The Psychological Care of Medical Patients: A Practical GuideRoyal College of Physicians, 2003 - 123 pages This practical guide will enable hospital clinicians to identify patients with significant psychological problems and to distinguish between those who need to be referred for specialist treatment and assessment and those who can treat themselves. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Deliberate selfharm | 6 |
2 | 9 |
2 | 15 |
10 | 26 |
13 | 32 |
3 | 40 |
Management of psychological problems | 52 |
8 | 73 |
4 | 79 |
8 | 85 |
Dementia delirium and organic mood disorders | 93 |
8 | 101 |
The Mental Health Act 1983 common law and consent to treatment | 103 |
Developing a liaison service | 117 |
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