ABC_of_Psychological_Medicine.pdf

PSYCHOLOGICAL

MEDICINE

Edited by Richard Mayou, Michael Sharpe and Alan Carson

ABC

ABC OF

PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE

ABC OF

PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE

Edited by

RICHARD MAYOU

Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford

MICHAEL SHARPE

Reader in Psychological Medicine, University of Edinburgh

and

ALAN CARSON

Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, NHS Lothian and Honorary Senior Lecturer,

University of Edinburgh

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First published in 2003

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London WC1H 9JR

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ISBN 0 7279 1556 8

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Cover image depicts computer artwork of a face patterned with vertical lines with a magnetic

resonance imaging (MRI) scan in the background. The MRI scan allows the internal features of

the head to be seen. At the centre is the nasal cavity (red), and above that is the front part

of the brain (blue and red). This region of the brain is part of the cerebrum, and is concerned

with conscious thought, personality and memory. With permission from

Alfred Pasieka/Science Photo Library.