Oxford textbook of psychiatry
- 3rd ed.
- Oxford Oxford University Press 1996
- xi, 944p.
This book contains practical information on the knowledge and skills required by those who have an interest in or are practicing general psychiatry. Describes how different disorders that are experienced by patients can be assessed and the psychiatric treatment methods available to manage these disorders. Organisation of services that are concerned with the care of patients suffering from chronic psychiatric disorders is examined.