Main description:

This book addresses the challenges clinicians face when working with patients facing complicated medical diagnosis for which transplantation is considered.

Written by experts in transplant psychiatry, each chapter approaches a common psychiatric challenge faced by transplant candidates and recipients. Chapters meticulously share clinical expertise that provides a framework for future discussions without neglecting the fact that each transplant patient is unique in the complexity of their medical diagnosis.

Additionally, the book examines complex issues including transplant-related posttraumatic stress disorder, post-transplant cognitive impairment, the collaboration between mental health and transplant clinicians, substance use and a wide range of other complicated topics.

Transplant Psychiatry is an excellent case-based guide to mental healthcare delivery for all clinicians who may work with transplant patients, including psychiatrists, psychologists and mental health professionals, transplant surgeons, internal medicine specialists, hematologists, transplant social workers and transplant coordinators.

Contents:

Introduction- Transplant Psychiatry, the ACLP Transplant Psychiatry Special interest group and its role in case discussions over the past 2 decades.

Chapter 1: Patient's journey through organ transplantation

Section A: Psychiatric disease in the transplant candidates or recipients

Chapter 2. Mood disorders: depressive disorders.

Chapter 3. Mood disorders: bipolar disorder spectrum

Chapter 4: The suicidal patient

Chapter 5: Psychotic disorders

Chapter 6: Anxiety disorders: generalized anxiety disorder

Chapter 7: Anxiety disorders: panic disorder

Chapter 8: Anxiety disorders: pre and post-transplant posttraumatic stress disorder

Chapter 9: Personality disorders

Chapter 10: Eating disorders

Chapter 11: Sexual identity disorders

Section B: Cognitive/neuropsychiatric disorders

Chapter 12: Delirium

Chapter 13: Neurocognitive disorders in the pre-transplant setting

Chapter 14: Intellectual disability

Chapter 15th Post-operative seizures

Chapter 15th: Post-transplant persistent cognitive impairment

Section C: Addictive disorders in the transplant candidates or recipients

Chapter 16: Alcohol

Chapter 17: Opioids

Chapter 18: Cocaine and stimulants

Chapter 19: Cannabinoids

Chapter 20: Nicotine

Chapter 21: Gambling

Section D: Psychiatric disease and systems of care in organ transplantation

Chapter 22: Relationship patient-clinicians

Chapter 23: Collaboration between transplant medical team and outside mental health services

Chapter 24: Inter-center collaborations

Chapter 25: The multiple roles of transplant psychiatrist

Chapter 26: When the psychiatrist and the transplant team disagree

Section E: Effects of chronic illness and /or transplantation

Chapter 27: Impact of the transplantation process upon the caregiver

Chapter 28 Challenges with adherence with medical care

Chapter 29 Return to work

Chapter 30 Existential issues in transplantation

Chapter 31 Psychological adaptation post transplantation

Chapter 32 The choice of not pursuing organ transplantation

Section F: Medication interactions/side effects

Chapter 33 Psychiatric impact of steroid treatment

Chapter 34 Immunosuppressants and side effects

Section G (Chapter 35): Children

Section H: Organ donors

Chapter 36 Psychiatric disease and decision to donate

Chapter 37 Donor-recipient relationship

Chapter 38 Unrelated and/or undirected donation

Chapter 39 Multiple organ donors

Chapter 40 Miscellaneous (cases)

Conclusions