Paul R. McHugh, M.D., is Henry Phipps Professor and Director in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Phillip R. Slavney, M.D., is Eugene Meyer III Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

I know many physicians who would like their own liaison psychiatrist in their pocket (in more ways than one). Those who work at Johns Hopkins now have just that. This book comprises the portable advice of the Johns Hopkins Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine to help physicians with some of the commonest psychiatric issues they encounter. -- Eleanor Feldman Psychological Medicine A very informative text that does an excellent job of introducing to some and presenting to others effective approaches to psychiatric and neurological symptoms... Provides practical, time friendly, concepts that would be usable after only the first read. -- M. Ojinga Harrison, M.D. Journal of Psychosomatic Research

• ForewordPreface AcknowledgementsPart I: Assessment and Explanation in PsychiatryChapter 1. The Mind-Brain Problem and a Structure for PsychiatryChapter 2. Factionalism: The Other Source of Disarray in PsychiatryChapter 3. Classification in Psychiatry and the Method of DSM-IVPart II: The Concept of DiseasesChapter 4. The Disease Perspective: Its Premises, History, Strengths, and Limitations for PsychiatryChapter 5. The Disease Concept Exemplified by Psychiatric Conditions with Known Neuropathologies Chapter 6. The Disease Concept Applied to Psychiatric Conditions Without Known NeuropathologiesChapter 7. Manic-Depression: A Disorder in the Affective RealmChapter 8. Schizophrenia Part III: The Concept of Dimensions Chapter 9. The Dimensional Perspective: Graded, Quantitative, Dispositional Distinctions Chapter 10. Mental Subnormality: Distinctions Within a Dimensional FeatureChapter 11. Temperament, Affective Dimensions, and Personality DisordersChapter 12. Emotions, Life Events, Traits of Temperament, and TreatmentPart IV: The Concept of BehaviorsChapter 13. The Behavior PerspectiveChapter 14. Characteristics of Motivated BehaviorsChapter 15. The Causes of Behavioral DisordersChapter 16. Treatment Principles for Behavioral DisordersChapter 17. Bulimia Nervosa: A Behavior Treated Through Stages of Change Chapter 18. Hysteria Chapter 19. SuicidePart V: The Concept of Life StoriesChapter 20. The Life-Story PerspectiveChapter 21. The Application of the Life-Story Perspective in Practice: Power, Process, and PitfallsPart VI: Practical ImplicationsChapter 22. Practical Implications of the PerspectivesChapter 23. Integrative SummaryAppendix: Reliability and Validity: The Process of VerificationNotesIndex

Paul R. McHugh, M.D., is Henry Phipps Professor and Director in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Phillip R. Slavney, M.D., is Eugene Meyer III Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

I know many physicians who would like their own liaison psychiatrist in their pocket (in more ways than one). Those who work at Johns Hopkins now have just that. This book comprises the portable advice of the Johns Hopkins Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine to help physicians with some of the commonest psychiatric issues they encounter. -- Eleanor Feldman Psychological Medicine A very informative text that does an excellent job of introducing to some and presenting to others effective approaches to psychiatric and neurological symptoms... Provides practical, time friendly, concepts that would be usable after only the first read. -- M. Ojinga Harrison, M.D. Journal of Psychosomatic Research

• ForewordPreface AcknowledgementsPart I: Assessment and Explanation in PsychiatryChapter 1. The Mind-Brain Problem and a Structure for PsychiatryChapter 2. Factionalism: The Other Source of Disarray in PsychiatryChapter 3. Classification in Psychiatry and the Method of DSM-IVPart II: The Concept of DiseasesChapter 4. The Disease Perspective: Its Premises, History, Strengths, and Limitations for PsychiatryChapter 5. The Disease Concept Exemplified by Psychiatric Conditions with Known Neuropathologies Chapter 6. The Disease Concept Applied to Psychiatric Conditions Without Known NeuropathologiesChapter 7. Manic-Depression: A Disorder in the Affective RealmChapter 8. Schizophrenia Part III: The Concept of Dimensions Chapter 9. The Dimensional Perspective: Graded, Quantitative, Dispositional Distinctions Chapter 10. Mental Subnormality: Distinctions Within a Dimensional FeatureChapter 11. Temperament, Affective Dimensions, and Personality DisordersChapter 12. Emotions, Life Events, Traits of Temperament, and TreatmentPart IV: The Concept of BehaviorsChapter 13. The Behavior PerspectiveChapter 14. Characteristics of Motivated BehaviorsChapter 15. The Causes of Behavioral DisordersChapter 16. Treatment Principles for Behavioral DisordersChapter 17. Bulimia Nervosa: A Behavior Treated Through Stages of Change Chapter 18. Hysteria Chapter 19. SuicidePart V: The Concept of Life StoriesChapter 20. The Life-Story PerspectiveChapter 21. The Application of the Life-Story Perspective in Practice: Power, Process, and PitfallsPart VI: Practical ImplicationsChapter 22. Practical Implications of the PerspectivesChapter 23. Integrative SummaryAppendix: Reliability and Validity: The Process of VerificationNotesIndex

Paul R. McHugh, M.D., is Henry Phipps Professor and Director in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Phillip R. Slavney, M.D., is Eugene Meyer III Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

I know many physicians who would like their own liaison psychiatrist in their pocket (in more ways than one). Those who work at Johns Hopkins now have just that. This book comprises the portable advice of the Johns Hopkins Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine to help physicians with some of the commonest psychiatric issues they encounter. -- Eleanor Feldman Psychological Medicine A very informative text that does an excellent job of introducing to some and presenting to others effective approaches to psychiatric and neurological symptoms... Provides practical, time friendly, concepts that would be usable after only the first read. -- M. Ojinga Harrison, M.D. Journal of Psychosomatic Research

• ForewordPreface AcknowledgementsPart I: Assessment and Explanation in PsychiatryChapter 1. The Mind-Brain Problem and a Structure for PsychiatryChapter 2. Factionalism: The Other Source of Disarray in PsychiatryChapter 3. Classification in Psychiatry and the Method of DSM-IVPart II: The Concept of DiseasesChapter 4. The Disease Perspective: Its Premises, History, Strengths, and Limitations for PsychiatryChapter 5. The Disease Concept Exemplified by Psychiatric Conditions with Known Neuropathologies Chapter 6. The Disease Concept Applied to Psychiatric Conditions Without Known NeuropathologiesChapter 7. Manic-Depression: A Disorder in the Affective RealmChapter 8. Schizophrenia Part III: The Concept of Dimensions Chapter 9. The Dimensional Perspective: Graded, Quantitative, Dispositional Distinctions Chapter 10. Mental Subnormality: Distinctions Within a Dimensional FeatureChapter 11. Temperament, Affective Dimensions, and Personality DisordersChapter 12. Emotions, Life Events, Traits of Temperament, and TreatmentPart IV: The Concept of BehaviorsChapter 13. The Behavior PerspectiveChapter 14. Characteristics of Motivated BehaviorsChapter 15. The Causes of Behavioral DisordersChapter 16. Treatment Principles for Behavioral DisordersChapter 17. Bulimia Nervosa: A Behavior Treated Through Stages of Change Chapter 18. Hysteria Chapter 19. SuicidePart V: The Concept of Life StoriesChapter 20. The Life-Story PerspectiveChapter 21. The Application of the Life-Story Perspective in Practice: Power, Process, and PitfallsPart VI: Practical ImplicationsChapter 22. Practical Implications of the PerspectivesChapter 23. Integrative SummaryAppendix: Reliability and Validity: The Process of VerificationNotesIndex