Psychosomatic Medicine: An Introduction to

Psychosomatic medicine or consultation-liaison psychiatry is the branch of psychiatry that focuses on the mental health issues which accompany, or develop as a result of, other medical disorders. This subdiscipline forms an important part of training in psychiatry. This book provides an ideal first exposure to the inseparable nature of physical and psychological health and illness, and a comprehensive introduction to the broad range of disorders seen on the psychiatric consult service. Organized into a series of bitesized chapters, each focusing on a typical consult question, this handbook provides a practical and portable reference which should set both strategy and tactics for the next generation of consulting psychiatrists. Essential reading for medical students, psychiatry residents and psychosomatic fellows, this manual will provide immediate, in-the-field guidance on the evaluation and management of common consultation requests.

James J. Amos is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. Robert G. Robinson is the Paul W. Penningroth Chair and Head of Psychiatry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. x
List of contributors	p. xi
The consultation process	p. 1
Assessing capacity in the medically ill: I don't want to!	p. 15
The difficult patient encounter: understanding what just happened	p. 22
Psychopharmacology in the medically ill	p. 32
Suicide risk assessment	p. 51
Assessment and management of the violent patient	p. 58
Evaluation and management of delirium	p. 64
Management of somatoform disorders	p. 73
Managing factitious disorder and malingering	p. 82
Agitation in patients with dementia	p. 89
Depression and heart disease	p. 100
Management of post-stroke depression	p. 107
Psychiatric aspects of Parkinson's disease	p. 116
Managing depression in traumatic brain injury	p. 126
Managing psychiatric aspects of seizure disorders	p. 134
Distress and depression in cancer care	p. 143
Depression in the patient with hepatitis C	p. 153
Psychiatric aspects of AIDS	p. 163
Managing depression and renal failure	p. 174
Management of psychiatric syndromes due to endocrine and metabolic diseases	p. 184
Management of alcohol withdrawal and other selected substance withdrawal issues	p. 193
Managing depression in pregnancy	p. 202
Psychiatric aspects of organ transplantation	p. 210
Preoperative psychiatric evaluation for bariatric surgery	p. 216
Psychiatric care at the end of life: hospice and palliative medicine	p. 226
Demoralization in the medical setting	p. 235
Psychotherapy for the hospitalized medically ill patient	p. 242
Children's reactions and consequences of illness and hospitalization and transition of care from pediatric to adult settings	p. 249
Index	p. 259
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Psychosomatic Medicine: An Introduction to Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

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