Improving Patient Treatment with Attachment Theory A Guide for Primary Care Practitioners and Specialists /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hunter, Jonathan (Editor), Maunder, Robert (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Primary care (Medicine).; Psychiatry.; Psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Primary Care Medicine.; General Psychology.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

This book emphasizes interpersonal relationships as a frequently overlooked, yet crucial element in today’s healthcare system and describes the utility of attachment theory in understanding and managing patients with medical and surgical illness. Sections on the fundamentals of attachment theory, sp...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Background: Fundamentals of Attachment Theory
• Advanced Attachment Concepts
• Specific populations: Family Practice/Somatization
• Diabetes
• Chronic Pain
• Nephrology/dialysis
• Hepatitis/obesity
• Cancer/ Palliative care
• The Disorganized attachment patient
• The interventions: Consultation and Liaison (C&L)
• Collaborative Care
• Psychotherapy
• Mentalizing
• The Future: What about the practitioner's attachment system
• Health care process/systems
• The Attachment approach to Medical Education
• The Attachment Lens on Psychosomatics
• Summary.