For generations of practitioners, the
Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry
has been and is
the "gold standard" guide to consultation-liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine
. The fully updated 7th Edition, by Drs. Theodore A. Stern, Oliver Freudenreich, Felicia A. Smith, Gregory L. Fricchione, and Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, 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.
Covers the psychological impact of
chronic medical problems and life-threatening diseases,
somatic symptom disorders, organ donors and recipients, pain, substance abuse, and
polypharmacy,
including a thorough review of drug actions and interactions, metabolism, and elimination.
Features
DSM-5 updates throughout
, as well as
case studies in every chapter
.
Contains practical tips on how to implement the most current and effective
pharmacological therapies
as well as
cognitive-behavioral approaches.
Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This
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