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Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry,

Edition 8

Editors: Edited by Theodore A. Stern, MD, Scott R. Beach, MD, Felicia A. Smith, MD, Oliver Freudenreich, MD, Ana-Maria Vranceanu, PhD and Maurizio Fava, MD

Publication Date: 06 Nov 2024

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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

About the author

Edited by Theodore A. Stern, MD, Psychiatrist and Chief Emeritus, Avery D. Weisman Psychiatry Consultation Service, Director, Thomas P. Hackett Center for Scholarship in Psychosomatic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Ned H. Cassem Professor of Psychiatry in the Field, Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Scott R. Beach, MD, Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Felicia A. Smith, MD, Associate Chief, Department of Psychiatry, Chief, MGH Division of Psychiatry and Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Oliver Freudenreich, MD, Co-Director, MGH Psychosis Clinical and Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital; Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Ana-Maria Vranceanu, PhD, Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research (CHOIR), Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital; David T. Rovee PhD and Joanne V. Rovee Endowed Chair in Psychiatry, Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA and Maurizio Fava, MD, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Department of Psychiatry, Vice Chair, Executive Committee on Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Executive Director, Clinical Trials Network & Institute (CTNI), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Associate Dean for Clinical & Translational Research & Slater Family Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

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

Title Reviews

4 Stars! "...continues to be the primary resource for consultation-liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine.... serve[s] as a resource to help practitioners care for patients on medical and surgical floors as well as outpatients with comorbid medical and psychiatric illness,... [also] a resource to psychiatrists, residents, fellows on consultation services, and practitioners in interdisciplinary settings. It will also be useful for medical students, advanced practice nurses, and physician assistants in both inpatient and outpatient medical and mental health settings.... This book continues to be an authoritative resource for those working in a consultation-liaison setting or psychosomatic medicine, as well as clinicians managing issues encountered by patients with a wide variety of medical and neuropsychiatric conditions. Any practitioners working in these areas will benefit from having this on their shelves." Review by Michael Easton, MD (Rush University Medical Center), ©Doody's Review Service 2025. Doody's Score: 96, 4 Stars!

ISBN: 9780443118951

Page Count: 992

Illustrations : Illustrated

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Practicing psychiatrists, residents, fellows