Handbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Leigh, Hoyle (Συγγραφέας), Streltzer, Jon (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Psychiatry.; Health psychology.; Neuropsychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Health Psychology.

Linking the medical and psychological components of a patient’s condition, facilitating communication among patients, doctors, families, and hospital systems, consultation-liaison work has emerged as one of the most challenging of psychiatric skills. The Handbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry t...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Nature and Evolution of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
• Evolution of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine
• The Functions of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
• The Why and How of Psychiatric Consultation
• Evaluating the Evidence Base of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
• Common Reasons for Psychiatric Consultation
• 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
• Depression, Mania, and Mood Syndromes
• Psychosis
• Chronic Pain
• Substance Use Problems
• Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Conditions, Somatoform Disorders, Conversion, Dissociation, and Factitious Syndromes
• Hypochondriasis and Somatization Disorder
• The Patient's Personality, Personality Types, Traits, and Disorders
• Special Patients and Settings in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
• The Acutely Ill Patient in the Intensive Care Unit Setting
• The Chronic Patient, Palliative Care Settings, and the Dying Patient
• Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in the Outpatient Setting
• The Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Patient
• Immune-Compromised Patients: Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Organ Transplantation
• The Liver-Impaired 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
• Special Techniques in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
• Interviewing in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
• Systems Understanding and Intervention, and Ethical Issues
• Special Procedures: Intravenous Sedative Interviews, Hoover Test, and Hypnosis.