The major goal of this classic 4th edition title is to provide the busy clinician, psychiatric resident and medical and graduate students with the most up-to-date information on the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders. Toward that goal, all chapters have been updated and new topics have been added. Recent changes to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5 are addressed in chapters where necessary and, additionally, details about several new medications introduced since 2008 have been included. In this updated and expanded edition, the reader is provided with the most contemporary information in psychiatric research and treatment and the literature cited is supported by a close survey of the field. The new edition of this indispensable title, with its continued focus on the biologic and medical aspects of psychiatry, will continue to be of significant help to all interested in the scientific practice of psychiatry.

The Mental Status Examination.- Syndromes of Brain Dysfunction Presenting with Cognitive Impairment or Behavioral Disturbance: Delirium, Dementia, and Mental Disorders Due to Another Medical Condition.- The Amnestic Syndrome.- Bipolar Illness.- Major Depressive Disorder.- Schizophrenia.- Schizoaffective and Schizophreniform Disorders.- Delusional Disorders.- Anxiety Disorders.- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.- Somatizing and Dissociative Disorders.- Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa.- Antisocial Personality Disorder.- Alcoholism.- Drug Addiction.- Sexual Disorders: Dysfunction, Gender Identity and Paraphilias.- Other Psychiatric Syndromes: Adjustment Disorder, Factitious Disorder, Illicit Steroid Abuse, Cultural Syndromes.- ADHD and the Disruptive Behavior Disorders.- Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents.- Autism Spectrum Disorder.- Childhood Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.- Schizophrenia in Children and Adolescents.- Mood Disturbances.- Anxiety Symptoms.- Thought Disorder.- From Phenomenology to Strong Biologism and Epigenetics in Psychiatry.- Catatonia in Psychiatric Illnesses.- Personality Disorders.- Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders.- Novel Targets for Drug Treatment in Psychiatry.- Use of Laboratory in Psychiatry.- Epidemiology of Psychiatric Illness.- Suicide and Attempted Suicide.- Clinical Psychopharmacology.- Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies.- Forensic Psychiatry.- Sleep Disorders.- Neuromodulation in Psychiatry.- Rating Scales for Psychiatric Disorders.- Neuroimaging in Psychiatry.- Electroconvulsive Therapy: Indications, Use and Adverse Effects.- Profiles in History of Neuroscience and Psychiatry.- Normal Laboratory Values and Drug Therapeutic and Toxic Ranges.