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Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry
Author:
Stern, Theodore A.; Fricchione, Gregory L.; Cassem, Ned H.; et al.
Isbn 13:
9780323027670
ISBN: 0323027679
Pub Date:
Mar 1, 2004
Publisher:
Elsevier Science
Shipping Weight: 3.40 pounds
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Written by one of the premier psychiatry departments in the world this gold standard on consultation liaison psychiatry offers you expert guidance on diagnosing and treating the psychiatric problems of the in-hospital, medically ill patient. Inside, youll find practical advice on how to manage both adults and children who are coping with life-threatening illnesses, chronic disease, disfigurement, and more. Youll also find advice on commonly found but difficult-to-manage problems such as depression, anxiety, and delirium. Revised and updated, this fifth edition: provides cognitive and behavioral strategies that practitioners at all levels can use; features 20 brand new chapters that discuss such key issues as end-of-life, geriatric considerations, eating disorders, genetics, behavioral medicine and hypnosis, and complementary medicine and natural medications; presents practical guidance on drugs and their side effects, along with recommendations for alternative drug therapies; includes updated and expanded material on psychopharmacology and drug-drug interactions; offers advice on how to avoid critical errors; and discusses how to manage difficult, hypochondriacal, and somatoform and conversion patients.
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