A compact and complete guide to the scope and practice of the psychiatry of old age, fully revised to cover recent developments in imaging, pharmacology and social care. It equips medical, nursing and allied health staff with the knowledge to assess, manage and treat older patients affected by psychiatric disorders.

This important, multidisciplinary volume presents evidence-based analyses and risk assessment strategies for mental health clinicians, trainees, and those interested in finding more effective interventions to decrease the costs of the serious public health problems of gun violence and mental illness.

This book is a direct response to a severe treatment gap in recognising, treating and managing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults.

Behavioral medicine emerged in the 1970s as the interdisciplinary field concerned with the integration of behavioral, psychosocial, and biomedical science knowledge relevant to the understanding of health and illness, and the application of this knowledge to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.

This groundbreaking guide provides numerous rating scales and questionnaires used in psychiatric diagnosis and treatment as well as a review of the most commonly-used outcome and screening measures. It covers a full range of psychological disorders.

This manual demystifies borderline personality disorder in young people by using the principles of good psychiatric management (GPM) to offer clinicians essential guidelines for generalist care. The authors outline problems that arise during each phase or aspect of treatment and discuss how to address them.

This book is a complete guide to using the evidence-based Good Psychiatric Management (GPM) approach for the treatment of BPD. The book demystifies the disorder, supplying treatment guidelines, case studies, and online video demonstrations of core techniques needed to deliver effective short-term, intermittent, and non-intensive therapeutic care.