Psychiatric Treatment of the Medically Ill - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0824719581 ISBN 13 : 9780824719586

Editeur : CRC Press Inc, 1999

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CRC Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0824719581
• ISBN 13: 9780824719586
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 564
• Éditeur: Robinson Robert G., Yates William R.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible