Psychiatry

We have arranged this review text in an order that makes clinical sense. We have assumed that the student has had considerable experience with the field of Psychi­ atry via didactic courses, clinical rotations or both. The first chapter is an Intro­ duction to Psychiatry with significant persons and events in the growth of the field being noted. Chapter 2 focuses on general diagnostic categories and the major intervention strategies that are used in the field. Chapter 3 presents patient man­