Essentials of Psychosomatic Medicine
Edited by James L. Levenson, M.D.
This condensed version of The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychosomatic Medicine focuses on psychiatric care for medically ill patients. Essentials of Psychosomatic Medicine presents that portion of the larger work devoted to specific disorders, enabling the practitioner to assist patients with comorbid psychiatric and general medical illnesses complicating each other's management. Each chapter covers epidemiology, psychological factors affecting specific diseases, the effects those diseases have on mental health, diagnostic issues, and treatment, including psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, psychiatric side effects of drugs for medical conditions, and drug interactions relevant to the diseases covered. More succinct than the Textbook while offering broader coverage than most other books on psychiatric care of medical patients, Essentials first guides users through general principles in evaluation and management and then offers, in concise form, all 18 specialty chapters from the Textbook, updated for this edition. All of the medical specialties are covered, including the internal medicine subspecialties, neurology, surgery, ob-gyn, organ transplantation, pediatrics, dermatology, physical medicine, and pain management. Each chapter ends with multiple-choice questions for self-assessment. Among the range of issues taken up are
- Depression as a major factor affecting medical outcomes in coronary artery disease, diabetes, and other diseases.
- Neuropsychiatric presentations of endocrine, rheumatologic, and infectious diseases.
- Controversies surrounding functional disorders like irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome.
- Psychiatric complications of medical treatments like chemotherapy, implanted defibrillators, and immunosuppression.
- Psychological factors affecting medical compliance and surgical results.
- Special considerations in using psychiatric drugs in the medically ill.
Today's psychiatrists are increasingly called upon to help diagnose, understand, and manage a wide array of conditions in order to address the needs of both the patient and the medical-surgical team. Concise yet comprehensive, Essentials of Psychosomatic Medicine stands at the interface of psychiatry and medicine to help them better meet those needs.
Contents
Contributors. Preface. Psychiatric assessment and consultation. Heart disease. Lung disease. Gastrointestinal disorders. Renal disease. Endocrine disorders. Oncology. Rheumatology. Chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia syndromes. Infectious diseases. HIV/AIDS. Dermatology. Surgery. Organ transplantation. Neurology and neurosurgery. Obstetrics and gynecology. Pediatrics. Physical medicine and rehabilitation. Pain. Appendix. Index.
Reviews
"This is an excellent, interesting to read, user friendly text. The chapters are well written and organized to provide an easy way to look up medical disorders and related psychiatric problems. The sets of chapter questions make it very helpful as a self-study guide. Congratulations to Dr. Levenson and all the authors who have made this a must-have text!"—Michelle B. Riba, M.D., M.S., Associate Chair for Integrated Medical and Psychiatric Services, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
"The Essentials of Psychosomatic Medicine provides clinicians working in hospital consultation and psychiatric residents on consultation-liaison rotations with exactly what they'll need to understand the clinical problems facing them and to deliver competent and effective service. Reader-friendly chapters are authoritative, up to date, and formatted in a focused and concise style. The supplementary self-assessment questions and study guide complement the book to create a complete educational package for learners at all levels."—Joel Yager, M.D., Professor and Vice Chair for Education and Academic Affairs, University of New Mexico School of Medicine; Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles
"This appropriately titled book is what we have long been waiting for—a concise, readable, and reliable account of all the major clinical issues in psychosomatic medicine. It is the best introduction for the beginner and the obvious first choice for teachers and the highly experienced. This worthy companion to the much larger Textbook of Psychosomatic Medicine should be close to hand on all our bookshelves."—Richard Mayou, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Oxford University, United Kingdom
About the Authors
James L. Levenson, M.D., is Chair of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Vice-Chair of Psychiatry at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, in Richmond, Virginia.
Ordering Information
2007 · 604 pages · ISBN 9781585622467 · Paperback · $99.00 · Item #62246 Buy this title NOW!
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