Lecture Notes: Psychiatry provides a concise and accessible introduction to the fundamentals of Psychiatry, presenting the principles of Psychiatric examination followed by systematic coverage of the major psychiatric disorders, as well as covering management and treatment options.This eleventh edition has been revised to include recent developments in history-taking, psychotropic drugs and case presentations, as well as covering the practical elements of patient guidance and care.

Preceded by: Lecture notes. Psychiatry. 10th ed. / Paul Harrison, John Geddes, Michael Sharpe. 2010.

The basic psychiatric assessment -- Diagnosis-specific assessments -- Risk: harm, self-harm, and suicide -- Completing and communicating the assessment -- What causes mental health problems? -- Treatment -- Psychiatric services and specialties -- Mood disorders -- Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders -- Eating, sleep and sexual disorders -- Schizophrenia -- Dementia, delirium and neuropsychiatry -- Substance misuse -- Personality disorders -- Childhood disorders -- Learning disability (mental retardation) -- Psychiatry in other settings -- Mental health and the law.