Massachusetts General Hospital comprehensive clinical psychiatry

• Titel: Massachusetts General Hospital comprehensive clinical psychiatry
• Mitwirkende: Stern, Theodore A.
• Institutionen: Massachusetts General Hospital
• Verf.angabe: [edited by] Theodore A. Stern [and others]
• Verlagsort: Philadelphia, PA
• Verlag: Mosby/Elsevier
• E-Jahr: 2008
• Jahr: ©2008
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 1273 pages)
• Illustrationen: illustrations (chiefly color)
• Fussnoten: "An expert consult title"--Cover ; Includes bibliographical references and index
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Massachusetts General Hospital comprehensive clinical psychiatry. - Philadelphia, PA : Mosby/Elsevier, ©2008 |(DLC)2007015860
• Sach-SW: Psychiatry
• K10plus-PPN: 1745810234
• K10plus-PPN:
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• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext
• Lokale URL UB: Bibliothek der Medizinischen Fakultät Mannheim der Universität Heidelberg
• Bibliothek/Idn: UW / m3843413630
• Lokale URL Inst.: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Approach to the patient -- Human development -- Child, adolescent, and adult development -- Psychological and neuropsychological testing -- Diagnostic rating scales and psychiatric instruments -- Understanding and applying psychological assessment -- Neuropsychological assessment -- The psychotherapies -- Coping with medical illness and psychotherapy of the medically ill -- An overview of the psychotherapies -- Brief psychotherapy: an overview -- Couples therapy -- Family therapy -- Group psychotherapy -- Hypnosis -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy, behavioral therapy, and cognitive therapy -- Psychiatric diagnoses and conditions -- The DSM-IV-TR: a multiaxial system for psychiatric diagnosis -- Disorders of cognition -- Delirium -- Dementia -- Mental retardation -- Mental disorders due to a general medical condition -- Mental disorders due to a general medical condition -- Sleep disorders -- Sleep disorders -- Psychiatric disorders -- Impulse-control disorders -- Functional somatic symptoms and somatoform disorders -- Factitious disorders and malingering -- Alcohol-related disorders -- Drug addiction -- Psychosis and schizophrenia -- Mood disorders: major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder -- Bipolar disorder -- Psychiatric illness during pregnancy and the postpartum period -- Anxiety disorders: panic, social anxiety, and generalized anxiety -- OCD and OCD-related disorders -- Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder -- Dissociative disorders -- Sexual disorders and sexual dysfunction -- Eating disorders: evaluation and management -- Grief, bereavement, and adjustment disorders -- Personality and personality disorders -- Treatment approaches -- Psychiatric neuroscience: incorporating pathophysiology into clinical case formulation -- The pharmacotherapy of anxiety disorders -- Antipsychotic drugs -- Antidepressants -- Pharmacological approaches to treatment-resistant depression -- Electroconvulsive therapy -- Neurotherapeutics -- Lithium and its role in psychiatry -- Anticonvulsants -- Pharmacotherapy of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder across the life span -- Drug-drug interactions in psychopharmacology -- Side effects of psychotropic medications -- Natural medications in psychiatry.

Abstract

Special topics in psychiatry -- The suicidal patient -- Psychosomatic medicine -- Psychiatric consultation to medical and surgical patients -- Catatonia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and serotonin syndrome -- Cancer -- HIV and AIDS -- Organ transplantation -- Approaches to collaborative care and primary care psychiatry -- Care at the end of life -- Psychiatric epidemiology and statistics -- Psychiatric epidemiology -- Statistics in psychiatric research -- Genetics and psychiatry -- Genetics and psychiatry -- Social and community psychiatry -- Chronic mental illness -- Aggression and violence -- Culture and psychiatry -- Community psychiatry -- Managed care and psychiatry -- Child psychiatry -- Child and adolescent psychiatric disorders -- Geriatric psychiatry -- Geriatric psychiatry -- Neuropsychiatry -- Neuroanatomical systems relevant to neuropsychiatric disorders -- The neurological examination -- Neuropsychiatric dysfunction -- Neuroimaging in psychiatry -- Clinical neurophysiology and electroencephalography -- Seizure disorders (epilepsy) -- Headache -- Pain -- Stroke -- Movement disorders -- Traumatic brain injury -- Law and psychiatry -- Domestic violence -- Abuse and neglect -- Informed consent, competency, treatment refusal, and civil commitment -- The role of psychiatrists in the criminal justice system -- Malpractice and boundary violations -- Care in special settings -- Emergency psychiatry -- Rehabilitation psychiatry -- Military psychiatry -- Disaster psychiatry -- Preparing for the future -- Coping with the rigors of psychiatric practice -- Psychiatry and the media -- International psychiatry in the twenty-first century.

Abstract

The Massachusetts General Hospital is widely respected as one of the world's premier psychiatric institutions. Now, preeminent authorities from MGH present a reference that is carefully designed to simplify your access to the current clinical knowledge you need ... both in print and online! A remarkably user-friendly organization - with abundant boxed summaries, bullet points, case histories, and algorithms - speeds you to the answers you need. What's more, online access lets you rapidly search the complete contents of the book from any computer, and online review questions and answers help you prepare for certification/recertification. In short, this brand-new reference delivers all the authoritative answers you need to overcome any clinical challenge, in a format that's easier to consult than any other source! Peerless, hands-on advice from members of the esteemed MGH Department of Psychiatry helps you put today's best approaches to work for your patients. The book's highly templated format - with abundant boxed overviews, bulleted points, case histories, algorithms, references, and suggested readings - enables you to locate essential information quickly. Access to the complete contents online, fully searchable, allows for rapid and convenient reference from any computer. Online review questions and answers allow you to assess your knowledge--ideal for certification and recertification preparation