Overview

For generations of practitioners, the Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry has been and is the gold standard guide to consultation-liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine. The fully updated 7th Edition, by Drs. Theodore A. Stern, Oliver Freudenreich, Felicia A. Smith, Gregory L. Fricchione, and Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, provides an authoritative, easy-to-understand review of the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of psychiatric problems experienced by adults and children with medical and surgical conditions. Covers the psychological impact of chronic medical problems and life-threatening diseases, somatic symptom disorders, organ donors and recipients, pain, substance abuse, and polypharmacy, including a thorough review of drug actions and interactions, metabolism, and elimination. Features DSM-5 updates throughout, as well as case studies in every chapter. Contains practical tips on how to implement the most current and effective pharmacological therapies as well as cognitive-behavioral approaches. Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, images, videos (including video updates), glossary, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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Author:   Theodore A. Stern ,  Oliver Freudenreich ,  Felicia A. Smith ,  Gregory L. Fricchione, MD
Publisher:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Imprint:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Edition:   7th Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780323484114

ISBN 10:   0323484115
Pages:   752
Publication Date:   30 August 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

1. Beginnings: Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation Psychiatry in the General Hospital 2. Approach to Psychiatric Consultations in the General Hospital 3. The Doctor-Patient Relationship 4. The Psychiatric Interview 5. Functional Neuroanatomy and the Neurologic Examination 6. Limbic Music - The Band Plays On 7. Psychological and Neuropsychological Assessment 8. Diagnostic Rating Scales and Laboratory Tests 9. Depressed Patients 10. Delirious Patients 11. Patients with Neurocognitive Disorders 12. Psychotic Patients 13. Anxious Patients 14. Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder 15. Patients with Substance Use Disorders 16. Psychosomatic Conditions : Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders, Functional Somatic Syndromes, and Deception Syndromes 17. Patients with an Eating Disorder 18. Pain Patients 19. Patients with Seizure Disorders 20. Patients with Cerebrovascular Disease and Traumatic Brain Injury 21. Patients with abnormal movements 22. Patients with Infectious or Inflammatory Neuropsychiatric Impairment 23. Catatonia, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, and Serotonin Syndrome 24. Patients with Disordered Sleep 25. Sexual Disorders or Sexual Dysfunction 26. The Psychiatric Management of Patients with Cardiac Disease 27. Patients with Renal Disease 28. Patients with Gastrointestinal Disease 29. Organ Failure and Transplantation 30. Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome 31. Patients with Cancer 32. Burn Patients 33. Chronic Medical Illness and Rehabilitation 34. Intensive Care Unit Patients 35. Patients with Genetic Syndromes 36. Coping with Illness and Psychotherapy of the Medically Ill 37. Electroconvulsive Therapy and Neurotherapeutics 38. Psychopharmacology in the Medical Setting 39. Psychopharmacological Management of Children and Adolescents 40. Mind-Body Medicine 41. Chronic Disease and Unhealthy Habits: Behavioral Management 42. Complementary Medicine and Natural Medications 43. Difficult Patients 44. Care of the Suicidal Patient 45. Emergency Psychiatry 46. Care at the End of Life 47. Pediatric Consultation 48. Care of the Geriatric Patient 49. Psychiatric Illness During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period 50. Culture and Psychiatry 51. Legal Aspects of Consultation 52. Approaches to Collaborative Care and Behavioral Health Integration 53. Physician Well-Being and Coping with the Rigors of Psychiatric Practice 54. Management of a Psychiatric Consultation Service

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This handbook is one of the best on psychiatric care in an inpatient setting that I have reviewed. I would highly recommend it to physicians who work primarily in an inpatient setting. Reviewed by Aaron Plattner, MD (Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services) Doody's Score: 95, 4 Stars!

This handbook is one of the best on psychiatric care in an inpatient setting that I have reviewed. I would highly recommend it to physicians who work primarily in an inpatient setting. Reviewed by Aaron Plattner, MD (Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services) Doody's Score: 95, 4 Stars!

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