Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry Fourth Edition

Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry Fourth Edition
ISBN: 9780522870954
Publication Date: 3 January 2017

Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry: Fourth Edition is an introductory text for students of medicine and other health professions, including psychiatric nursing, psychology, social work and occupational therapy, as well as family doctors. This fourth edition emphasizes biological, psychological and social factors in assessing and treating patients, and illustrates this approach with dozens of clinical stories, the integrated use of DSM-5 classifications, and provides further reading suggestions.

All twenty-eight chapters have been updated by the five editors in collaboration with their proteges. Chapters on ethics, the effects of trauma and the mental health of indigenous people, and a section on the mental health of refugees also feature.

About the Author

Sidney Bloch is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne and Honorary Psychiatrist at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne. He was Associate Editor of the British Journal of Psychiatry for a decade and Chief Editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry for thirteen years (a record tenure in the history of the Journal). His 14 books, many of which have been translated, deal with the psychotherapies, psycho-oncology and medical ethics. Understanding Troubled Minds: A Guide to Mental Illness and its Treatment won the SANE Book of the Year Award in 2012.

He was awarded a Citation by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 2004 for his academic contribution to psychiatry. He is also a Fellow of that College as well as a Fellow of the British Royal College of Psychiatrists. He has had Visiting Professorships in the Chinese University Of Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong, Hebrew University of Jerusalem ...