Main description:

Directly addressing the specific needs of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, this pioneering book is a first response guide to medical, surgical, neurological, and special psychiatric problems that may be encountered in clinical practice. The text features both the expert contributions of medical specialists and the guidance of board-certified psychiatrists. Quick and practical, it may be searched either by specific diseases or symptoms. Internal medicine, neurology, chronic pain, surgery, pediatrics, and preventive health care are all addressed.

Contents:

Internal Medicine: Endocrinology; S.J. Yeung, J.R. Hubbard. Cardiology; M. Fuller, J.R. Hubbard. Hematology and Oncology; R. Jain, D.D. Short. Infectious Disease; C.J. Schleupner. Gastroenterology and Hepatology; C.M. Yoshida, J.R. Hubbard. Pulmonology; M. Fuller, J.R. Hubbard. Rheumatology; J. Pendleton, D.D. Short. Dermatology; C.R. Martins, J.R. Hubbard. Nephrology; D. Robinson, J.R. Hubbard. Psychiatric Aspects of Neurology; B. Price, A. Bar-Or. Alcohol and Other Substances of Abuse; J.R. Hubbard, et al. Chornic Pain; E.A. Workman, J.R. Hubbard. Surgical Problems; J. Savas, J.R. Hubbard. Pediatrics; B. Kauffman, D.D. Short. Preventive Health Care; B. Felker. Emergency Psychiatry; R. Albanese, J.R. Hubbard. `On-Call'; B. Felker, J.R. Hubbard. Index.