Kaplan & Sadock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry

Accurate, reliable, objective, and comprehensive, Kaplan & Sadock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry has long been the leading clinical psychiatric resource for clinicians, residents, students, and other health care professionals both in the US and worldwide. Now led by a new editorial team of Drs. Robert Boland and Marcia L. Verduin, it continues to offer a trusted overview of the entire field of psychiatry while bringing you up to date with current information on key topics and developments in this complex specialty. The twelfth edition has been completely reorganized to make it more useful and easier to navigate in today’s busy clinical settings. 

• A revised table of contents moves the most clinically relevant material to the beginning of the book, including sections on diagnosis, psychopathology and psychiatric conditions, treatment across the lifespan, and therapy and other interventions.  

• Reformats clinical chapters to include clearer section headings and easy-to-digest summaries of important information, all with the goal of helping you find information quickly and easily locate answers to specific problems.  

• Includes numerous case studies to enhance the learning experience. 

• Presents the most current treatment methods including descriptions of all modern psychotherapeutic techniques. 

• Includes descriptive tables for all relevant DSM-5 and ICD-10 diagnoses and an up-to-date psychopharmacology section organized according to mechanisms of action. 

• Carries on the tradition of excellence established by Drs. Benjamin J. Sadock and Virginia A. Sadock, with Dr. Pedro Ruiz returning as Consulting Editor. 

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A Clinical Psychiatry... 1
1. Examination and Diagnosis of the
Psychiatric Patient... 1
1. 1 The Adult Patient... 1
1. 2 Children and Adolescents... 74
1. 3 Geriatric Patients... 87
2. Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Other
Childhood Disorders... 93
2. 1 Intellectual Disability... 93
2. 2 Communication Disorders... 107
2. 3 Autism Spectrum Disorder... 122
2. 4 Attention-Deficit/Hyperacti vity
Disorder... 131
2. 5 Specific Learning Disorder... 141
2. 6 Motor Disorders... 149
2. 7 Feeding and Eating Disorders of
Infancy or Early Childhood... 162
2. 8 Trauma- and Stressor-Related
Disorders in Children... 167
2. 9 Depressive Disorders and Suicide
in Children and Adolescents... 174
2. 10 Early-Onset Bipolar Disorder... 181
2. 11 Disruptive Mood Dysregulation
Disorder... 185
2. 12 Disruptive Behaviors of Childhood... 186
2. 13 Anxiety Disorders of Infancy, Childhood,
and Adolescence: Separation Anxiety
Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder,
and Social Anxiety Disorder (Social
Phobia)... 194
2. 14 Selective Mutism... 201
2. 15 Obsessi v e-Compulsi v e Disorder
in Childhood and Adolescence... 203
2. 16 Early-Onset Schizophrenia... 207
2. 17 Adolescent Substance Use Disorders... 211
3. Neurocognitive Disorders... 224
3. 1 Delirium... 226
3. 2 Dementia (Major Neurocognitive
Disorder)... 233
3. 3 Major or Minor Neurocognitive
Disorder due to Another Medical
Condition (Amnestic Disorders)... 245
3. 4 Neurocognitive and Other Psychiatric
Disorders due to a General Medical
Condition... 249
3. 5 Mild Cognitive Impairment... 262
4. Substance Use and Addictive Disorders... 269
4. 1 General Features of the
Substance-Related Disorders... 269
4. 2 Alcohol-Related Disorders... 275
4. 3 Cannabis-Related Disorders... 288
4. 4 Opioid-Related Disorders... 291
4. 5 Sedative-, Hypnotic-, or
Anxiolytic-Related Disorders... 298
4. 6 Stimulant-Related Disorders... 302
4. 7 Tobacco-Related Disorders... 308
4. 8 Caffeine-Related Disorders... 312
4. 9 Hallucinogen-Related Disorders... 317
4. 10 Inhalant-Related Disorders... 325
4. 11 Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use... 327
4. 12 Gambling Disorder... 330
4. 13 Other Disorders Related to
the Addictive Disorders... 332
5. Schizophrenia Spectrum and
Other Psychotic Disorders... 337
6. Bipolar Disorders... 365
7. Depressive Disorders... 379
8. Anxiety Disorders... 401
9. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related
Disorders... 415
10. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders... 429
11. Dissociative Disorders... 438
12. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders... 451
13. Feeding and Eating Disorders... 469
14. Elimination Disorders... 481
15. Sleep–Wake Disorders... 486
16. Human Sexuality and Sexual
Dysfunctions... 517xii Contents
17. Gender Dysphoria, Gender Identity,
and Related Conditions... 547
18. Disruptive, Impulse-Control,
and Conduct Disorders... 553
19. Personality Disorders... 560
20. Other Conditions that May be a Focus
of Clinical Attention... 580
B t reatment Across the lifespan... 591
21. Psychopharmacology... 591
21. 1 Antipsychotics... 608
21. 2 Antidepressants... 624
21. 3 Mood Stabilizers... 648
21. 4 Anxiolytics... 668
21. 5 Drugs Used to Treat Sleep Disorders... 679
21. 6 Stimulants... 682
21. 7 Drugs Used to Treat Substance
Use Disorders... 686
21. 8 Drugs Used for Cognitive
Enhancement... 696
21. 9 Drugs Used to Treat Sexual Disorders... 699
21. 10 Drugs Used to Treat the Side
Effects of Psychotropic Drugs... 701
21. 11 Nutritional Supplements and Related... 710
22. Other Somatic Therapies... 729
23. Psychotherapy... 745
24. Psychiatric Rehabilitation and
Other Interventions... 792
25. Consultation to Other Disciplines... 799
25. 1 Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry... 799
25. 2 Geriatric Psychiatry... 804
25. 3 Psychiatric Emergencies... 809
26. Level of Care... 825
C other issues relevant to Psychiatry... 829
27. Ethics and Professionalism... 829
28. Forensic and Legal Issues... 836
29. End-of-Life Issues and Palliative Care... 847
29. 1 Death, Dying, and Bereavement... 847
29. 2 Palliative Care... 853
29. 3 Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted
Suicide... 863
30. Community Psychiatry... 867
31. Global and Cultural Issues in Psychiatry... 875
D Contributions from the Sciences
and Social Sciences to Psychiatry... 883
32. Normal Development and Aging... 883
32. 1 Infant, Child, and Adolescent
Development... 883
32. 2 Adulthood... 905
32. 3 Old Age... 913
33. Contributions from the Neurosciences... 922
34. Contributions from the Behavioral
and Social Sciences... 1007
34. 1 Contributions from the Psychosocial
Sciences... 1007
34. 2 Normality and Mental Health... 1034
34. 3 Contributions from the Sociocultural
Sciences... 1040
34. 4 Theories of Personality and
Psychopathology... 1057
35. A Brief History of Psychiatry... 1096
Glossary of Terms Relating to Signs and Symptoms 1135
Index 1147

Robert Boland

Marcia Verduin

Pedro Ruiz MD

Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami FL

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