1. Diagnosis and Classifi cation in Psychiatry ...........................................................................................1
2. Psychiatric History and Examination ....................................................................................................5
3. Organic (Including Symptomatic) Mental Disorders .......................................................................... 19
4. Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders .............................................................................................. 33
5. Schizophrenia ..................................................................................................................................... 54
6. Mood Disorders .................................................................................................................................. 69
7. Other Psychotic Disorders ................................................................................................................. 83
8. Neurotic, Stress-related and somatoform disorders ......................................................................... 89
9. Disorders of Adult Personality and Behaviour .................................................................................. 113
10. Sexual Disorders ............................................................................................................................... 121
11. sleep disorders ................................................................................................................................ 133
12. Behavioural Syndromes Associated with Psychological Disturbances and Physiological Factors …. 142
13. Mental Retardation .......................................................................................................................... 153
14. Child Psychiatry ................................................................................................................................ 162
15. Psychopharmacology ....................................................................................................................... 172
16. Other Biological Methods of Treatment .......................................................................................... 199
17. Psychoanalysis ................................................................................................................................. 205
18. Psychological Treatments ............................................................................................................... 213
19. Emergency Psychiatry ..................................................................................................................... 221
20. Legal and Ethical Issues in Psychiatry ............................................................................................. 229
21. Community Psychiatry ................................................................................................................... 235
Appendices .......................................................................................................................................... 241
Appendix I: Nobel Prizes in Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines .................................... 241
Appendix II: Some Important Contributors in Psychiatry ............................................ 242
Appendix III: Glossary of Some Important Terms in Psychiatry.................................... 246
Suggested Further Reading .......................................................................................... 249
Index ....................................................................................................................................................... 253