Kaplan & Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 7th Edition

Chan, Sandra, Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry

Kaplan & Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 7th Edition

Editors: Benjamin J Sadock, MD, Virginia A Sadock, MD. Lippincott Williams &Wilkins, Philadelphia, USA, 2000; 7th edition; Volumes 1 and 2 US$279; pp 3500; ISBN: 0-683-30128-4

It has been more than 3 decades since the first publication of the Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry in 1967. Over the years, more than 1500 behavioural scientists and psychiatrists have contributed to the subsequent editions of this book. This new edition contains 3334 pages in 2 large volumes, posing a challenge for anyone wishing to read the text in its entirety. The aim of this review is therefore to highlight important features of this book as a quick reference for busy readers.

This new edition follows the framework of previous editions but has been expanded significantly--it is 15% larger than the 6th edition and 60% of the contributors are new. Moreover, there are major additions to chapters covering neurosciences, neuropsychiatry, and behavioural neurology in volume 1, including developmental neurobiology, neurotrophic factors, and the use of radiotracers and magnetic resonance imaging. Neuropsychiatric aspects of neuromuscular diseases, traumatic brain injury, and brain tumours are also discussed, and there is a section on psychiatric aspects of child neurology. Important new sections …

Questia, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning. www.questia.com
Publication information: Article title: Kaplan & Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 7th Edition. Contributors: Chan, Sandra - Author. Journal title: Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry. Volume: 11. Issue: 3 Publication date: September 2001. Page number: 23+. © 2009 The Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists Ltd. COPYRIGHT 2001 Gale Group.

This material is protected by copyright and, with the exception of fair use, may not be further copied, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means.