Klappentext This handbook is a first-line source of essential information and practical guidelines for mental health professionals working with patients in the medical-surgical setting. Using the conversational style and case vignettes found in all Practical Guides in Psychiatry volumes, the authors discuss the psychiatric aspects of a variety of medical-surgical disorders, such as heart and kidney disease, oncology, the burn and trauma patient, gastrointestinal disorders, endocrine and autoimmune disorders, neurological disorders, and HIV/AIDS. Coverage includes chapters on somatoform disorders, pain management, capacity determination, psychodynamic issues and psychotherapy in the consultation-liaison setting, substance abuse issues in the medical setting, and death, dying, and bereavement. This thoroughly updated edition includes new chapters on psychiatric aspects of surgery and transplantation, women's health issues, and disaster psychiatry.The Practical Guides in Psychiatry series provides quick, concise information for professionals on the front lines of mental health care. Written in an easy-to-read style, these invaluable resources take you through each step of the psychiatric care process, delivering fast facts and helpful strategies that help you provide effective and compassionate care to your patients. Zusammenfassung Offers information and practical guidelines for mental health professionals working with patients in the medical-surgical setting. This book discusses the psychiatric aspects of various medical-surgical disorders. It includes chapters on pain management! capacity determination! and substance abuse issues in the medical setting. Inhaltsverzeichnis Principles of Consultation-Liaison PsychiatryPsychocardiologyPsychooncologyPsychonephrologyPsychological Care of the Burn and Trauma PatientPsychological Care of the Obstetrics PatientPsychiatric Aspects of Women's HealthPsychiatric Aspects of GastroenterologyEndocrinology and Autoimmune DisordersPsychiatric Aspects of Neurologic DisordersPsychiatric Aspects of Surgery and TransplantationHuman Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome PsychiatrySomatoform Disorders, Factitious Disorders, and MalingeringPain ManagementCapacity DeterminationPsychodynamic Issues and Psychotherapy in the Consultation-Liaison SettingSubstance Abuse Issues in the Medical SettingDisaster PsychiatryDeath, Dying, and BereavementAppendixIndex...

Zusammenfassung
Offers information and practical guidelines for mental health professionals working with patients in the medical-surgical setting. This book discusses the psychiatric aspects of various medical-surgical disorders. It includes chapters on pain management, capacity determination, and substance abuse issues in the medical setting.

Inhalt

Principles of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Psychocardiology

Psychooncology

Psychonephrology

Psychological Care of the Burn and Trauma Patient

Psychological Care of the Obstetrics Patient

Psychiatric Aspects of Women's Health

Psychiatric Aspects of Gastroenterology

Endocrinology and Autoimmune Disorders

Psychiatric Aspects of Neurologic Disorders

Psychiatric Aspects of Surgery and Transplantation

Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Psychiatry

Somatoform Disorders, Factitious Disorders, and Malingering

Pain Management

Capacity Determination

Psychodynamic Issues and Psychotherapy in the Consultation-Liaison Setting

Substance Abuse Issues in the Medical Setting

Disaster Psychiatry

Death, Dying, and Bereavement

Appendix

Index