Textbook of Medical Psychiatry (American Psychiatric Association Publishing)

The
Textbook of Medical Psychiatry was written for the wide range of
clinicians who grapple with the diagnostic and treatment challenges
inherent in this clinical reality: medical and psychiatric illnesses do
not occur in isolation from one another. Because assessment in these
cases may be challenging, the book addresses general medical conditions
that directly cause psychiatric illness and the medical differential
diagnosis of common psychiatric illnesses. In addition, the book
describes how the presentation and treatment of both psychiatric and
medical disorders are modified by the presence of comorbid conditions.
The editors, who are at the forefront of the field, have assembled an
outstanding group of contributors, all of whom share the objective of
helping psychiatrists, internists, neurologists, trainees, and other
health care providers recognize the medical issues facing patients with
psychiatric symptoms, and vice versa. Proper assessment and treatment
are dependent on the skillful application of this knowledge.

Written
in down-to-earth, clinically grounded prose, this text Provides a
comprehensive exploration of approaches to the patient, including
perspectives from internists and neurologists on dealing with diagnostic
uncertainty and special chapters on the neurological examination,
cognitive testing, neuroimaging, laboratory testing, and toxicological
syndromes. Presents a review of medical disorders that can directly or
indirectly affect the clinical presentation and course of psychiatric
disorders. Presents a review of psychiatric disorders that can be caused
by medical illnesses or affect the clinical presentation and course of
medical disorders. Includes chapters on pain, insomnia, and somatoform
disorders, conditions that accompany many psychiatric and medical
illnesses and that fall in the boundary between these practice settings.

In clinics and offices every day, physicians
encounter patients whose presentations are atypical or whose symptoms
are not responsive to usual care. When facing the challenges of
accurately assessing complicated symptoms and managing the care of
complex patients, clinicians often seek advice from colleagues whose
perspectives and expertise they trust. The chapters in the Textbook of
Medical Psychiatry can be consulted in much the same fashion, expanding
clinicians\' knowledge base and helping them to more effectively diagnose
and care for their patients.