The cornerstone text in the field of Psychiatry and Mental Health is now in its thoroughly updated ninth edition
PHILADELPHIA, PA. (June 30, 2009) - Publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) announced today the release of the ninth edition of the Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. Benjamin Sadock, M.D. and Virginia Sadock, M.D., both Professors of Psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine, edit this classic textbook. A distinguished new third editor, Pedro Ruiz, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Texas School of Medicine, joined them in this edition. LWW is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry.
The first edition of this textbook was published in 1967 and has since become the standard reference work in the field of psychiatry around the world. Throughout eight prior editions, the text has garnered accolades from distinguished psychiatrists and academicians, many of whom consider the book to be the “gold standard” and the “bible” of psychiatry. It has been called a “university without walls” consisting of the work of over 500 psychiatrists and behavioral scientists who are recognized experts in their respective fields.
There are 50 new sections that have been added to this edition and the entire text has been updated and revised to reflect the most current thinking and advances. “Adding new contributors and new sections to each edition is a hallmark of the Comprehensive Textbook and this edition is no exception,” say the Editors. The text is over 4,000 pages in length and in two volumes. Encyclopedic in scope, it has been carefully edited to include definitions and diagnostic criteria of every mental disorder used in DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10 as well covering all of the psychotherapeutic and pharmacologic treatment methods in use today. The child psychiatry and geriatric psychiatry sections are comprehensive and authoritative and each can stand alone as a separate text.
A wealth of new information and updated coverage makes this book an essential cornerstone for all mental health professionals. No other major textbook in psychiatry can lay claim to having such a long, consistent, and enriched publication history.
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