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A Short Textbook of PSYCHIATRY Seventh Edition Niraj Ahuja MBBS MD MRCPsych Consultant Psychiatrist Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK Formerly Associate Professor (Psychiatry) GB Pant Hospital and Asso... ciated Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India Formerly also at Department of Psychiatry Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) and Smt. SK Hospital, New Delhi All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India Contributing Editor Savita Ahuja MBBS DGO DFSRH DRCOG JAYPEE BROTHERS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS (P) LTD New Delhi • St Louis (USA) • Panama City (Panama) • London (UK) • Ahmedabad • Bengaluru Chennai • Hyderabad • Kochi • Kolkata • Lucknow • Mumbai • Nagpur ® Published by Jitendar P Vij Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd Corporate Offi ce 4838/24 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi - 110002, India, Phone: +91-11-43574357, Fax: +91-11-43574314 Registered Offi ce B-3 EMCA House, 23/23B Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi - 110 002, India Phones: +91-11-23272143, +91-11-23272703, +91-11-23282021 +91-11-23245672, Rel: +91-11-32558559, Fax: +91-11-23276490, +91-11-23245683 e-mail: [email protected], Website: www.jaypeebrothers.com Offices in India • Ahmedabad, Phone: Rel: +91-79-32988717, e-mail: [email protected] • Bengaluru, Phone: Rel: +91-80-32714073, e-mail: [email protected] • Chennai, Phone: Rel: +91-44-32972089, e-mail: [email protected] • Hyderabad, Phone: Rel:+91-40-32940929, e-mail: [email protected] • Kochi, Phone: +91-484-2395740, e-mail: [email protected] • Kolkata, Phone: +91-33-22276415, e-mail: [email protected] • Lucknow, Phone: +91-522-3040554, e-mail: [email protected] • Mumbai, Phone: Rel: +91-22-32926896, e-mail: [email protected] • Nagpur, Phone: Rel: +91-712-3245220, e-mail: [email protected] Overseas Offi ces • North America Offi ce, USA, Ph: 001-636-6279734, e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] • Central America Offi ce, Panama City, Panama, Ph: 001-507-317-0160, e-mail: [email protected], Website: www.jphmedical.com • Europe Offi ce, UK, Ph: +44 (0) 2031708910, e-mail: [email protected] A Short Textbook of Psychiatry © 2011, Niraj Ahuja All rights reserved. No part of this publication should be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author and the publisher. This book has been published in good faith that the material provided by author is original. Every effort is made to ensure accuracy of material, but the publisher, printer and author will not be held responsible for any inadvertent error (s). In case of any dispute, all legal matters are to be settled under Delhi jurisdiction only. First Edition: 1990 Second Edition: 1992 Third Edition: 1995 Fourth Edition: 1999 Fifth Edition: 2002 Sixth Edition: 2006 Reprint: 2009 Seventh Edition: 2011 ISBN: 978-93-80704-66-1 Typeset at JPBMP typesetting unit Printed at For Manisha and Neha Preface to the Seventh Edition It is rather humbling to consider that it has been two decades that the Short Textbook of Psychiatry has enjoyed a wide distribution among the undergraduate medical students, interns, junior residents, postgraduate psychiatry students, nursing students, psychology and psychiatric social work students, occupational therapy and physiotherapy students, general medical practitioners, other physicians and health professionals in India and some other countries. I am really indebted to the many astute readers who have provided a very constructive and useful feedback, along with encouraging comments regarding the existing format and the contents of the book. The seventh edition of the Short Textbook of Psychiatry has been once again extensively revised and updated. Signifi cant changes have been made in almost all the chapters, especially in chapters on diagnosis and classifi cation, psychoactive substance use disorders, psychopharmacology, schizophrenia, mood disorders and other biological methods of treatment. Coloured-shaded boxes have been added at various places in the text to highlight the important points in tables and fi gures. The chapter on psychiatric history and examination contains a summary of laboratory tests in psychiatry, in additions to other signifi cant changes. The appendices have been revised and contain a glossary of common psychiatric terms. The Short Textbook of Psychiatry sincerely hopes to retain its original aim of providing a brief yet comprehensive account of the psychiatric disorders and their allied aspects in a ‘user-friendly’ and ‘easy-to-follow’ manner. I am grateful to Shri Jitendar P Vij, Chairman and Managing Director, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd for his exquisite control over the production and distribution of the Short Textbook of Psychiatry over the last 20 years. I hope you enjoy reading the book and I warmly welcome critical comments and constructive suggestions. Please send your comments by email to [email protected]. [Show More]

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