Textbook of psychiatry : a concise guide to psychiatry in The Netherlands

Ever since its publication, the Dutch textbook of psychiatry (Leerboek psychiatrie) edited by Hengeveld, van Balkom, van Heeringen and Sabbe has been used to teach psychiatry at the medical schools of many Dutch and Flemish universities. The textbook has been widely praised by both teachers and students. With an ever-growing influx of foreign students at Dutch universities more courses are currently taught in English, so the call for English-language reading materials will only increase. This has created the need for a psychiatry textbook in English.-There are, of course, psychiatry textbooks available in English. But none of the existing textbooks seem to fulfil the training demands of the Dutch system. Some textbooks lack consistent editing across chapters, others cater to training psychiatrists rather than medical students.-Yet others are not sufficiently in sync with contemporary psychiatry, or are incompatible with the DSM classification system. Also, the subject of psychiatry and the law within the Dutch context is conspicuously yet understandably lacking. This is why the Department of Psychiatry at the medical school of the University of Groningen initiated a translation of most of the Leerboek psychiatrie. It includes chapters chosen to reflect the curriculum of the University of Groningen, plus a selection of other essential topics.-The present Textbook of Psychiatry; A Concise Guide to Psychiatry in The Netherlands consists of three parts: theoretical foundations of psychiatry, psychiatric disorders, and selected psychiatric topics. The textbook covers all the materials thoroughly. Cover Textbook of Psychiatry Contents Preface Part I: Theoretical Foundations of Psychiatry 1. Psychopathology 2. Diagnosis and Classification 3. Aetiopathogenesis and the Stress-Vulnerability Model Part II: Psychiatric Disorders 4. Neurocognitive Disorders 4.1. Delirium 4.2. Dementia 5. Psychosis Spectrum Disorders 6. Bipolar Disorders 7. Depressive Disorders and Suicidal Behaviour 7.1. Depressive Disorders 7.2. Suicidal behaviour 8. Anxiety Disorders 9. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 10. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders 10.1. Trauma-Related Disorders 10.2. Adjustment Disorders 11. Dissociative Disorders 12. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders and Factitious disorders 12.1. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders 12.2. Factitious Disorders 13. Eating Disorders 14. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders 15. Personality Disorders 16. Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Adults Part III: Selected Psychiatric Topics 17. General Hospital Psychiatry 18. Geriatric Psychiatry 19. Psychiatry and the Law Appendix A: The Mental State Examination in Medical Training Appendix B: Glossary of Psychiatric Terms for Medical Training About the Authors Index