Description
For more than 40 years, the Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry has been the gold standard guide to consultation-liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine. Under the editorial leadership of Drs. Theodore A. Stern, Scott R. Beach, Felicia A. Smith, Oliver Freudenreich, Ana-Maria Vranceanu, and Maurizio Fava, the fully revised 8th Edition continues this tradition of excellence for yet another generation of practitioners. In a convenient handbook format, it provides an authoritative, easy-to-understand review of the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of psychiatric problems experienced by adults and children with medical and surgical conditions.- Features DSM-5-TR codes throughout, case studies, and practical tips on how to implement the most current and effective pharmacologic therapies as well as cognitive-behavioral approaches.- Includes new chapters on Psychiatric Management of Patients with Pulmonary Conditions; Psychiatric Management of Patients with COVID-19 Infection; Behavioral and Psychopharmacological Management of Unhealthy Habits and Behaviors; Community Psychiatry; Global Mental Health; Care of LGBTQ Patients; and more.- Highlights strategies to enhance coping with medical conditions, resilience, adherence to treatment recommendations, and mindfulness.- Features a new, two-color format for improved readability and visual clarity for tables, diagrams, and illustrations.- An ideal resource for psychiatrists, residents, and fellows, as well as interdisciplinary practitioners who support the work of consultation-liaison psychiatrists and provide independent care to medical/surgical patients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms or conditions.
Table of Contents
1 Approach to Psychiatric Consultations in the General Hospital2 the Doctor-patient Relationship3 the Psychiatric Interview4 Limbic Music5 Functional Neuroanatomy and the Neurologic Examination6 Psychological and Neuropsychological Assessment in the Medical Setting7 Diagnostic Rating Scales, Procedures, and Laboratory Tests8 Mood Disorders: Depression and Bipolar Disorder9 Delirium10 Patients With Neurocognitive Disorders11 Patients With Psychosis12 Pharmacotherapy of Anxiety Disorders13 Substance Use Disorders14 Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders and Functional Somatic Syndromes15 Factitious Disorders and Malingering16 Eating Disorders17 Pain18 Neuropsychiatric Conditions: Seizures, Headaches, Stroke Syndromes, and Traumatic Brain Injuries19 Patients With Abnormal Movements20 Infectious or Inflammatory Europsychiatric Impairment21 Catatonia, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, and Serotonin Syndrome22 Patients With Disordered Sleep23 Sexual Disorders and Sexual Dysfunction24 the Psychiatric Management of Patients With Cardiac Disease25 Patients With Kidney Disease26 Patients With Gastrointestinal Disease27 Organ Failure and Transplantation28 Hiv Infection and Aids29 Covid-19 Infection30 Patients With Cancer31 Pulmonary Disease32 Burns, Trauma, and Intensive Care Unit Treatment33 Patients With Genetic Syndromes34 Coping With Medical Illness and Psychotherapy of the Medically Ill35 Resilience, Wellness, and Coping With the Rigors of Psychiatric Practice36 Device Neuromodulation and Brain Stimulation Therapies37 Psychopharmacology in the Medical Setting38 Psychiatric Consultation to Children and Adolescents39 Chronic Disease and Unhealthy Lifestyle Behaviors: Behavioral Management40 Complementary Medicine and Natural Medications41 Difficult Patients42 Care of the Patient With Thoughts of Suicide43 Emergency Psychiatry44 Geriatric Psychiatry45 Care at the End of Life46 Psychiatric Illness During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period47 Culture and Psychiatry48 Legal Aspects of Psychiatric Consultation49 Approaches to Collaborative Care and Behavioral Health Integration50 Community Psychiatry51 Global Psychiatry and Mental Healthcare Delivery52 Care of LGBTQIA+ Patients53 Building Interdisciplinary Collaborations Across Healthcare Settings54 Management of a Psychiatric Consultation Service
