A Short Textbook of Psychiatry aims to provide a brief yet comprehensive account of the psychiatric disorders and their allied aspects in a 'user-friendly'and 'easy-to-follow' manner.

In the span of last sixteen and a half years, the Short Textbook of Psychiatry has enjoyed a wide distribution among the undergraduate medical students, interns, junior residents, postgraduate psychiatry students, nursing students, psychology and psychiatric social work students, occupational therapy and physiotherapy students, general medical practitioners, other physicians and health professionals in India and abroad.

The sixth edition of the Short Textbook of Psychiatry has been once again extensively revised and updated.

Significant changes have been made in almost all the chapters, especially in chapters on Diagnosis and Classification (incorporating ICD-10 at most places and DSM-IV-TR wherever appropriate), Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders, Psychopharmacology, Schizophrenia, and Other Biological Methods of Treatment.

Colored Shaded boxes have been added at various places in the text to highlight the important points in tables and figures. The chapter on Psychiatric History and Examination contains a resume of laboratory tests in psychiatry, in additions to other significant changes. The Appendices have been revised and contain a glossary of common psychiatric terms