Psychiatric treatment of the medically ill
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Psychiatric treatment of the medically ill
（Medical psychiatry, 13）
Marcel Dekker, c1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This eminently practical reference provides the latest data on the cause, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric disorders associated with medical illness-illuminating the often problematic area between mental and physical dysfunctions.
Explicates psychiatric effects of pharmaceuticals used to treat many illnesses, including hypertension, heart disease, transplantation, pulmonary disease, cancer, AIDS, epilepsy, and more.
Psychiatric Treatment of the Medically Ill
describes methods for ameliorating psychological stressors that impact negatively on purely medical conditions
explores physical symptoms such as pain, fatigue, dyspnea, and headache as indicators of psychiatric disorder
delineates ways in which primary idiopathic disorders can be managed by primary care physicians
explains the effects of a wide variety of antidepressants and other psychotropics on cardiovascular activity
discusses psychiatric assessment methods, including a review of the epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in medical populations
supplies key information regarding organ transplantation, HIV infection, neuropsychiatric disorders, and other conditions in which psychiatric issues can determine the course of illness and recovery
and more!
Including over 1500 literature citations, Psychiatric Treatment of the Medically Ill addresses those increasingly numerous cases of medical and psychiatric disorders occurring together. This superb ready-reference guide is indispensable for psychiatrists, primary care physicians, psychologists, rehabilitation specialists, psychiatric nurses, pharmacologists, and graduate and medical students in these disciplines.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Screening for Psychiatric Disorders in Medical Patients, Mark Zimmerman and Jill I. Mattia
Specificity of Psychiatric Symptoms in the Medically Ill, Robert G. Robinson
Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders in the Medically Ill, William R. Yates
Specific Medical Disorders and Conditions
Hypertension, Raymond Niaura and Michael G. Goldstein
Psychological State, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Mortality, Peter A. Shapiro and Steven P. Roose
Noncardiac Chest Pain, Richard P. Fleet and Bernard D. Beitman
Liver Disease and Transplantation, William R. Yates
Renal Failure, Dialysis, and Transplantation, Norman B. Levy
Endocrine Disorders, Caroline Carney
Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders in Patients Infected with HIV, Glenn J. Treisman, Marc Fishman, Joseph M. Schwartz, Constantine G. Lyketsos, and Paul R. McHugh
Pulmonary Disease and Lung Transplantation, Catherine L. Woodman and Joel N. Kline
Cancer, Simon Wein
Pregnancy and Postpartum, Michael W. O'Hara and Scott Stuart
Menstrual Cycle-Associated Disorders, Susan R. Johnson
Psychiatric Aspects of Cerebral Vascular Disorders, Robert G. Robinson and Sergio Paradiso
Traumatic Brain Injury, Ricardo E. Jorge and Robert G. Robinson
Epilepsy, Howard A. Ring
Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, Neal G. Ranen and Barry W. Rovner
Sleep Disorders, Gabriele M. Barthlen
Migraine and Other Headache Disorders, Kathleen R. Merikangas, Denise J. Stevens, and James R. Merikangas
Parkinson's Disease, Sergio E. Starkstein and Gustavo Petracca
Psychopharmacological Treatment in the Medically Ill
Disorders Affecting Psychotropic Absorption, Metabolism, and Toxicity, Vicki L. Ellingrod
Serum Level-Monitoring Strategies for Antipsychotics, Antidepressants, and Antimanic Agents, Paul J. Perry, Bruce Alexander, and Kristine A. Bever
Effects of Aging on Psychotropic Efficacy and Toxicity, Susan K. Schultz and Del D. Miller
Psychotropic Drug Interactions, C. Lindsay DeVane and Charles B. Nemeroff
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