From the establishment of the earliest institutions, the private hospital has remained a basic part of mental-health care in the United States. (48 pp.)
Download Tag: psychiatry handbook
Antipsychotic Drugs
The advent of chlorpromazine as a novel and effective antipsychotic agent stimulated the search for better antipsychotic drugs with fewer side effects and, as a result, a number of new phenothiazine derivatives were synthesized. (94 pp.)
Antidepressants
Drugs are useful in the management of depression. Knowledge about drugs has contributed substantially to theories about affective disorders, and theory should guide drug administration. (41 pp.)
Brief Psychotherapy
Brief Psychotherapy represents the treatment of choice for many patients and, frequently, the only available treatment. It has come a long way since Anna O appreciatively named it “the talking cure’. (46 pp.)
The Newer Therapies
In addition to psychoanalysis and behavior therapy, a third type of psychotherapy has developed: “humanistic”, “existential”, or “experiential” therapies. Many therapists hyphenate more than one orientation, calling themselves “client-centered-existential for instance. (66 pp.)
Groups for Personal Change
The litany of labels – Bioenergetics, Gestalt, Transactional Analysis, Sensory Awareness, T-Groups, and so forth – do not constitute a reasonable road map to diminish confusion. Some are primarily analytic, others see the management of group forces as their distinctive function. Some depend solely on talk therapy, others use music, lights, and the clench of human bodies. (64 pp.)
Psychiatry and the College Student
The approach has been dual: first to help with any specific symptoms that the student may manifest, and, second to aid the student in realizing his or her full potential as an individual. In recent decades preventive activities were intensified. (43 pp.)
Antianxiety Drugs
Historical overview highlighting how antianxiety drugs are reasonably effective in the treatment of outpatient anxiety. (41 pp.)
Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents
Provides an outline of psychotherapy with children and adolescents that is based primarily on a developmental and psychodynamic understanding of psychopathology. The primary arena of play is explored, the role of parents is discussed, and common technical problems are related to developmental levels.(85 pp.)
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
The adoption of psychoanalytic psychotherapy is indicated when: patients show acute symptom reactions, more chronic characterological forms of psychopathology, or have psychotic disorders, when psychoanalysis would be desirable but is unavailable, or when suitability is uncertain. (66 pp.)
