Handbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Evolution of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine....Pages 3-11
The Functions of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry....Pages 12-15
The Why and How of Psychiatric Consultation....Pages 16-27
Evaluating the Evidence Base of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry....Pages 28-36
Common Reasons for Psychiatric Consultation....Pages 37-49
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Basic Foundations of Diagnosis, Psychiatric Diagnosis and Final Common Pathway Syndromes....Pages 53-73
Delirium, Dementia, Alcohol Intoxication, and Withdrawal Syndromes....Pages 74-88
Anxiety and Anxiety Syndromes....Pages 89-97
Depression, Mania, and Mood Syndromes....Pages 98-105
Psychosis....Pages 106-118
Chronic Pain....Pages 119-130
Substance Use Problems....Pages 131-140
Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Conditions, Somatoform Disorders, Conversion, Dissociation, and Factitious Syndromes....Pages 141-151
Hypochondriasis and Somatization Disorder....Pages 152-167
The Patient\'s Personality, Personality Types, Traits, and Disorders....Pages 168-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
The Acutely Ill Patient in the Intensive Care Unit Setting....Pages 183-186
The Chronic Patient, Palliative Care Settings, and the Dying Patient....Pages 187-191
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in the Outpatient Setting....Pages 192-204
The Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Patient....Pages 205-220
Immune-Compromised Patients: Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Organ Transplantation....Pages 221-247
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
The Liver-Impaired Patient....Pages 248-269
Cultural Aspects of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry....Pages 270-281
Obstetrics and Gynecology Patients: Menstrual Cycle, Pregnancy, and Postpartum-Related Psychiatric Disorders....Pages 282-315
Children and Adolescents....Pages 316-340
The Geriatric Patient....Pages 341-360
The Emergency Department Setting....Pages 361-384
Front Matter....Pages 385-385
Interviewing in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry....Pages 387-393
Systems Understanding and Intervention, and Ethical Issues....Pages 394-402
Special Procedures: Intravenous Sedative Interviews, Hoover Test, and Hypnosis....Pages 403-410
Back Matter....Pages 411-420