Medical Psychiatry will help psychiatrists recognize and manage the wide variety of medical problems seen in psychiatric patients in emergency, inpatient, and outpatient settings.

Tables and management algorithms allow quick, easy access to clinical recommendations and guidelines.

Contents

Common Medical Calls

1. Abdominal Pain
2. Anaphylaxis
3. EKG Interpretation
4. Cellulitis
5. Chest Pain
6. Constipation
7. Diabetes Mellitus
   ...and chapters 8-23

Emergent Neurologic Conditions

24. Headache
25. Intracranial Hemorrhage
26. Multiple Sclerosis
27. Seizure Disorder
28. Stroke Localization
29. Transient Ischemic Attack/Stroke

Neuropsychiatry

30. Delirium
31. Dementia
32. Huntington Disease
33. Parkinson Disease
34. Sleep Disorders
35. Traumatic Brain Injury
36. HIV/AIDS

Psychiatry

37. Violence
38. Capacity
39. Alcohol Intoxication and Withdrawal
40. Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
41. Psychotropic-Induced Movement Disorders
42. Substances of Abuse
43. Electroconvulsive Therapy
    ...and chapters 44-52

Appendices

Index

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