Pocket Handbook of Primary Care Psychiatry

by Kaplan, Harold I.; Sadock, Benjamin J., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9780683300178
• ISBN10: 0683300172
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: Williams & Wilkins

Summary

This handy guide is ideal for primary care physicians faced with the challenge of evaluating and treating patients with psychiatric illness. The concise, user-friendly handbook contains discussions of 145 disorders and provides information on interview techniques and also symptoms of psychiatric illness that may be encountered in the primary care setting - all current with the DSM-IV. It also has a full colour psychotherapeutic drug identification guide. The valuable appendices contain the treatment of specific poisons and toxic substances, a drug dosage chart, and a section on movement disorders. The book is present in an easy to read format and features definititions, diagnosies, interviewing guidelines, treatment and also applicable drug therapies. It is ideal for primary care physicians faced with the challenge of evaluating and treating patients with psychiatric illness. Among the many topics discussed in the book are: The Primary Care Physician and Assessment; Psychiatric Signs and Symptoms; The Psychiatric Examination; Clinical Problems in Psychiatry; Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence; Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders; Mental Disorders Associated with General Medical Condition; Substance-Related Disorders; Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders; Mood Disorders; Anxiety and Dissociative Disorders; Somatoform Disorders; Factitious Disorders; Sexual Disorders and Rape; Eating Disorders; Sleep Disorders; Impulse-Control Disorders; Personality Disorders; and Treatment and Management

Table of Contents

Preface
The Primary Care Physician and Psychiatric Assessment	p. 3
Psychiatric Signs and Symptoms	p. 17
Psychiatric History and Mental Status Examination	p. 31
Primary Care Psychiatry and Medical Signs and Symptoms	p. 43
Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence	p. 55
Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders	p. 71
Mental Disorders Associated with a General Medical Condition	p. 101
Substance-Related Disorders	p. 133
Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders	p. 193
Mood Disorders	p. 215
Anxiety and Dissociative Disorders	p. 239
Somatoform Disorders	p. 267
Factitious Disorders	p. 279
Sexual Disorders and Sexual Abuse	p. 283
Eating Disorders	p. 299
Sleep Disorders	p. 305
Impulse-Control Disorders	p. 313
Personality Disorders	p. 327
Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention	p. 331
Basic Principles of Psychopharmacology	p. 365
Drugs Used in the Office Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders	p. 385
Combined Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy	p. 399
Medication-Induced Movement Disorders and Their Management	p. 413
The Primary Care Physician and Brief Psychotherapy	p. 423
Index	p. 441
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