Beschreibung:
The authority of the Massachusetts General Hospital and the nation's top ranked psychiatry department is now at your fingertips. Designed for the busy primary care clinician, this manual helps to confirm psychiatric diagnoses, initiate treatment, and get advice on when to refer. To reduce jargon, chapters are co-authored by primary care professionals. For each syndrome and disorder, chapters review clinical signs and symptoms, give pointers on the patient interview, and advise on the range of therapeutic options.
I: IntroductionII: Diagnostic StrategiesIII: Therapeutic StrategiesIV: Approaches to Patients with Specific ConditionsV. Therapeutic Complications and ConsiderationsVI. Quality-of-Life Enhancing StrategiesVII. Physician-Assistance Strategies