Medical Psychiatric PracticeAlan Stoudemire, Barry S. Fogel American Psychiatric Press, 1993 - 668 pages This volume is the second in a series of succinct, analytical reviews of advances in the psychiatric care of medically ill patients. Medical-Psychiatric Practice, Volume 2 is designed to help psychiatrists who specialize in the care of medical patients integrate psychotherapeutic, psychopharmacological, and behavioral approaches to therapy, while dealing with complex systems of medical care, mental health care, and health care financing. Under the guidance of an eminent editorial advisory board, the second volume includes critical reviews of the latest advances for medically ill patients in psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, neuropsychiatry, medical-legal issues, and special topics such as psychiatric aspects of anesthesia and cardiac diseases. |
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... important because it is common , largely undetected , and treatable . Although it may not differ pathophysio- logically from depressions occurring at other times , it presents an im- portant opportunity for primary prevention and has ...
... important in order to empha- size what should be considered in the clinical approach to patients with chronic LBP . There is some evidence , mostly retrospective , that certain psy- chosocial factors predispose patients to chronic pain ...
... important point to be considered by physicians treating post- operative patients is that though inhalational general anesthetic agents are short acting and allow the patient to awaken rapidly , subtle longer- term central nervous system ...