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Contemporary Psychiatry

Editors:

  1. Fritz Henn

    1. Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Mannheim, Germany

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  2. Norman Sartorius

    1. Belle-Idée, Bâtiment Salève, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Chêne-Bourg/Genève, Switzerland

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  3. Hanfried Helmchen

    1. Psychiatrische Klinik, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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  4. Hans Lauter

    1. Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany

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  • The contents of this work represent the state of the art of international psychiatry

  • International authors (50% from non-German speaking languages) and cross-cultural aspects make Contemporary psychiatry ideal for an international market

  • The work includes chapters on psychiatric disorders caused by catastrophies, disasters etc., this is certainly unique compared with any other textbook

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (140 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XLIV
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  2. Scientific Basis of Psychiatry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages XLV-XLV
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    2. Psychopathology Today

      • C. Mundt, M. Spitzer
      Pages 1-27

    3. Central Issues in Psychiatric Epidemiology

      • A. S. Henderson
      Pages 29-45

    4. Population Genetics

      • O. Lipp, D. Souery, J. Mendlewicz
      Pages 47-61

    7. Neurochemistry: The Basis of Psychopharmacology

      • F. Henn, R. J. Hitzemann
      Pages 97-118

    9. Psychoneuroendocrinology

      • I. Heuser
      Pages 133-141

    10. Psychiatric Neurophysiology

      • W. Strik
      Pages 143-157

    12. Brain Imaging in Psychiatry

      • R. Schlösser, J. D. Brodie
      Pages 179-207

    13. Psychology and Its Relevance to Psychiatry

      • U. Baumann, M. Perrez
      Pages 209-221

    15. Behavioural Psychology

      • D. Hellhammer, U. Ehlert
      Pages 239-249

    16. Sociology and Psychiatry

      • J. Siegrist
      Pages 251-257

    18. Environmental Aspects of Psychiatry

      • T. Becker, N. Sartorius
      Pages 279-298

    19. Ethology and the Use of Animal Models

      • R. Gardner, W. T. McKinney
      Pages 299-307
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About this book

Contemporary Psychiatry is an international textbook developed on the basis of the experience with its first three German editions - making it a work with long and distinguished tradition. It combines the German tradition of phenomenology and diagnosis going back to Kraepelin with the Anglo-American tradition and the DSM IV diagnostic system. In doing so, Contemporary Psychiatry becomes a unique source among psychiatric texts, offering a truly international approach to state-of-the-art knowledge and future perspectives of psychiatry. The four internationally renowned editors were able to aquire the leading specialists as contributors. No less than 120 authors from 10 different countries ensure an extremely high standard and guarantee the consideration of cross-cultural aspects. A special feature of Contemporary Psychiatry is that it includes chapters on psychiatric disorders caused by extreme circumstances, such as for example migration, torture, rape, violence and natural and man-made disasters.
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"...worthy and much needed" New England Journal of Medicine "Because the text...has contributors from 15 countries, it contains many references a monolingual English reader would never find otherwise. Another advantage is that the textbook is much more conceptual and theoretical than US texts" JAMA
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Mannheim, Germany

    Fritz Henn

  • Belle-Idée, Bâtiment Salève, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Chêne-Bourg/Genève, Switzerland

    Norman Sartorius

  • Psychiatrische Klinik, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Hanfried Helmchen

  • Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany

    Hans Lauter

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Contemporary Psychiatry

  • Editors: Fritz Henn, Norman Sartorius, Hanfried Helmchen, Hans Lauter

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59519-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-64007-0Published: 23 August 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-59519-6Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: LXII, 2260

  • Topics: Psychiatry

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