Oxford Textbooks

The New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry is one of the leading reference works in this field. Bringing together over 200 chapters from the leading figures in the discipline, it presents a comprehensive account of clinical psychiatry, with reference to its scientific basis and to the patient's perspective throughout. Less

The Oxford Textbook of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder provides an authoritative, multidisciplinary text displaying the latest research developments in the diagnosis, assessment, and management of patients with ADHD. Organized into eight key sections, this textbook covers the aetiology, pathophysiology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, comorbidity, clinical assessment, and clinical management of ADHD. Individual chapters address key topics, such as the clinical assessment of ADHD in adults and different presentations of ADHD. They contain information on best practice, current diagnostic guidelines, including DSM-5 and ICD-11, and key up-to-date references for further reading.Less

The Oxford Textbook of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia provides an accessible and authoritative resource for the busy clinician. It covers cognitive and dementia syndromes across a range of neurological disorders, spanning relevant fundamental neuroscience through to diagnosis and management of complex brain conditions. A key distinctive approach is integration of basic science chapters with those on different types of cognitive deficit or neuropsychological presentation to chapters devoted to specific disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, and movement disorders. Firmly based on the clinical approach to the patient with cognitive impairment and dementia, this innovative new textbook provides essential background knowledge that is fundamental to clinical practice. It reviews assessment of patients with disorders of memory, language, visual perception, executive control, limb praxis, and behaviour. It covers the background pathology, genetics, and brain imaging associated with different disorders and provides up-to-date management recommendations from international experts in the field.Less

The Oxford Textbook of Community Mental Health is the most comprehensive and authoritative review published in this field.

The Oxford Textbook of Correctional Psychiatry addresses the history, structure, and processes of correctional psychiatry, including case law, human rights, ethics, organization and funding of systems, as well as stages of patient management that cover initial assessments through re-entry. It also discusses management issues, emergencies, psychopharmacology topics, sleep, detoxification, reassessment of community diagnoses and treatments, diversion programs, levels of care, malingering, substance use within facilities, and formulary management. It also covers common psychiatric disorders, relevant medical disorders, pain management, psychotherapeutic options, suicide risk management, and addictions treatment. Specific focus is given to aggression, self-injury, and other behavioral challenges, and it also reviews unique assessment and treatment needs of many distinct population groups. Special topics such as forensics, psychological testing, sexual assaults, quality improvement, training, and research are also covered, followed by a section devoted exclusively to current resources in correctional healthcare.Less

Acute inpatient mental health care remains an irreplaceable part of some people’s mental health recovery pathway, either through the severity of their difficulties or the associated risks. It can often be a traumatic experience associated with distress and vulnerability both for patients and their relatives. Modern acute inpatient psychiatric care must undoubtedly be truly multidisciplinary and part of a wider community-based system. It must emphasize dignity, compassion, and well-being as well as addressing challenges such as involuntary admissions, cultural diversity, physical comorbidities, and the needs of relatives, just to name a few. The present textbook focuses on these and related issues in a way that is relevant to frontline clinicians dealing with them daily, with medical, nursing, and legal aspects going hand in hand with topics such as team leadership or multidisciplinary work. The textbook describes inpatient services as provided in England, so it describes work that takes place within a national health service free at the point of delivery, carried out by universal primary care as well as secondary mental health care services, both operating within clinical governance structures that seek quality improvement and accountability. Crucially, both the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act provide unique legal frameworks for the care of mental ill health. The editors hope that for readers in the UK and beyond, the textbook will provide a real-life system which can be questioned and problematized and, in that way, may help to orient clinical work.Less

Taking a global approach by highlighting both the common burdens and the differences in management from country to country, The Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry, Second Edition includes information on all the latest improvements and changes in the field. New chapters are included to reflect the development of old age care; covering palliative care, the ethics of caring, and living and dying with dementia. Existing chapters have also been revised and updated throughout and additional information is included on brain stimulation therapies, memory clinics and services, and capacity, which now includes all mental capacity and decision making.Less

The Oxford Textbook of Paediatric Pain brings together an international team of experts to provide an authoritative and comprehensive textbook on all aspects of pain in infants, children and youth. Divided into nine sections, this resource analyses pain as a multifactorial problem and gives the reader a comprehensive understanding of this challenging subject. Topics covered include the biological, social, and psychological basis of pain, pain in specific populations, pain measurement, pharmacology, psychosocial and physical interventions, complementary therapies, education, and ethics of pain control in youths, children, and infants. Evidence-based chapters look in depth at areas ranging from the long-term effects of the pain in children, to sociodemographic differences in paediatric pain management. Case examples and online materials including scales, worksheets, and videos are provided to aid learning and illustrate the application of knowledge.Less

In the next few years, the global burden of disease due to mental illness is likely to overtake that of cancer and heart disease. There is research evidence to suggest that nearly half of psychiatric disorders in adulthood start below the age of 15 and nearly three quarters do so before 24 years indicating specific periods of vulnerability. It is evident that mental health and physical health are strongly inter-connected and yet often the focus of public health is on physical health. Promotion of good mental health and education about prevention of mental illness can take many forms. From teaching parenting skills to learning about managing stress from an early age to early intervention can help reduce the burden of mental illness. Public mental health has come into its own as a speciality of psychiatry and thus of medicine only in the last two decades and that too only in some parts of the world. In spite of the evidence for prevention of mental illness and promotion of mental health is getting stronger by the day there appears to be some reluctance among clinicians to take on the role of educators and advocates for public mental health. A common reason is lack of training in the subject at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels as focus is on treatment rather than prevention. Positive mental health can lead to better outcomes at a number of levels. This book brings together evidence on various aspects of public mental health which can be used for advocacy and education.Less

The Oxford Texbook of Suicidology is the most comprehensive work on suicidology and suicide prevention that has ever been published.

The Oxford Textbook of Women and Mental Health presents a balanced understanding of different aspects of gender and mental health.

This book provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and highly readable overview of psychiatry, suitable for all psychiatrists, as well as medical students, general practitioners, and other mental health professionals. Written by experienced clinicians, the new edition has been substantially rewritten and updated. The first three chapters cover the symptoms and signs of psychiatric disorders, psychiatric classification (including DSM-5), and how to conduct a psychiatric assessment. Chapters on ethics and the law (including the Mental Health Act), aetiology, and evidence-based approaches, set the scene for description of the major syndromes of adult psychiatry. In each chapter, description of the cardinal clinical features is accompanied by the latest evidence on epidemiology, aetiology, treatment, and outcome. Subsequent chapters cover child psychiatry, the psychiatry of old age, intellectual disability, forensic psychiatry, substance misuse, suicide, and self-harm, and psychiatry in medical settings. After a new chapter on global mental health, two chapters cover psychological and psychopharmacological treatments: their indications, efficacy, side effects, and mechanisms. The final chapter describes how psychiatric services are organized.Less