Full Description
Widely regarded as a standard clinical resource, this book helps practitioners think outside the mental health box and recognize when a client may need a medical evaluation. Part I provides an accessible overview of symptoms that can be observed in a standard mental status examination and may point to medical illness. Engaging case vignettes and interviewing pointers help readers hone their diagnostic skills. Part II presents concise facts--including basic medical information and physical and mental symptoms--on more than 60 diseases and syndromes. An easy-to-read chart in Part III cross-tabulates all of the disorders and symptoms for quick reference and comparison.
New to This Edition
*Reflects more than 15 years of advances in medical and mental health knowledge.
*Updated throughout for DSM-5.
*Additional medical disorders: celiac disease, traumatic brain injury, heavy-metal toxicity, and others.
*Updated links to further reading on each health condition.
Winner (First Place)--American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Category
Contents
Introduction
I. A Review of Symptoms
The Need for Evaluation
Observing the Mental Status
Appearance and Behavior
Mood (Affect)
Speech
Content of Thought
Intellectual Resources
Insight and Judgment
Personality Change
Diagnostic Principles
II. 66 Disorders
Adrenal Insufficiency
AIDS
Altitude Sickness
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Antidiuretic Hormone, Inappropriate Secretion
Brain Abscess
Brain Tumor
Cancer
Carcinoid Syndrome
Cardiac Arrhythmias
Celiac Disease
Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke)
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
Congestive Heart Failure
Cryptococcosis
Cushing's Syndrome
Diabetes Mellitus
Epilepsy
Fibromyalgia
Heavy-Metal Toxicity
Herpes Encephalitis
Homocystinuria
Huntington's Disease
Hyperparathyroidism
Hypertensive Encephalopathy
Hyperthyroidism
Hypoparathyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Kidney Failure
Klinefelter's Syndrome
Liver Failure
Lyme Disease
Ménière's Syndrome
Menopause
Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
Migraine
Mitral Valve Prolapse
Multiple Sclerosis
Myasthenia Gravis
Neurocutaneous Disorders
Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus
Parasitism
Parkinson's Disease
Pellagra
Pernicious Anemia
Pheochromocytoma
Pneumonia
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Porphyria
Postoperative Delirium
Premenstrual Syndrome
Prion Disease
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Protein Energy Malnutrition
Pulmonary Thromboembolism
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sensory Deficit
Sickle-Cell Disease
Sleep Apnea
Substance Intoxication and Withdrawal
Syphilis
Systemic Infection
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Thiamine Deficiency
Traumatic Brain Injury
Wilson's Disease
III. Symptom Summaries
