Massachusetts General Hospital Guide to Primary Care Psychiatry - Softcover

Stern, Theodore A.; Herman, John B.; Slavin, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071410015 ISBN 13: 9780071410014

Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2003

Synopsis

From the leading psychiatry department in the world, comes the Second Edition of this unique, symptom-oriented approach to the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric diseases. Features coverage of all the salient features of psychiatric diseases as well as new emphasis on evidence-based algorithms, psychopharmacologic advances, and the pediatric patient.

About this title

About the Author

Theodore A. Stern, M.D., is associate professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he serves on numerous committees. As part of his many teaching responsibilities he serves as co-leader of the Scientific Writing Course for the Clinical Research Center and as Director of the Resident Psychiatric Consultation/Liaison Service at MGH. He is author or co-author of many research articles and several professional books, as well as many book chapters. Dr. Stern received his B.A. and his M.D. from NYU.

From the Back Cover

The authority of the Massachusetts General Hospital and the nation's top ranked psychiatry department is now at your fingertips. Designed for the busy primary care clinician, this manual helps to confirm psychiatric diagnoses, initiate treatment, and get advice on when to refer. To reduce jargon, chapters are co-authored by primary care professionals. For each syndrome and disorder, chapters review clinical signs and symptoms, give pointers on the patient interview, and advise on the range of therapeutic options.

The revised and updated Second Edition features:
*Practical symptom-and-therapy oriented approach
*Quick guidance on common conditions such as depression, anxiety, and multiple somatic complaints
*Management strategies for obsessions and compulsions, suicidal thinking, stress, domestic violence, and much more
*Numerous tables and figures with a practical focus
*Updates on psychopharmacological care
*A focus on quality-of-life-enhancing strategies
*Expert guidance on therapeutic complications
*Cogent advice on approaches to patients
*A new emphasis on evidence-based medicine

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071410015
• ISBN 13: 9780071410014
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 789