Full Description
Psychosocial problems appear within a medical context worldwide, and are a major burden to health. Psychosomatic Medicine: An International Primer for the Primary Care Setting takes a uniquely global approach in laying the foundations of bio psychosocial basic care (such as recognizing psychosocial and psychosomatic problems, basic counseling and collaboration with mental health specialists) and provides relevant information about the most common mental and psychosomatic problems and disorders. The scope of the book is intercultural-it addresses global cultures, subcultures living in a single country and strengthening the care given by physicians working abroad.This clinically useful book outlines best practices for diagnosing the most common bio psychosocial problems and mastering the most common communication challenges (e.g. doctor-patient conversation, breaking bad news, dealing with difficult patients, family and health systems communication and collaboration). Every chapter integrates basic theoretical background and practical skills and includes trans-culturally sensitive material, important for work with patients from different cultures. Psychosomatic Medicine: An International Primer for the Primary Care Setting serves as an excellent resource for clinicians hoping to gain and develop knowledge and skills in psychosomatic medicine.
Contents
Part I1: What is Psychosomatic Medicine?Kurt Fritzsche2: Psychosomatic Medicine in Primary CareKurt Fritzsche3: Objectives of Training in Psychosomatic Medicine in Primary CareKurt Fritzsche4: Traditional Medicine and Psychosomatic MedicineKurt Fritzsche, Catherine Abbo, Hamid Afshar Zanjani and Farzad GoliPart II: The First Contact-Basic Interventions 5: The Doctor-Patient RelationshipKurt Fritzsche, Catherine Abbo, Gertrud Frahm and Sonia Diaz Monsalve6: Doctor Patient CommunicationKurt Fritzsche, Axel Schweickhardt, Gertrud Frahm, Sonia Diaz Monsalve, Hamid Afshar Zanjani and Farzad Goli 7: Family MedicineWerner Geigges, Kurt Fritzsche, Susan McDaniel, Xudong Zhao, Catherine Abbo, Gertrud Frahm and Sonia Diaz Monsalve8: Balint GroupKurt Fritzsche, Frank Kuan-Yu Chen, Wei Jing, Gertrud Frahm and Sonia Diaz MonsalvePart III: Recognition and Treatment of Most Common Clinical Presentations9: Depressive DisordersKurt Fritzsche, Wei Jing, Frank Kuan-Yu Chen, Nguyen Kim Viet, Nguyen Van Tuan, Catherine Abbo, Gertrud Frahm and Sonia Diaz Monsalve10: Anxiety DisordersKurt Fritzsche11: Somatoform DisordersKurt Fritzsche, Nguyen Kim Viet, Nguyen Van Tuan, Catherine Abo, Gertrud Frahm, Sonia Diaz Monsalve, Lan Zhang and Wei Jing12: Psycho-OncologyKurt Fritzsche, Gertrud Frahm, Sonia Diaz Monsalve, Hamid Afshar Zanjani and Farzad Goli13: Psycho-CardiologyKurt Fritzsche, Gertrud Frahm, Sonia Diaz Monsalve, Hamid Afshar Zanjani, Farzad Goli and Frank Kuan-Yu Chen14: Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)Kurt Fritzsche, Catherine Abbo, Gertrud Frahm, Sonia Diaz Monsalve and Frank Kuan-Yu Chen15: Addiction Kurt Fritzsche, Axel Schweickhardt, Catherine Abbo, Gertrud Frahm, Sonia Diaz Monsalve, Frank Kuan-Yu Chen, Nguyen Kim Viet and Nguyen Van TuanPart IV: Developing Psychosomatic Medicine in International Settings16: Systems Development of Behavioral Health in Primary CareJulie Schirmer and Jeffrey Markuns17: The Development of Psychosomatic Medicine in China, Vietnam and Laos-The ASIA-LINK ProgramKurt Fritzsche, Michael Wirsching, Xudong Zhao, Wei Jing, Lan Zhang, Nguyen Kim Viet and Nguyen Van Tuan18: Psychosomatic Medicine and its Implementation in the Latin America RegionSonia Diaz Monsalve19: Psychosomatic Medicine in IranHamid Afshar Zanjani and Farzad Goli
