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Taylor & Francis Psychiatric Treatment of the Medically Ill 1999 Edition by Robert G. Robinson, William R. Yates
This eminently practical reference provides the latest data on the cause, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric disorders associated with medical illness-illuminating the often problematic area between mental and physical dysfunctions. Explicates psychiatric effects of pharmaceuticals used to treat many illnesses, including hypertension, heart disease, transplantation, pulmonary disease, cancer, AIDS, epilepsy, and more. Psychiatric Treatment of the Medically Illdescribes methods for ameliorating psychological stressors that impact negatively on purely medical conditions explores physical symptoms such as pain, fatigue, dyspnea, and headache as indicators of psychiatric disorder delineates ways in which primary idiopathic disorders can be managed by primary care physicians explains the effects of a wide variety of antidepressants and other psychotropics on cardiovascular activity discusses psychiatric assessment methods, including a review of the epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in medical populations supplies key information regarding organ transplantation, HIV infection, neuropsychiatric disorders, and other conditions in which psychiatric issues can determine the course of illness and recovery and more! Including over 1500 literature citations, Psychiatric Treatment of the Medically Ill addresses those increasingly numerous cases of medical and psychiatric disorders occurring together. This superb ready-reference guide is indispensable for psychiatrists, primary care physicians, psychologists, rehabilitation specialists, psychiatric nurses, pharmacologists, and graduate and medical students in these disciplines. Table of contents : - Introduction Screening for Psychiatric Disorders in Medical Patients, Mark Zimmerman and Jill I. MattiaSpecificity of Psychiatric Symptoms in the Medically Ill, Robert G. RobinsonEpidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders in the Medically Ill, William R. YatesSpecific Medical Disorders and Conditions Hypertension, Raymond Niaura and Michael G. GoldsteinPsychological State, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Mortality, Peter A. Shapiro and Steven P. RooseNoncardiac Chest Pain, Richard P. Fleet and Bernard D. BeitmanLiver Disease and Transplantation, William R. YatesRenal Failure, Dialysis, and Transplantation, Norman B. LevyEndocrine Disorders, Caroline CarneyTreatment of Psychiatric Disorders in Patients Infected with HIV, Glenn J. Treisman, Marc Fishman, Joseph M. Schwartz, Constantine G. Lyketsos, and Paul R. McHughPulmonary Disease and Lung Transplantation, Catherine L. Woodman and Joel N. KlineCancer, Simon WeinPregnancy and Postpartum, Michael W. O'Hara and Scott StuartMenstrual Cycle-Associated Disorders, Susan R. JohnsonPsychiatric Aspects of Cerebral Vascular Disorders, Robert G. Robinson and Sergio ParadisoTraumatic Brain Injury, Ricardo E. Jorge and Robert G. RobinsonEpilepsy, Howard A. RingAlzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, Neal G. Ranen and Barry W. RovnerSleep Disorders, Gabriele M. BarthlenMigraine and Other Headache Disorders, Kathleen R. Merikangas, Denise J. Stevens, and James R. MerikangasParkinson's Disease, Sergio E. Starkstein and Gustavo PetraccaPsychopharmacological Treatment in the Medically Ill Disorders Affecting Psychotropic Absorption, Metabolism, and Toxicity, Vicki L. EllingrodSerum Level-Monitoring Strategies for Antipsychotics, Antidepressants, and Antimanic Agents, Paul J. Perry, Bruce Alexander, and Kristine A. BeverEffects of Aging on Psychotropic Efficacy and Toxicity, Susan K. Schultz and Del D. MillerPsychotropic Drug Interactions, C. Lindsay DeVane and Charles B. Nemeroff