This medical reference offers primary care practitioners a step-by-step approach to the recognition and treatment of psychiatric disorders. Editors Helsley and Vanin (behavioral and family medicine, psychiatry, West Virginia U. Student Health Service) and contributors provide primary care physicians with background information to assist them in diagnosing adjustment disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and substance-induced anxiety disorder. In addition to diagnostic and evaluation techniques, chapters also include pharmacology, psychopharmacotherapy, and age and medical condition-related disorders. Bulleted highlights and "Pearls for the Practitioner" sections offer quick reference points throughout the text. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)