Seminars in Liaison Psychiatry - Guthrie, Elspeth (Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2012)
Cover; CoverII; CoverIII; CoverIV; Contents; Abbreviations; Boxes, tables and figures; Contributors; Chapter 1: Basic skills and competencies in liaison psychiatry; Chapter 2: The liaison psychiatry curriculum; Chapter 3: Classification and diagnosis; Chapter 4: Capacity and consent; Chapter 5: Psychological reaction to physical illness; Chapter 6: Medically unexplained symptoms; Chapter 7: Alcohol and substance use in the general hospital; Chapter 8: Accident and emergency psychiatry and self-harm; Chapter 9: Perinatal psychiatry; Chapter 10: General medicine and its specialties
Chapter 11: Liaison psychiatry and surgeryChapter 12: Neuropsychiatry for liaison psychiatrists; Chapter 13: Psycho-oncology; Chapter 14: Palliative care psychiatry; Chapter 15: Sleep disorders; Chapter 16: Weight- and eating-related issues in liaison psychiatry; Chapter 17: Disaster management; Chapter 18: Liaison psychiatry and older people; Chapter 19: Paediatric liaison psychiatry; Chapter 20: Primary care and management of long-term conditions; Chapter 21: Occupational medicine; Chapter 2: 2HIV and liaison psychiatry; Chapter 23: Sexual dysfunction
Chapter 24: Psychopharmacology in the medically illChapter 25: Psychological treatments in liaison psychiatry; Chapter 26: Research, audit and rating scales; Chapter 27: Service models; Chapter 28: Developing liaison psychiatry services; Chapter 29: Multiple choice questions and extended matching items; Appendix 1: Specific competencies; Appendix 2: Learning objectives with assessment guidance; Index
Seminars in Liaison Psychiatry provides an up-to-date review of this important psychiatric specialty. Packed with practical advice for clinicians carrying out psychiatric assessment and treatment in the general hospital setting, the second edition has been expanded to cover a wide range of common clinical areas at the interface between physical and psychological health. There are new chapters on alcohol and substance misuse in the general hospital, HIV and liaison psychiatry, palliative care, disaster management and psychosexual problems. For liaison psychiatrists involved in developing new se