The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry

The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry, first
published more than 30 years ago, is a landmark text with a legacy of sound
scholarship, expert knowledge, and effective pedagogy. Thoroughly revised and
featuring new authors and content, the seventh edition raises the bar, adding
age-related, cultural, societal, and population considerations in the practice
of psychiatry to the authoritative text that generations of students, residents,
and clinicians have heretofore relied upon. The book first focuses on
foundational knowledge, with chapters on psychiatric interviewing, diagnostic
formulation, developmental assessment, laboratory testing and neuroimaging, and
ethical and legal aspects of clinical psychiatry, and then proceeds to a full
presentation of psychiatric disorders in alignment with DSM-5. The third section
offers an overview of treatment strategies and methods in present-day
psychiatry, a combination of evidence-based biological interventions and
psychotherapies, and gives a clear sense of exciting new directions in
psychiatric therapeutics. The final section of the textbook is focused on the
care of special patient populations, including women; children and adolescents;
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals; older adults; and
culturally diverse individuals.

Many topics are new to this volume,
including the following: Suicide risk assessment, a critically important
subject, is addressed in a new chapter that provides the reader with up-to-date
knowledge needed to conduct a thorough, attuned, and accurate psychiatric
interview in line with best practices. A new chapter on the social determinants
of mental health has been added, reflecting an increased emphasis on populations
whose specific concerns have been historically underappreciated in American
psychiatry, and illuminating factors that influence mental health needs and
barriers to care in specific patient populations. Precision psychiatry, an
integrative approach that pulls together the scientific foundation of the
discipline and recent technological advances and directs them toward closing the
gap between discovery and clinical translation, is explored in a new chapter.
E-health strategies in mental health have become increasingly available to
psychiatrists and other health professionals, especially in the mobile and
monitoring spheres. A new chapter offers insights into these intriguing new
options for delivering treatment. A chapter on complementary and integrative
therapies explores the integration of conventional medicine with alternative
treatments for which there is an evidence base, providing an overview of
nutrients, phytomedicines, hormones, mind-body practices, and electromagnetic
treatments.

With features such as key clinical points and recommended
readings for further study, The American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Textbook of Psychiatry is a comprehensive course book, an indispensable
reference, and the ultimate resource for clinical care.