Kompendium Praktische Psychiatrie

The textbook is a clear introduction to psychiatry and psychotherapy. It explains the field of psychiatry, psychopathological assessment, and diagnostic and therapeutic principles, followed by a concise description of psychiatric clinical pictures. The authors cover special aspects of emergency, pediatric, adolescent, and consultation psychiatry from Austrian and German perspectives. The book serves medical students for systematic study and reference. It is suitable as a guide for psychiatrists in practice and clinic and psychiatrically interested physicians of other specialties. For the 2nd edition, the contents have been updated and expanded. New are typical case histories of clinically relevant disorders and treatment situations and an extensive appendix with 100 exam questions, Internetin.