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ISBN: 1-891845-17-9
AUTHORS: Bob Flaws and James Lake, MD
Blue Poppy Press
DESCRIPTION: Chinese Medical Psychiatry is a textbook and clinical manual on the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders with acupuncture and Chinese medicine.
Divided into three Books, Book 1 covers all the necessary theory and introductory materials necessary to understand and practice Chinese medical psychiatry, such as the disease causes and mechanisms of psychiatric diseases, an acupuncture point guide, an acupuncture formulary, a psychiatric materia medica, and a psychiatric formulary.
Book 2 discusses the disease causes and mechanisms, pattern discrimination, treatment principles, and Chinese medicinal and acupuncture treatment of 21 traditional Chinese essence spirit diseases:
Withdrawal & mania
Irritability
Frequent Joy
Anxiety & Thinking
Tendency to Sorrow
Susceptibility to Fear & Fright
Vexation & Agitation
Deranged Speech
Feeble-mindedness
Impaired Memory
Profuse Dreams
Ghost Oppressive Dreams
Insomnia
Easily Being Awakened
Somnolence
Convulsions
Epilepsy
Plum Pit Qi
Visceral Agitation
Running Piglet
Lily Disease
Book 3 presents the same categories of Chinese medical information for 12 modern Western psychiatric disorders:
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Senile Dementia
Schizophrenia
Depression
Postpartum Depression
Bipolar Affective Disorder (BAD)
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Somatoform Disorders
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
Perimenopausal Syndrome
Psychological Disturbances due to Erroneous Qigong
Also included under each disease category are Western medical sections on nosology, epidemiology, etiology & pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, Western medical treatment, the short and long-term advantages and disadvantages of Western medical treatment, prognosis, and indications for referral to Western medical services. Further includes a glossary of Western medical terms, Chinese and English language bibliographies, and an appendix of side effects of commonly prescribed Western psychiatric medicines.
512 pages
