Handbook of Psychiatry Volume 30

Psychiatry is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of psychiatrists, clinical psychologists & general public who cant help but be interested in learning more about why humans think & behave as they do. This award-winning thirty-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of Psychiatry & represents the most current knowledge in the field, discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychologys new interest in evidence-based practice & mindfulness, & new findings in Psychiatry. Offers an authoritative review as well as insight into emerging topics in psychiatry. Each volume is the result of the collaboration of leading national & international scholars with e pert volume editors to produce chapters on virtually every topic in the subject area, from established theories to the most current research and developments. Recognized as the definitive reference work in the field. This Book is edited by Javad Nurbakhsh, Hamideh Jahangiri, Tristram H. Engelhardt, Stanley J. Watson, Keith H. Brodie, Jack D. Barchas, Fred D. Strider, Albert J. Stunkard, Norman Tabachnick, John A. Talbott, Daniel Tarsy, Carl A. Taube, Bruce T. Volpe