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Book Review: Essentials of Clinical Psychiatry. Based on The American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Psychiatry, third edition. Edited by Robert E. Hales and Stuart C. Yudofsky

Book Review: Essentials of Clinical Psychiatry. Based on The American Psychiatric Press Textbook... 112 Book Reviews have established this with the support of convincing Yudofsky. Washington DC, American Psychiatric evidence (1,2). The author defended the viewpoint Press Inc., 1999, 164 pp., $30.00. of psychological etiology with numerous items of evi- For a change, let’s begin with the bottom line: dence. The author’s conclusions based on this evi- I liked Essentials. I found it useful in several proj- dence I think may appear flawed to most clinical ects I’m working on. For example, it operationally psychiatrists familiar with this area. For example, the defines the dexamethasone suppression test (re- author concludes that panic disorder patients have member that?) more clearly than does a competi- no abnormal sensitivity to CO . Research has found tor. Essentials is competently written, well laid out, elevations of CO in typical agoraphobic environ- and covers a breadth of knowledge important to ments to be 200 to 300% as high as outdoor fresh air, medical students, non-physicians mental health suggesting strongly a hypersensitivity to CO (3). professionals, and even educated lay people. In The author’s ideas do, however, accurately re- short, I recommend it to all who prefer their mental flect the author’s discipline’s view on the matter. Psy- http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Clinical Psychiatry Springer Journals

Book Review: Essentials of Clinical Psychiatry. Based on The American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Psychiatry, third edition. Edited by Robert E. Hales and Stuart C. Yudofsky

Morrison, James
Annals of Clinical Psychiatry , Volume 12 (2) – Oct 8, 2004
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2000 by American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Neurology; Psychiatry; Psychopharmacology
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1040-1237
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1573-3238
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10.1023/A:1009032416154
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Abstract

112 Book Reviews have established this with the support of convincing Yudofsky. Washington DC, American Psychiatric evidence (1,2). The author defended the viewpoint Press Inc., 1999, 164 pp., $30.00. of psychological etiology with numerous items of evi- For a change, let’s begin with the bottom line: dence. The author’s conclusions based on this evi- I liked Essentials. I found it useful in several proj- dence I think may appear flawed to most clinical ects I’m working on. For example, it operationally psychiatrists familiar with this area. For example, the defines the dexamethasone suppression test (re- author concludes that panic disorder patients have member that?) more clearly than does a competi- no abnormal sensitivity to CO . Research has found tor. Essentials is competently written, well laid out, elevations of CO in typical agoraphobic environ- and covers a breadth of knowledge important to ments to be 200 to 300% as high as outdoor fresh air, medical students, non-physicians mental health suggesting strongly a hypersensitivity to CO (3). professionals, and even educated lay people. In The author’s ideas do, however, accurately re- short, I recommend it to all who prefer their mental flect the author’s discipline’s view on the matter. Psy-

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Annals of Clinical Psychiatry – Springer Journals

Published: Oct 8, 2004

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