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By David Castle, David Castle MBChB, MSc, MD, DLSHTM, FRCPsych, FRANZCP; Professor,
Chair of Psychiatry, St Vincent’s Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Victoria; Darryl Bassett, Darryl Bassett MBBS, BSc, FRANZCP, Dip Psychother; Consultant Psychiatrist, Perth, Western Australia; Joel King and Andrew Gleason
Part 1 The tools of psychiatry
1 The psychiatric interview and mental state assessment
2 The physical examination and investigations relevant to psychiatry
Part 2 The syndromes of psychiatry
3 Classification
4 Organic psychiatry
5 Schizophrenia and related disorders
6 Depressive disorders
7 Bipolar and related disorders
8 Anxiety and post-traumatic disorders
9 The obsessive-compulsive spectrum
10 Eating disorders
11 Somatisation and the somatoform disorders
12 Personality disorders
Part 3 Treatments
13 Biological treatments
14 The psychotherapies
15 Dealing with psychiatric emergencies
Part 4 Special groups
16 Child and adolescent psychiatry
17 Old age psychiatry
18 Forensic psychiatry and risk assessment
19 Dual disability
20 Substance use disorders
Appendix
Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) in psychiatry
