Psychosomatic Medicine

by Kurt Ackerman (Editor), Andrea Dimartini (Editor)

Overview

Psychosomatic Medicine (PM) is a rapidly developing subspecialty of psychiatry focusing on psychiatric care of patients with other medical disorders. PM specialists diagnose and manage psychiatric symptoms in a variety of medical settings, optimize their patients' medical care, and expand understanding regarding the role of psychological factors in health and disease. PM practitioners may function as psychiatric consultants in hospital-based wards, primary providers in med-psych units, or collaborative practitioners integrated with inpatient and outpatient medical teams. PM practitioners strive to stay current with the latest research and practice guidelines in a burgeoning field involving complex interactions and combinations of illnesses. To address these challenges, this book provides practical instruction from PM clinicians, educators and researchers, covering core clinical concepts routinely used in practice. Psychosomatic Medicine serves as an educational resource covering salient psychosomatic medicine topics for trainees and colleagues in psychiatry and other medical specialties. A history of PM contextualizes the field, and an overview of psychiatric consultation in the general medical setting emphasizes specifics of psychosomatic interviewing, physical examination, and collaboration with primary medical services. The remaining chapters cover the diagnosis and management of conditions commonly encountered by the psychosomatic psychiatrist: assessment and treatment of psychiatric disorders in a medical setting; assessment of decisional capacity; use of psychotropic medication in medically-compromised patients; management of delirium, cognitive and somatoform disorders; psychiatric manifestations of neurologic and other general medical conditions; emergent complications of psychiatric medication and illicit substance use; and special topics pertinent to PM. Finally, future directions in PM are explored in fascinating detail.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199329328
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/22/2015
Series:	Pittsburgh Pocket Psychiatry Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Kurt Ackerman, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Fellow of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. He serves as Medical Director of Adult Mood and Anxiety Services, and Behavioral Health IT, at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC. His research has focused on clinical applications of psychoneuroimmunology. Current interests include development of educational tools, order sets, and clinical pathways for treatment of psychiatric issues in a general medical setting.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. History of Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2. Psychiatric Consultation in the Inpatient General Medical Setting Psychiatric Diagnosis and Management in the General Medical Setting 3. Mood Disorders and Insomnia in the General Medical Setting 4. Anxiety in the General Medical Setting 5. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders 6. Psychopharmacology in the General Medical Setting 7. Management of Agitation in the General Medical Setting 8. Strategies to Improve Coping and Manage Maladaptive Behaviors in the General Medical Setting 9. Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity Psychiatric Presentations Associated with Neurologic and Other Medical Conditions 10. Delirium 11. Neurocognitive Disorders in the General Medical Setting 12. Psychiatric Presentations Associated with Neurologic Illness 13. Psychiatric Presentations Associated with Organ Failure and Systemic Illness Emergent Complications of Medication and Substance Use 14. Catatonia, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, and Serotonin Syndrome 15. Toxidromes: Toxicology and the Psychiatric Patient 16. Substance Intoxication and Withdrawal States in the General Medical Setting Special Topics in Psychosomatic Medicine 17. Perinatal Psychiatry 18. Psycho-Oncology 19. Organ Transplant Psychiatry 20. Psychiatric Evaluation and Management of Pain 21. Psychiatry in Palliative Care 22. Future Directions in Psychosomatic Medicine

Editorial Reviews

"From common symptoms such as anxiety, depression, insomnia and agitation to specific disease entities where psychiatric disorders commonly coexist, this book offers the clinician a guide to effective and evidence based management. Psychosomatic Medicine should be on the desk or in the pocket of all clinicians, whether a seasoned practitioner or a resident." — Thomas N. Wise, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

"This is a small and portable handbook packed with the latest information on commonly encountered psychosomatic medicine topics. It summarizes current scientific literature and condenses it down to need-to-know basics. Its standardized format, easy-to-reference tables, and eloquent conciseness make it incredibly easy to use. Clinicians and trainees in psychiatric and medical practice will find this a valuable tool." — Heather Huang, Doody's

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