Psychiatric Care of the Medical Patient - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195064771 ISBN 13: 9780195064773

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, 1993

Synopsis

This is the definitive account of the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders in the medically ill. Greatly expanded in this Second Edition, it will serve as an indispensable reference for psychiatrists and other physicians who treat these patients. The book examines psychiatric disorders in a wide range of medical problems including disease, trauma, surgery, and behavioral medicine. It also addresses medical-legal considerations in detail. This authoritative work identifies the boundaries and future directions for medical psychiatry.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Alan Stoudemire is currently Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. He is Director of the Medical-Psychiatry Unit at Emory University Hospital and Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry at Emory University School of Medicine. He and Dr. Fogel are internationally recognized experts on the treatment of psychiatric disorders in medical patients. Dr. Barry S. Fogel is Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University, and Associate Director of its Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research. He also directs the medical student education program in psychiatry at Brown. He has published numerous articles and several books on diagnostic and therapeutic issues in the psychiatric treatment of the medically ill.

Synopsis:

This is a detailed account of the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders in the mentally ill. The expanded and revised edition examines psychiatric disorders in a range of medical problems including disease, trauma, surgery and behavioural medicine. It also addresses medico-legal issues.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0195064771
• ISBN 13: 9780195064773
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 994
• Editor: Stoudemire Alan, Fogel Barry S.