A precise, practical handbook, Clinical Laboratory Investigation and Psychiatry is an invaluable tool that explores day-to-day psychiatric practices and various situations that arise in the field of mental health. This unique and resourceful textbook is a must-have aid for front-line clinicians, psychiatrists, and other professionals working in the field of adult mental health. This complete guide to clinical psychiatry: examines methods for improving patient care and clinical outcomes extensively investigates which blood samples and tests to consider when dealing with mental health patients illustrates the possible clinical outcomes and interprets them in an easy-to-access format deals with the complexities of patients under difficult circumstances guides clinicians through the proper use of the clinical laboratory