
Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry
- 8th Edition - September 5, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Theodore A. Stern, Scott R. Beach, Felicia A. Smith, Oliver Freudenreich, Ana-Maria Vranceanu, Maurizio Fava
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 8 9 5 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 9 3 2 - 3
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Request a sales quote- Features DSM-5-TR codes throughout, case studies, and practical tips on how to implement the most current and effective pharmacologic therapies as well as cognitive-behavioral approaches
- Includes new chapters on Psychiatric Management of Patients with Pulmonary Conditions; Psychiatric Management of Patients with COVID-19 Infection; Behavioral and Psychopharmacological Management of Unhealthy Habits and Behaviors; Community Psychiatry; Global Mental Health; Care of LGBTQIA+ Patients; and more
- Highlights strategies to enhance coping with medical conditions, resilience, adherence to treatment recommendations, and mindfulness
- Features a new, two-color format for improved readability and visual clarity for tables, diagrams, and illustrations
- An ideal resource for psychiatrists, residents, and fellows, as well as interdisciplinary practitioners who support the work of consultation-liaison psychiatrists and provide independent care to medical/surgical patients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms or conditions
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
2. the Doctor-patient Relationship
3. the Psychiatric Interview
4. Limbic Music
5. Functional Neuroanatomy and the Neurologic Examination
6. Psychological and Neuropsychological Assessment in the Medical Setting
7. Diagnostic Rating Scales, Procedures, and Laboratory Tests
8. Mood Disorders: Depression and Bipolar Disorder
9. Delirium
10. Patients With Neurocognitive Disorders
11. Patients With Psychosis
12. Pharmacotherapy of Anxiety Disorders
13. Substance Use Disorders
14. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders and Functional Somatic Syndromes
15. Factitious Disorders and Malingering
16. Eating Disorders
17. Pain
18. Neuropsychiatric Conditions: Seizures, Headaches, Stroke Syndromes, and Traumatic Brain Injuries
19. Patients With Abnormal Movements
20. Infectious or Inflammatory Europsychiatric Impairment
21. Catatonia, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, and Serotonin Syndrome
22. Patients With Disordered Sleep
23. Sexual Disorders and Sexual Dysfunction
24. the Psychiatric Management of Patients With Cardiac Disease
25. Patients With Kidney Disease
26. Patients With Gastrointestinal Disease
27. Organ Failure and Transplantation
28. Hiv Infection and Aids
29. Covid-19 Infection
30. Patients With Cancer
31. Pulmonary Disease
32. Burns, Trauma, and Intensive Care Unit Treatment
33. Patients With Genetic Syndromes
34. Coping With Medical Illness and Psychotherapy of the Medically Ill
35. Resilience, Wellness, and Coping With the Rigors of Psychiatric Practice
36. Device Neuromodulation and Brain Stimulation Therapies
37. Psychopharmacology in the Medical Setting
38. Psychiatric Consultation to Children and Adolescents
39. Chronic Disease and Unhealthy Lifestyle Behaviors: Behavioral Management
40. Complementary Medicine and Natural Medications
41. Difficult Patients
42. Care of the Patient With Thoughts of Suicide
43.. Emergency Psychiatry
44. Geriatric Psychiatry
45. Care at the End of Life
46. Psychiatric Illness During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period
47. Culture and Psychiatry
48. Legal Aspects of Psychiatric Consultation
49. Approaches to Collaborative Care and Behavioral Health Integration
50. Community Psychiatry
51. Global Psychiatry and Mental Healthcare Delivery
52. Care of LGBTQIA+ Patients
53. Building Interdisciplinary Collaborations Across Healthcare Settings
54. Management of a Psychiatric Consultation Service
- Edition: 8
- Published: September 5, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443118951
- eBook ISBN: 9780443119323
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Theodore A. Stern
Dr. Theodore A. Stern is the Ned H. Cassem Professor of Psychiatry in the field of Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation at Harvard Medical School (HMS), Chief Emeritus of The Avery D. Weisman, Psychiatry Consultation Service, and Director of the Thomas P. Hackett Center for Scholarship in Psychosomatic Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Dr. Stern has co-authored more than 550 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and he has edited or authored more than 60 books (including the MGH Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry, the MGH Psychiatry Update and Board Preparation, Learning About Psychopharmacology, Facing Overweight and Obesity, Facing Pelvic Pain, Facing Memory Loss and Dementia, Facing Serious Mental Illness, and the MGH Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams). Dr. Stern is a Past-President of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) and is the Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of its journal, Psychosomatics (now called Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry). He has won the coveted “Best Teacher Award” from the graduating residents at the MGH/McLean Hospital Psychiatric Residency Training Program, the Cynthia N. Kettyle Teaching Award from the HMS Department of Psychiatry, the MGH Department of Psychiatry’s Award for Exceptional Mentorship in the Clinical Realm, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Liaison Psychiatry, and the Thomas P. Hackett Award from the ACLP (its highest honor).
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Scott R. Beach
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Felicia A. Smith
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Oliver Freudenreich
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Ana-Maria Vranceanu
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