Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry

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"Covering all major psychiatric conditions and subspecialties, the Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry provides portable reassurance to health professionals at all levels of experience who come into contact with psychiatric patients. Along with practical and comprehensive guidelines for treatment, it offers helpful advice for the management of difficult and urgent situations, and in-depth coverage of psychiatric assessment, psychopathology, evidence-based practice, mental health legislation in the UK, therapeutic issues, and transcultural psychiatry. It is indexed alphabetically by ICD-10/DSM-IV codes and by acute presentations."--BOOK JACKET.