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This third edition of the Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry has been revised extensively to take account of new knowledge and advances in practice reported since the publication of the second edition. It has been revised and reorganized to incorporate the latest revisions of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD10) and of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSMIV). The most significantly altered sections of the book are Chapter 6, which is now concerned with stress-related and adjustment disorders, Chapter 17, on drugs and other physical treatments, Chapter 18, on psychological treatments, and Chapter 19, in which the account of psychiatric services has been revised extensively. Elsewhere, necessary changes have been made to bring the book up to date while preserving the original clinical descriptions.