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Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry is an introductory text for students of medicine and other health professions, including psychiatric nursing, psychology, social work and occupational therapy, as well as for family doctors. Using a clear, coherent framework, it emphasizes biological, psychological and social factors in assessing and treating patients, and illustrates this approach with dozens of clinical stories. Rigorously revised and expanded, the second edition brings in no less than thirty-two new contributors. Chapters on ethics, the effects of trauma and the mental health of indigenous people, and a section on the mental health of refugees, are all entirely new.Opinion'This gem of a book is an essential text for all clinical students . . . we have waited a long time for a good textbook on clinical methods and here it is at last!'George Lipton, ChironThe book reads well, with excellent continuity of style. It has a strong clinical base, with a large number of case examples. I have no hesitation in recommending Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry as a first class introductory textbook in clinical psychiatry.Peter Yellowlees, Medical Journal of Australia. January 1995. . . undoubtedly the best text available in Australia today to undergraduate and postgraduate students . . . (unlike many texts, this can actually be read!)Australian and New Zealand Journal of PsychiatryFoundations of Clinical Psychiatry is an introductory text for students of medicine and other health professions, including psychiatric nursing, psychology, social work and occupational therapy, as well as for family doctors.Using a clear, coherent framework, it emphasises biological, psychological and social factors in assessing and treating patients, and illustrates this approach with dozens of clinical stories.Rigorously revised and expanded, the second second edition brings in no less than thirty-five new contributors. Chapters on ethics, the effects of trauma and the mental health of indigenous people, and a section on the mental health of refugees, are all entirely new.Shared commitment to the biopsychosocial approach by the authors, all experts in their field, makes for a remarkably consistent and useful text.Table of ContentsForeword; Acknowledgements; Preface; I. AN APPROACH TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: 1. A Historical Context by Norman James; 2. The Biopsychosocial Approach by George Szmukler; 3. Aetiology by Eng-Seong Tan; 4. What Does Psychiatry Encompass? by George Mendelson; 5. The Psychiatric Interview and Evaluation of the Mental State by Nicholas Keks; 6. Making Sense of the Psychiatric Patient by Jenepher Dakis and Bruce Singh; II. THE RANGE OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS: 7. Failure to Cope and the Adjustment Disorders by Bruce Singh and Sidney Bloch; 8. Anxiety Disorders by Graham Burrows and Ruth Vine; 9. Mood Disorders by Issy Schweitzer; 10. Disorders of Somatic Function or Perception by David Clarke and Graeme Smith; 11. Specific Disorders of Somatic Function by George Patton (Eating), Richard Ball (Sexual); and David Kissane (Sleeping); 12. Personality Disorders by Jayashri Kulkarni and Sandra Hacker; 13. Substance Abuse by Paul Brown and Paul Holman; 14. Psychiatric Disorders by Patrick McGorry; 15. Organic Disorders by David Ames and John Lloyd; III. SPECIAL CLINICAL AREAS: 16. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry by Robert Adler, Bruce Tonge, Helen Driscoll and Pia Brous; 17. Psychiatry of Women by Lorraine Dennerstein; 18. Psychiatry in a Multicultural Setting by Harry Minas and Jane McKendrick; 19. Psychiatry of Old Age by Daniel O'Connor and Edmond Chiu; 20. Forensic Psychiatry by Paul Mullen; 21. Suicide and Parasuicide by John Tiller; IV. TREATMENT: 22. Principles of Treatment by Fiona Judd; 23. Providing Mental Health Care by Helen Herrman; 24. The Biological Therapies by David Copolov; 25. The Psychotherapies by Sidney Bloch and Edwin Harari; Appendices: A. ICD-10 Classification (World Health Organization) B. DSM-III-R Classification (American Psychiatric Association) C. Principles, Codes of Ethics (Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists); Contributors; IndexAbout the AuthorSidney Bloch is Professor in Psychiatry, St Vincent's Hospital and the Centre for the Study of Health and Society, University of Melbourne. His books include Psychiatric Ethics, The Family in Clinical Psychiatry and, with Bruce Singh, Understanding Troubled Minds (MUP, 1997).Bruce Singh is Cato Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Me