Textbook of Medical Psychiatry

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.