Overview

Consultation-liaison psychiatry is an important interface between psychiatry and the rest of medicine as well as psychology, social work, nursing, and other behavioral science disciplines. This book is a practical, up-to-date handbook providing a biopsychosocial, integrative perspective and drawing the expertise of two renowned psychiatrists in the field. It is organized in five major sections addressing the fundamentals of the field as well as including an assessment of where the field is today. Chapters also address specific pathologies and populations.

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Author:   Hoyle Leigh ,  Jon Streltzer
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2007 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.004kg
ISBN:  

9780387692531

ISBN 10:   0387692533
Pages:   420
Publication Date:   10 September 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9783319110042
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface.- Part I: Nature and Evolution of CL Psychiatry.- Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine.- The Functions of CL Psychiatry.- The Why and How of Psychiatric Consultation.- Evidence Based Literature Evaluation in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- Common Reasons for Consultation and their Management.- Part II: Psychiatric Syndromes in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- Basic Foundations of Diagnosis, Psychiatric Diagnosis, and Final Common Pathway Syndromes.- Delirium, Dementia, Alcohol Intoxication and Withdrawal Syndromes.- Anxiety and Anxiety Syndromes, Acute Stress & PTSD.- Depression, Mania, and Mood Syndromes.- Psychosis.- Chronic Pain.- Substance Use Problems.- Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Conditions, Somatoform Disorders, Conversion, Dissociation, and Factitious Syndromes.- Somatization, Hypochondriasis, and Somatization Disorder.- Patient's Personality, Personality Types and Traits, and Disorders.- Part III: Special Patients and Settings in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- The Acutely Ill Patient and ICU Setting.- The Chronic Patient/Palliative Care Settings/The Dying Patient.- Consultation-liaison Psychiatry in the Outpatient Setting.- The Kidney Impaired Patient.- The Immune-Compromised Patients- HIV and Organ Transplantation.- The Liver Impaired Patient.- The Cross-Cultural Patient: Cultural Aspects of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- Obstetrics and Gynecology Patients: Menstrual Cycle, Pregnancy and Postpartum Related Psychiatric Disorders.- Children and Adolescents.- The Geriatric Patient.- The Emergency Department Setting.- Part IV: Special Techniques in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- Interviewing in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- Systems Understanding and Intervention, Ethical Issues.- Special Procedures: Intravenous Sedative Interviews, Hoover Test, Hypnosis.

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From the reviews: <p> This book attempts to address not only the purpose of the subspecialized field, but also specific interview techniques, diagnostic realities, and techniques for completing evaluations in specific settings or with particular patient populations. a ] this book is a ~intended for psychiatrists, psychiatry residents, primary care physicians, medical students, all members of health care profession who are interested in psychiatric approaches to patients in medical settings.a (TM) a ] The information in this book is useful and well researched. (Steven T. Herron, Doody's Review Service, February, 2008) <p> The Handbook of Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry will be a useful text for virtually all psychiatrists and psychiatric residents. I believe it will also be exceedingly valuable for hospital attending and primary care physicians a ] particularly in the emergency department setting. The text contains an enormous amount of information and is a compendium fit for the office or desktop a ] . I would recommend this text for readers who need to have a book on consultation-liaison psychiatry, a critically important aspect of medical care. (Mark H. Fleisher, JAMA, Vol. 229 (10), 2008) <p> Leigh and Streltzer author 18 of their 29 chapters, flavoring their work with a consistent and authoritative view of the field, emphasizing areas unique to consultation-liaison psychiatry. a ] The authorsa (TM) approach to the major psychiatric syndromes is succinctly relevant to the setting and highly useful. a ] invaluable resources to be treasured at every level by medical students, residents, fellows, and attendings, and also by psychosomatic medicine/consultation-liaisonspecialized nurses. (Ronald M. Salomon, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Vol. 69, 2008) <p> The Handbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry provides a useful entrA(c)e into a clinical arena that is rapidly transforming along with other specialties within medicine. a ] it has indeed been written in a manner accessible to students and clinicians from well beyond psychiatry. a ] can be read as a primer, or it can be consulted on the fly by busy clinicians suddenly confronted by a patient or clinical circumstance that is outside of their usual range of practice. It is a worthwhile addition to the practitionera (TM)s bookshelf. (Jennifer Steel and Mary Amanda Dew, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 53 (27), 2008)

... 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

... 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

Author Information

Hoyle Leigh, MD, is Professor Psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco. He is the author of a number of books on consultation-liaison psychiatry and behavioral sciences, including ""The Patient: Biological, Psychological, and Social Dimensions of medical Practice"" (Plenum/Kluwer, three editions). Previously, he was Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University where he established the Yale Behavioral Medicine Clinic that pioneered the field of behavioral medicine. Jon Streltzer, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry at University of Hawaii. He is renowned for his work in cultural psychiatry, psychonephrology, and chronic pain. He is a co-author of ""Culture and Psychopathology: Guidelines for Clinical Assessment"" and ""Culture and Psychotherapy: A Guide to Clinical Practice.""

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