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Now in its fully revised and expanded second edition, this volume is the definitive global resource on psychosocial problems. Containing several new chapters and featuring extensively updated contributions from experts in the field, this title takes a uniquely global approach in laying the foundations of bio psychosocial basic care and provides relevant information about the most common mental and psychosomatic problems and disorders. An extension of the cultural aspects of the individual clinical pictures and new contributions from China, Latin America, Russia, Iran, India, Africa and Myanmar, also about migration and mental health accompany this revision. This book is divided into four sections and begins by explaining the relationship between psychosomatic medicine and primary care. The next part outlines the best practices for diagnosing the most common biopsychosocial problems and mastering the most frequent communication challenges (e.g. biopsychosocial anamnesis, breaking bad news, dealing with difficult patients, family and health systems communication and collaboration). The following section delves into more specific psychosomatic problems such as depressive disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, addiction, the terminally ill patient and eating disorders, among others. The final section focuses on developing psychosomatic medicine in international settings. Every chapter integrates basic theoretical background and practical skills and includes trans-culturally sensitive material, important for work with patients from different nations. Psychosomatic Medicine: An International Primer for the Primary Care Setting, second edition is a must-have reference for doctors from various specialties as well as nursing staff, social workers and clinical health psychologists. 

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Author:   Kurt Fritzsche ,  Susan H. McDaniel ,  Michael Wirsching
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   2nd ed. 2020
Weight:   0.903kg
ISBN:  

9783030270797

ISBN 10:   3030270793
Pages:   362
Publication Date:   13 December 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

 What is Psychosomatic Medicine in Primary Care?.- Objectives of Training in Psychosomatic Medicine in Primary Care.- Traditional Medicine and Psychosomatic Medicine.- Psychosomatic Medicine.- The Doctor--Patient Relationship.- Doctor- and Patient Communication.- Family Medicine.- The Balint Group.- Depressive Disorders.- Anxiety Disorders.- Somatoform Disorders.- Psycho-Oncology.- Psycho-Cardiology.- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.- Addiction.- Eating disorders.- Personality disorders.- Sexual medicine.- The terminally ill and dying patient.- Systems Development of Behavioral Health in Primary Care.- The Development of Psychosomatic Medicine in China, Vietnam and Laos -The ASIA- LINK Program.- Latin America.- Iran.- Russia.- Africa.

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Kurt Fritzsche, MD, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany Susan McDaniel, PhD, Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester NY Michael Wirsching MD, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany

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