Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry, 8th Edition

For more than 40 years, the Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry has been the gold standard guide to consultation-liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine. Under the editorial leadership of Drs. Theodore A. Stern, Scott R. Beach, Felicia A. Smith, Oliver Freudenreich, Ana-Maria Vranceanu, and Maurizio Fava, the fully revised 8th Edition continues this tradition of excellence for yet another generation of practitioners. In a convenient handbook format, it provides an authoritative, easy-to-understand review of the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of psychiatric problems experienced by adults and children with medical and surgical conditions.

Key Features

• 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.

CONTENTS

1 Approach to Psychiatric Consultations in the General Hospital

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

Index