Textbook of Psychiatry

Psychiatry is one of the major specialties of medicine, and is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of
the psychiatric disorders.

Table of Contents
Diagnosis & Classification
Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders
Psychotic Disorders
Mood Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Somatoform Disorders
Dissociative Disorders
Alcoholism and Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders
Personality Disorders
Sexual Disorders
Eating Disorders
Sleep Disorders
Disorders of Childhood & Adolescence
Dementia, Delirium, and Psychiatric Symptoms Secondary to General Medical Conditions
Psychopharmacology
Electroconvulsive Therapy and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Psychotherapy for Medical Students
The Agitated/Violent Patient
Self-harm and suicide
Cross-Cultural Issues in Psychiatry
Forensic Psychiatry

Editors and Contributors

1. Dan J. Stein, MD, PhD (dan.stein uct.ac.za) is Professor and Chair of the Dept of Psychiatry
& Mental Health at the University of Cape Town. - Primary Editor
2. Catherine Maud (cmaud iafrica.com) practices psychiatry in Durban, South Africa.
3. Nicolina van der Merwe (nicolina.vandermerwe gmail.com) is a medical student doing her
Masters in Neuroscience at the University of Cape Town.
4. Allan Tasman, MD, is Professor and Chair of the Dept of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He is Chair of the Education Committee of
the World Psychiatric Association.
5. Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis (kfount med.auth.gr) is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, 3rd
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece -
Mood Disorders
6. Erik Simonsen, MD, Elsa Ronningstam, and Theodore Millon, PhD. - Personality Disorders
 7. Ronald Pies, MD is Professor of Psychiatry and Lecturer on Bioethics and Humanities at
State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, N.Y., USA; and Clinical
Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston MA, USA. - Dementia,
Delirium, and Psychiatric Symptoms Secondary to General Medical Conditions
8. Paul Summergrad, MD is Dr. Frances S. Arkin Professor of Psychiatry and Chairman,
Department of Psychiatry; and Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine,
Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is also Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Tufts Medical Center, Boston.
Massachusetts. - Dementia, Delirium, and Psychiatric Symptoms Secondary to General
Medical Conditions
9. Bruce McDermott, MD
10. Arash Ansari MD and David N. Osser MD. - Psychopharmacology
11. Roumen V. Milev, MD, PhD, FRCPsych(UK), FRCP(C). - Electroconvulsive Therapy and
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
12. S. Johnson MD/MSc, J Roberts MD, and R El-Mallakh MD. University of Louisville. - The
Agitated/Violent Patient, Self-harm and suicide
13. Robert Kohn, MD
14. Julio Arboleda-Flórez is Professor Emeritus at Queen’s University, Canada - Forensic
Psychiatry
15. Henk Temmingh, M Med (Psychiatry) is a Consultant Psychiatrist in the Dept of Psychiatry
and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa. - Alcoholism and Psychoactive
Substance Use Disorders
16. Stuart Thomas, MBBS, FRANZCP, consultant psychiatrist in private practice, Melbourne,
Australia
17. Rachel Ojserkis, B.A. is a research assistant at The Columbia Center for Eating Disorders.
1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 98, New York, NY 10032.
http://www.columbiacenterforeatingdisorders.org ojserki pi.cpmc.columbia.edu - Eating
Disorders
18. Evelyn Attia, MD is Director of The Center for Eating Disorders at New York-Presbyterian
Hospital and The New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Attia is a Professor of Clinical
Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University Medical Center. ea12
columbia.edu - Eating Disorders
19. Christer Allgulander, MD. Karolinska Institute, Department of Clinical Neuroscience.
Stockholm, Sweden. Christer.Allgulander ki.se - Diagnosis & Classification
20. Adrian Preda, M.D. is a Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at UC Irvine and UC
Irvine Neuropsychiatric Center. apreda uci.edu - Psychotic Disorders
21. Lisa Page. King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Dept. Psychological Medicine.
Weston Education Centre, 10 Cutcombe Road, London, SE5 9AZ. - Somatoform Disorders
22. David R. Spiegel, MD. Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School. Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America. -
Dissociative Disorders
23. Kapil Chopra, MBBS. Kokil Chopra, MBBS. Kevin Lamm, MD. Margarita Somova, MD. Grant
Yoder, DO. - Dissociative Disorders
24. Resident Physicians. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Eastern Virginia
Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America. - Dissociative Disorders
25. Brett McDermott and Tony Jaffa. - Disorders of Childhood & Adolescence
26. Durga Prasad Bestha, MBBS. Vishal Madaan, MD. Daniel R. Wilson, MD, PhD. -
Psychotherapy for Medical Students
27. Anthony Koller, BSc., MBBCh is a psychiatric registrar in the Dept of Psychiatry & Mental
Health at the University of Cape Town. - Sleep Disorders
Acknowledgments: A project of the Education Committee of the World Psychiatric Association

Medical Disclaimer
Wikibooks contains books on many medical topics; however, no warranty whatsoever is made that any of
the books are accurate. There is absolutely no assurance that any statement contained or cited in a book
touching on medical matters is true, correct, precise, or up-to-date. The overwhelming majority of such
books are written, in part or in whole, by nonprofessionals. Even if a statement made about medicine is
accurate, it may not apply to you or your symptoms.

The medical information provided on Wikibooks is, at best, of a general nature and cannot substitute for the
advice of a medical professional (for instance, a qualified doctor/physician, nurse, pharmacist/chemist, and
so on). Wikibooks is not a doctor.

None of the individual contributors, system operators, developers, sponsors of Wikibooks nor anyone else
connected to Wikibooks can take any responsibility for the results or consequences of any attempt to use or
adopt any of the information presented on this web site.

Nothing on Wikibooks.org or included as part of any project of Wikimedia Foundation Inc., should
be construed as an attempt to offer or render a medical opinion or otherwise engage in the practice
of medicine.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Textbook_of_Psychiatry&oldid=4342389"

This page was last edited on 22 November 2023, at 13:32.

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using
this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.