| spelling |
oapen-20.500.12657-258542021-11-10T07:53:50Z The Psychosomatic Assessment Fava, G.A. Sonino, N. Medicine & Public Health Psychiatry Asthma Cardiovascular System Family Planning Gastroenterology Oncology Psychosomatics Rheumatology Social Medicine Psychosomatic Medicine bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMH Psychiatry Patient reported outcomes have become more and more important in clinical practice and research. Evaluating subjective perceptions of patients has become mandatory for a full assessment of treatment responses. In this context, clinimetrics, the science of clinical measurements, provides unprecedented opportunities for psychosomatic assessment. This volume illustrates how this approach can be translated into everyday practice complementing and improving the medical interview. The most sensitive and reliable clinical methods are presented for evaluating specific psychosocial aspects of disease, i.e. childhood adversities, life events and chronic stress, lifestyle, sexual function, subclinical and affective disturbances, personality, illness behavior, well-being and family dynamics. Each chapter provides practical illustrations as to how crucial information can be obtained with specific methods individualized according to the patients’ needs. 2019-11-28 03:00:29 2020-04-01T10:51:18Z 2020-04-01T10:51:18Z 2012-01-01 book 1004232 OCN: 1135845385 9783805598545 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25854 eng application/pdf n/a 1004232.pdf Karger 10.1159/isbn.978-3-8055-9854-5 103011 10.1159/isbn.978-3-8055-9854-5 7bca2022-473f-4da6-bdd7-3daa111614de b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783805598545 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 103011 KU Select 2018: STEM Backlist Books Knowledge Unlatched open access
|
| description |
Patient reported outcomes have become more and more important in clinical practice and research. Evaluating subjective perceptions of patients has become mandatory for a full assessment of treatment responses. In this context, clinimetrics, the science of clinical measurements, provides unprecedented opportunities for psychosomatic assessment. This volume illustrates how this approach can be translated into everyday practice complementing and improving the medical interview. The most sensitive and reliable clinical methods are presented for evaluating specific psychosocial aspects of disease, i.e. childhood adversities, life events and chronic stress, lifestyle, sexual function, subclinical and affective disturbances, personality, illness behavior, well-being and family dynamics. Each chapter provides practical illustrations as to how crucial information can be obtained with specific methods individualized according to the patients’ needs.
|
