chapter by chapter in this Fifth Edition. Terminology has been revised in line with D.S.M. IV and many recent genetic and neurobiological findings have been included. Some of the areas where there is new material are: genetics and neuron imaging of schizophrenia, combined use of benzodiazepines and neuron leptics in treating schizophrenia, development of antisocial Personality, neuropsychological changes in A.I.D.S. patients, genetics of Alzheimer's disease, prognosis for delirium in the elderly, and epidemiology of anorexia nervosa. As in previous editions, each chapter systematically covers the definition, historical background, epidemiology, clinical picture, natural history, complications, family studies, differential diagnosis, and clinical management of each disorder. The use of follow-up studies to classify psychiatric disorders is emphasized. No other text provides such a lucid, well-documented and critically sound overview of the major syndromes in psychiatry. Medical students and psychiatric residents will continue to find Psychiatric Diagnosis a unique guide to the field.

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