Oxford Specialist Handbooks

Addiction Medicine is a concise and practical guide for students and practitioners of medicine, nursing, and other health professions. It provides practical information and clinical management advice for all who are involved in the care of persons with alcohol and other substance use disorders, and also behavioural and electronic addictions such as gambling and Internet use. The second edition of Addiction Medicine comprises 27 chapters and is in easy-to-read handbook form. The first three chapters cover the nature of addictive disorders, the epidemiology of psychoactive substance use, and the pharmacology of the major substance groups. Principles of diagnosis and management (including emergency situations) are then described. There follow chapters on the major substance groups, which present a comprehensive account of the clinical features, diagnosis, and management of disorders related to specific substances. The chapters cover tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, opioids, sedative-hypnotics, psychostimulants, hallucinogens and dissociative drugs, miscellaneous forms of substance use, and polydrug and injecting drug use. New chapters in the second edition cover the electronic and behavioural addictions, with specific chapters for gambling and on-line/electronic gaming. The remainder of the book covers the management of addictive disorders experienced by specific groups and in specific circumstances and settings, together with a summary of ethical and legal issues. The final chapter comprises a series of resources which cover diagnostic criteria for addictive disorders and practical tools to aid management, including screening and assessment questionnaires and withdrawal scales.Less

This title provides an authoratitive and comprehensive but also rapidly accessible text in the growing specialty of child and adolescent psychiatry.

Forensic Psychiatry is an essential interdisciplinary resource that is ideal for all trainees in psychiatry, clinical and forensic psychology and other forensic mental health disciplines as well as for those professionals who work with psychiatrists in a legal setting, particularly members of the legal profession, probation and the police.Less

The Oxford Specialist Handbook of Medical Psychotherapy covers all aspects of the psychiatric specialty of medical psychotherapy, including the role of the medical psychotherapist, key features of the main therapeutic models, and the research evidence for the efficacy of different psychotherapies across the range of psychiatric disorders and patient populations encountered in mental health settings. It details the theoretical concepts, techniques, mechanisms of change, empirical evidence, and training required for each of the major models of psychotherapy—psychoanalytic, cognitive behavioural, systemic, and group—as well as other therapeutic modalities most commonly available within the National Health Service in the UK. These include cognitive analytic therapy (CAT), interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), psychodynamic interpersonal therapy (PIT), dynamic interpersonal therapy (DIT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), mentalization-based treatment (MBT), schema therapy, mindfulness-based interventions, therapeutic communities, art psychotherapy, dramatherapy, music therapy, and counselling. The book also describes the general therapeutic competencies common to all modalities, including development of the therapeutic alliance, handling emotions, dealing with breaks and endings, assessing and managing risk, and using clinical supervision. Psychotherapy assessment, formulation and consultation are also reviewed. Key issues regarding the ethics and boundaries of medical and psychiatric care are examined, as well as the application of psychotherapeutic principles within the wider health-care system, focusing on management, teaching and consultation, organizational dynamics, and the involvement of patients and service users in the planning and delivery of services. The expanding field of psychotherapy research and its links with attachment studies and neuroscience is reviewed, as well as the applications of medical psychotherapy within the other psychiatric specialties.Less

This title covers the scientific, clinical and service background for practitioners involved in the care of older people with psychiatric disorders.