The contents of this work represent the state of the art of international psychiatry
International authors (50% from non-German speaking languages) and cross-cultural aspects make Contemporary psychiatry ideal for an international market
The work includes chapters on psychiatric disorders caused by catastrophies, disasters etc., this is certainly unique compared with any other textbook
Contemporary Psychiatry is an international textbook developed on the basis of the experience with its first three German editions - making it a work with long and distinguished tradition. It combines the German tradition of phenomenology and diagnosis going back to Kraepelin with the Anglo-American tradition and the DSM IV diagnostic system. In doing so, Contemporary Psychiatry becomes a unique source among psychiatric texts, offering a truly international approach to state-of-the-art knowledge and future perspectives of psychiatry. The four internationally renowned editors were able to aquire the leading specialists as contributors. No less than 120 authors from 10 different countries ensure an extremely high standard and guarantee the consideration of cross-cultural aspects. A special feature of Contemporary Psychiatry is that it includes chapters on psychiatric disorders caused by extreme circumstances, such as for example migration, torture, rape, violence and natural and man-made disasters.
Reviews
"...worthy and much needed" New England Journal of Medicine "Because the text...has contributors from 15 countries, it contains many references a monolingual English reader would never find otherwise. Another advantage is that the textbook is much more conceptual and theoretical than US texts" JAMA
Editors and Affiliations
Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Mannheim, Germany
Fritz Henn
Belle-Idée, Bâtiment Salève, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Chêne-Bourg/Genève, Switzerland
Norman Sartorius
Psychiatrische Klinik, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Hanfried Helmchen
Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
Hans Lauter
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Contemporary Psychiatry
Editors: Fritz Henn, Norman Sartorius, Hanfried Helmchen, Hans Lauter
