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This updated handbook is a great reference for anyone practicing in the field of consultation-liaison psychiatry and anyone interested in the interface of medical and psychiatric illness. It provides a wonderful context by clearly defining CL psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine, as well as a fascinating history of the field. It clearly describes the knowledge base and clinical skills required of those practicing consultation-liaison psychiatry in a well-organized manner. (Heather Huang, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2015)

This updated handbook is a great reference for anyone practicing in the field of consultation-liaison psychiatry and anyone interested in the interface of medical and psychiatric illness. It provides a wonderful context by clearly defining CL psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine, as well as a fascinating history of the field. It clearly describes the knowledge base and clinical skills required of those practicing consultation-liaison psychiatry in a well-organized manner. (Heather Huang, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2015) This book very accurately describes all possible situations in which a psychiatrist may find himself in his daily work. ... this book is going to be of great help for the immediate management of numerous cases for all the experts dealing with mental health who meet psychiatric/mental problems in somatic patients. (Donald Stojnic, Alcoholism and Psychiatry Research, Vol. 51 (2), 2015)

“This updated handbook is a great reference for anyone practicing in the field of consultation-liaison psychiatry and anyone interested in the interface of medical and psychiatric illness. It provides a wonderful context by clearly defining CL psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine, as well as a fascinating history of the field. It clearly describes the knowledge base and clinical skills required of those practicing consultation-liaison psychiatry in a well-organized manner.” (Heather Huang, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2015) “This book very accurately describes all possible situations in which a psychiatrist may find himself in his daily work. … this book is going to be of great help for the immediate management of numerous cases for all the experts dealing with mental health who meet psychiatric/mental problems in somatic patients.” (Donald Stojnić, Alcoholism and Psychiatry Research, Vol. 51 (2), 2015)

. .. a remarkably complete and useful desktop book should be required reading for most clinicians whose practice involves the interface of psychiatric and hospital-based medicine a useful text for virtually all psychiatrists and psychiatric residents exceedingly valuable for hospital attending and primary care physicians who do not have ready access to psychiatric consultants, particularly in the emergency department setting . -Mark H. Fleisher, M.D., University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha

This updated handbook is a great reference for anyone practicing in the field of consultation-liaison psychiatry and anyone interested in the interface of medical and psychiatric illness. It provides a wonderful context by clearly defining CL psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine, as well as a fascinating history of the field. It clearly describes the knowledge base and clinical skills required of those practicing consultation-liaison psychiatry in a well-organized manner. (Heather Huang, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2015)

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Hoyle Leigh, M.D. University of California San Francisco California USA Jon Streltzer, M.D. Department of Psychiatry University of Hawaii Honolulu, HI 96813 USA

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