Working in an emergency department as a psychiatrist or mental health clinician requires an ability to gain a patient's rapport, establish a differential diagnosis, assess risk, and make disposition decisions in a fast-paced and potentially chaotic setting.

This authoritative 2006 clinical handbook provides a comprehensive, evidence-based overview of the main disorders encountered by child and adolescent psychiatrists. Coverage is based on ICD-10 and DSM-IV classifications. Emphasis is on good clinical practice and quality of patient care and appendices include documents for assessment of intervention planning and evaluation.

This book takes the lofty vision of "recovery" and of a "life in the community" for every adult with a mental illness promised by the U.S. President's New Freedom Commission and shows the reader what is entailed in making this vision a practical reality for people with mental illnesses and their families.

Written for psychiatrists, psychologists, neurologists, and neuroscientists, this book integrates current knowledge about OCD and related disorders and unveils areas that are worthy of future research. The book uses a transdiagnostic framework to review the key issues to understanding the diagnosis and evaluation of OCD and related disorders.

The comprehensive and powerful new book from renowned psychiatrist Jim Lucey.

The comprehensive and powerful new book from renowned psychiatrist Jim Lucey.

This book provides an accessible, up-to-date understanding of how to treat patients with substance and non-substance-related addiction.