Psychotic Disorders - Basics to Mastery

di DEAN STRATTON (Autore)

Viruti Shivan, 2025

Psychotic Disorders - Basics to Mastery is a structured roadmap for understanding, assessing, and managing psychosis across settings, from emergency rooms and wards to community clinics and telehealth. Beginning with clear explanations of hallucinations, delusions, disorganization, negative symptoms, and insight, the book walks you through schizophrenia spectrum conditions, mood episodes with psychosis, substance- and medication-induced psychosis, and psychosis due to medical illness, always linking theory back to real-world decisions. Step into vivid clinical vignettes—such as a 17-year-old hearing a running commentary the week before exams or a new parent developing postpartum psychosis—to see how careful interviewing, risk formulation, and collaborative care change outcomes. Along the way you will refine diagnostic reasoning, learn to separate primary psychotic disorders from mimics, and integrate biological, psychological, social, and cultural perspectives, so that by the final chapters you can move confidently from first episode workup through long-term recovery planning. ? Step-by-step approach from foundational phenomenology and mental status examination to advanced differential diagnosis and formulation. ? Practical guidance on risk assessment, involuntary care, and safety planning, written to support ethical, person-centred decision making. ? High-yield DSM-style chapter structure with red-flag checklists, diagnostic flowcharts, and mnemonics ideal for exams and on-call shifts. ? Rich case vignettes across cultures and ages, including first-episode psychosis, late-onset psychosis, catatonia, and postpartum presentations. ? Integrated coverage of pharmacological strategies, psychological interventions, psychoeducation, and rehabilitation without promoting any single brand. ? Dedicated chapters on communication with families, stigma reduction, capacity and consent, and supporting recovery, autonomy, and hope.

• Autore: DEAN STRATTON
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: Viruti Shivan
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798232581169