psychiatry

Contains approximately two thousand alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about major disciplines in the study of mental health, common topics of research by professionals in the field, and areas of public interest and concern, and includes a comprehensive index.

Examines some of the drugs used to treat psychiatric conditions with a medical condition as a precipitating cause.

Provides clear, careful explanations about Asperger Syndrome and offers readers and researchers insight into what causes this condition, how people live with the condition and also the latest about treatment and prevention.

Traces the development of psychology including psychoanalysis, behaviorism, humanism, and contemporary psychological research.

A history of mental health care in America from colonial times to the present.

Presents twenty-six articles examining differing viewpoints on aspects of mental illness, including the extent of the problem in the U.S., the use of drugs as treatment, alternative treatments, and society's responses to the mentally ill.