Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: History of psychiatry -- Diagnosis and classification -- Interviewing and assessment -- Laboratory tests --The neurobiology of mental illness -- Delirium, dementia, amnesia, and other cognitive disorders -- Schizophrenia -- Delusional disorder other psychotic disorders -- Mood disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Obsessive -compulsive disorder -- Somatoform and related disorders -- Alcohol-related disorders -- Other substance- related disorders -- Personality disorders -- Sexual and gender identity disorders -- Eating disorders -- Adjustment disorders and disorders of impulsive control -- Suicide and violent behavior -- Psychiatric aspects of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- Disorders of childhood and adolescence -- Sleep disorders -- Legal issues in psychiatry -- Psychosocial treatments -- Somatic treatments --