1 Introduction.- Assumptions and Rationale Regarding Mental Disorders.- General Etiologies and Theories.- “Mind” as a concept.- The “Mind-Body” split.- “Bio-psycho-social” assumptions.- Neurobiologic Considerations.- Psychodynamic Considerations.- Learning Theory.- Milestones and Significant Persons.- Prevalence of Mental Disorders.- 2 Diagnosis and Intervention.- General Considerations.- Interviewing as a Diagnostic Tool.- Mental Status Examination.- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fourth Edition (DSM-IV).- Laboratory Data.- Brain Imaging.- Psychological and Neuropsychological Assessment.- Flow Chart of Differential Diagnosis.- 3 Management of Mental Disorders.- Compliance.- Psychopharmacology.- Somatic Therapies.- Major Individual Interpersonal Treatment Modalities.- Group Methods.- Environmental Manipulations.- 4 General Organic Brain Conditions.- Background.- Disorders of Global Cognitive Functioning.- Dementia.- Delirium.- Amnestic Disorders.- Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition.- 5 Substance Abuse.- Definitions.- Addiction (Abuse and Dependence).- Abuse vs Dependence.- Alcoholism.- “Teenage alcoholic”.- Social drinker.- Problem drinker.- Major Psychiatric Substance Abuse Diagnostic Categories.- Alcohol-Induced Disorders.- Psychoactive Substance Disorders.- Dual Disorder or Co-morbidity.- Intervention.- 6 Thought Disorders.- Psychoses.- Thought Disorders.- Definition.- Nine Subtypes of Thought Disorders.- Schizophrenia.- Brief Psychotic Disorder.- Schizophreniform Disorder.- Schizoaffective Disorder.- Delusional (Paranoid) Disorder (Paranoia).- Shared Psychotic Disorder (Folie à Deux).- Psychotic Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (Atypical Psychosis).- Psychotic Disorder Due to General Medical Condition.- Substance-Induced Psychotic Disorder.- 7 Mood Disorders.- Normal Mood States.- Disorders of Mood.- Depression.- Mania.- Etiology of Mood Disorders.- Classification (Syndromes).- Psychotic Level Mood Disorders.- Major Depressive Disorder.- Bipolar Disorder.- Non-Psychotic (Minor) Mood Disorders.- Dysthymia.- Cyclothymia.- 8 Neuroses.- General Introduction.- The Three Diagnostic Groups.- Group One: The Anxiety Disorders.- Group Two: Dissociative Disorders.- Group Three: Somatoform Disorders.- 9 Personality Disorders.- General Considerations.- Descriptions.- Cluster A: Individuals seem odd or eccentric.- Cluster B: Individuals are dramatic, erratic, and labile.- Cluster C: Individuals seem fearful, inhibited, and anxious.- Treatment.- 10 Adjustment Disorders.- Definition.- Types.- Treatment.- 11 Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Conditions.- Definition.- Etiology.- Treatment.- 12 Sexual Issues and Dysfunctions.- Sexual Development.- Sexual Dysfunctions.- Adult Sexual Disorders.- 13 Disorders of Childhood.- General Issues.- Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence: 10 General Disorders Grouped into 5 General Categories.- Category 1: Developmental Disorders.- Category 2: Disruptive Behavior Disorders.- Category 3: Anxiety Type Disorders.- Category 4: Physical Disorders.- Category 5: Gender Identity Disorders.- Treatment.- 14 Special Issues in Psychiatry.- Sleep Disorders.- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).- Geriatric Psychiatry.- Legal Aspects of Psychiatry.- Pain.- 15 Psychiatric Emergencies.- Violence and Aggression.- Suicide.- Childhood and Adolescent Emergencies.- Questions for Self Assessment of Knowledge.- Answers for Self Assessment of Knowledge.
