Handbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-69253-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 420 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1004 g

Consultation-liaison psychiatry is an important interface between psychiatry and the rest of medicine as well as psychology, social work, nursing, and other behavioral science disciplines. This book is a practical, up-to-date handbook providing a biopsychosocial, integrative perspective and drawing the expertise of two renowned psychiatrists in the field. It is organized in five major sections addressing the fundamentals of the field as well as including an assessment of where the field is today. Chapters also address specific pathologies and populations.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leigh, Hoyle

Streltzer, Jon

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychosomatische Medizin
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Gesundheitspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Nature and Evolution of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- Evolution of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine.- The Functions of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- The Why and How of Psychiatric Consultation.- Evaluating the Evidence Base of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- Common Reasons for Psychiatric Consultation.- Psychiatric Syndromes in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- Basic Foundations of Diagnosis, Psychiatric Diagnosis and Final Common Pathway Syndromes.- Delirium, Dementia, Alcohol Intoxication, and Withdrawal Syndromes.- Anxiety and Anxiety Syndromes.- Depression, Mania, and Mood Syndromes.- Psychosis.- Chronic Pain.- Substance Use Problems.- Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Conditions, Somatoform Disorders, Conversion, Dissociation, and Factitious Syndromes.- Hypochondriasis and Somatization Disorder.- The Patient's Personality, Personality Types, Traits, and Disorders.- Special Patients and Settings in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- The Acutely Ill Patient in the Intensive Care Unit Setting.- The Chronic Patient, Palliative Care Settings, and the Dying Patient.- Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in the Outpatient Setting.- The Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Patient.- Immune-Compromised Patients: Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Organ Transplantation.- The Liver-Impaired Patient.- Cultural Aspects of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- Obstetrics and Gynecology Patients: Menstrual Cycle, Pregnancy, and Postpartum-Related Psychiatric Disorders.- Children and Adolescents.- The Geriatric Patient.- The Emergency Department Setting.- Special Techniques in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- Interviewing in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- Systems Understanding and Intervention, and Ethical Issues.- Special Procedures: Intravenous Sedative Interviews, Hoover Test, and Hypnosis.

Über Autor(innen)

Hoyle Leigh, MD, is Professor Psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco. He is the author of a number of books on consultation-liaison psychiatry and behavioral sciences, including "The Patient: Biological, Psychological, and Social Dimensions of medical Practice" (Plenum/Kluwer, three editions). Previously, he was Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University where he established the Yale Behavioral Medicine Clinic that pioneered the field of behavioral medicine.

Jon Streltzer, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry at University of Hawaii. He is renowned for his work in cultural psychiatry, psychonephrology, and chronic pain. He is a co-author of "Culture and Psychopathology: Guidelines for Clinical Assessment" and "Culture and Psychotherapy: A Guide to Clinical Practice."