The third edition of Psychiatric Care of the Medical Patient brings a classic reference text into the twenty-first century. It combines critical scholarship with the voice of expert clinicians who work at the interface of psychiatry with medical specialties. It is meant to be read for pleasure as well as consulted as a reference. The editors have worked with the authors to bring a consistent perspective to the book - one that sees the medical psychiatrist as an agent for bringing a more comprehensive perspective to medical care. Even seasoned and knowledgeable practitioners will find much that is new to them in this book.

The volume covers topics in depth that other books in the field may not cover at all, such as the use of herbal and nutritional therapies for medical-psychiatric symptoms and syndromes, and the choice of questionnaires to supplement history-taking. It looks at old topics in a new way: The chapter on the physical examination applies psychometric considerations to the Babinski sign, describes the method and application of quantitative bedside olfactory testing, and discusses smartphone apps to improve the sensitivity of the examination.

Psychiatric Care of the Medical Patient, 3rd Edition provides concepts and information to facilitate the dialogue between psychiatrists and general medical specialists - minimizing psychiatric jargon and speaking in the common language of caring and curious physicians.

CONTENTS:
Part I: Diagnostic Methods
1. Principles of Medical Psychiatry
2. Physical and Neurological Examination
3. Neuropsychological Assessment
4. Screening Tests and Rating Scales
5. Laboratory Tests
6. Laboratory Evaluation of Endocrine Disorders in Patients with Neuropsychiatric Symptoms
7. Neuroimaging in Psychiatry: The Clinical-Radiographic Correlate
8. Clinical Neurophysiology in Medical Psychiatry
9. Neuropsychiatry of Primary Sleep Disorders
Part II. Therapeutic Modalities
10. Psychotherapeutic Principles and Techniques
11. Family Therapy in Chronic Medical Illness
12. Parent Guidance for Medically Ill Parents
13. Group Psychotherapy for Medically Ill Populations
14. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies
15. Non-Adherence to Treatment
16. Hypnosis in Psychosomatic Medicine
17. Mind Body Medicine
18. Spiritual and Religious Issues in Medical Illness
19. Technology in Treatment and Physician-Patient Communication
20. Psychiatry and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Part III. Pharmacologic and Other Somatic Treatments
21. Psychopharmacology in the Medical Patient
22. Pharmacokinetics of Psychotropic Drugs in the Context of General Medical Illness
23. Medically Significant Side Effects of Psychotropic Drugs
24. Neurostimulation: ECT, VNS, rTMS, and DBS
25. Acute Pain Management and Psychopharmacology in the Medically Ill
26. Pharmacologic and Other Somatic Treatments of Nausea and Vomiting
27. Pharmacologic and Other Somatic Treatments of Dyspnea
28. Therapeutic Nutrients, Herbs, and Hormones
Part IV. Major Symptoms and Syndromes
29. Grief, Complicated Grief and Bereavement-Related Depression
30. Acute and Chronic Reactions to Trauma
31. Anxiety in the Medically Ill
32. Eating Disorders
33. Primary Sleep Disorders in Medical and Neurological Patients
34. Medical and Psychiatric Aspects of Chronic Fatigue Syndromes and Apathy
35. Sexual Dysfunction
36. Chronic Pain
37. Excessive Illness Behavior
38. Treatment of Addictions and Related Disorders
39. Evaluating and Managing Suicide Risk and Violence Risk in the Medical Setting
40. Personality Disorders in the Medical Setting
Part V. Neuropsychiatric Disorders
41. Delirium
42. Dementia
43. Epilepsy and Seizures
44. Diagnosis and Treatment of Headache
45. Traumatic Brain Injury
46. Frontal Systems and Dysfunctions
47. Movement Disorders
48. Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Focal Neurological Disease: Cerebrovascular Disease and Multiple Sclerosis
49. Brain Tumor
50. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Medical Illness
51. The Psychiatric Care of Medical Patients with Autism
Part VI. Medical Specialties
52. Psychiatric Care of the Patient with Heart Disease
53. Multi-dimensional Behavioral Medicine Strategies: Management of Tobacco Use and Obesity
54. Psychiatric Aspects of Pulmonary Disease
55. Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Endocrine Disorders
56. Gastroenterology
57. Psychiatric Care of the Oncology Patient
58. Hematologic Disorders
59. End-Stage Renal Disease and Its Treatment: Dialysis and Transplantation
60. Infectious Diseases
61. Rheumatic Disease, Autoimmune Disorders, and Allergy
62. Dermatology
63. HIV and AIDS
64. Medical Genetics
Part VII. Women""s Health
65. Gynecologic Surgery, Pelvic Pain, and Other Relevant Issues
66. Infertility, Pregnancy Loss, and Abortion
67. Hormones and Mood
68. Pregnancy and Postpartum
Part VIII. Surgical Specialties
69. General Surgery and Anesthesia
70. Psychiatric Management of Behavioral Syndromes in Intensive Care Units
71. Ophthalmology
72. Otolaryngology
73. Aesthetic Surgery
74. Transplantation
75. Burns
76. Urology and Andrology
77. Psychosocial Aspects of Hand Arm Illness and Other Orthopedic Problems
78. Sexual and Psychological Aspects of Rehabilitation After Spinal Cord Injury
Part IX. Children and Adolescents
79. Psychiatric Assessment of the Physically Ill Child
80. Adaptation of Psychiatric Drug Treatments to Children and Adolescents
81. Death and Grief Counseling for Children and Adolescents
Part X. Medical Psychiatry in the Evolving System of Care
82. Second Medical Opinions in the Era of Personalized Medicine
83. The Continuum of Chronic Care: Nursing Homes, Assisted Living, Home Care
84. End-of-life Issues
85. Capacity, Competency, and Consent in Medical Psychiatry
86. Objective Psychiatric Assessment and Management of Chronic Disability Syndromes
87. Telepsychiatry
88. Practice Guidelines, Performance Measurement, and Incentives