolescent psychiatric syndromes
Psychiatric aspects of learning disability in childhood
Chapter 22: Old-age psychiatry
Old-age psychiatry services
Frontotemporal lobe dementia (FTLD)
Suicide and deliberate self-harm
Anxiety and anxiety-related disorders
Substance misuse in older people
Sexual problems in older people
Older people with learning disability
Chapter 23: Suicide and self-harm
Assessment and management of patients after self-harm
Chapter 24: Psychiatry in general medical settings
Common psychiatric disorders and reasons for referral
Causes of psychiatric disorder in medical patients
General principles of management
Specific psychiatric disorders
Psychiatric services to general medical settings
Chapter 25: The relationship between crime and psychiatry
Crime and mental disorder
Risk assessment and management
Mentally disordered offenders and the criminal justice system
Chapter 26: Legal and ethical aspects of psychiatry
An historical perspective
The four-principles approach
Chapter 27: Perinatal psychiatry
Normal emotional changes during pregnancy
Loss events specific to pregnancy
Psychiatric disorders arising in pregnancy
Pre-existing psychiatric disorders
Normal emotional changes in the puerperium
Psychotropics during pregnancy and breastfeeding
Prediction, detection and prevention
Antenatal prediction and detection
Confidential enquiry into maternal deaths
Appendix 1: Mental health legislationand definitions
Companion to Psychiatric Studies
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