Main description:

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.

Dr. Kurt Ackerman and Dr. Andrea DiMartini presernt Psychosomatic Medicine , portable handbook geared to helping psychiatric and other medical practitioners and trainees to stay current in their understanding of the practice of psychosomatic medicine. Drawing practical techniques and wisdom from their team of contributors, Psychosomatic Medicine provides readers with historical background, key clinical information and guidelines, readily accessible charts and tables,
exercises to aid in self-assestment, and suggestions for further reading to spark additional learning in this rapidly developing field of psychiatry.

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