Download or read book Chinese Medical Psychiatry written by Bob Flaws and published by Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the disease causes and mechanisms, pattern discrimination, treatment principles, and Chinese medical treatmnet of more than 20 traditional Chinese psychiatric diseases as well as the same information on 12 modern Western psychiatric disorders. Each chapter dealing with either a traditional or modern disease category also includes extensive information on the Western medical nosology, etiology, differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, epidemiology, treatment, side effects, and criteria for referral written by a Western psychiatrist. There are also abstracts of recent Chinese and Western research as well as multiple case histories.