Handbook of Psychiatry Volume 25

Psychiatry is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning thirty-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of Psychiatry and represents the most current knowledge in the field, discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and 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 and 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, George K. Aghajanian, John Bowlby, Jack D. Barchas, Leon Eisenberg, Albert J. Stunkard, Stephen J. Suomi, Sherwood L. Washburn, Herbert Weiner, Frederic G. Worden, Irvin D. Yalom.