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Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry, 7th Edition

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By Theodore A. Stern, MD, Oliver Freudenreich, MD, Felicia A. Smith, MD, Gregory L. Fricchione, MD and Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD
PREVIOUS EDITION -ISBN : 9781437719277
For generations of practitioners, the Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry has been and is the "gold standard" guide to consultation-liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine. The fully updated 7th Edition, by Dr ...view more

For generations of practitioners, the Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry has been and is the "gold standard" guide to consultation-liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine. The fully updated 7th Edition, by Drs. Theodore A. Stern, Oliver Freudenreich, Felicia A. Smith, Gregory L. Fricchione, and Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, provides an authoritative, easy-to-understand review of the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of psychiatric problems experienced by adults and children with medical and surgical conditions.

ISBN :
9780323484114
Publication Date :
30-08-2017
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For generations of practitioners, the Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry has been and is the "gold standard" guide to consultation-liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine. The fully updated 7th Edition, by Drs. Theodore A. Stern, Oliver Freudenreich, Felicia A. Smith, Gregory L. Fricchione, and Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, provides an authoritative, easy-to-understand review of the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of psychiatric problems experienced by adults and children with medical and surgical conditions.


New to this edition
  • Features DSM-5 updates throughout, as well as case studies in every chapter.
  • Contains practical tips on how to implement the most current and effective pharmacological therapies as well as cognitive-behavioral approaches.
  • Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, images, videos (including video updates), glossary, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Key Features

Covers the psychological impact of chronic medical problems and life-threatening diseases, somatic symptom disorders, organ donors and recipients, pain, substance abuse, and polypharmacy, including a thorough review of drug actions and interactions, metabolism, and elimination.


Author Information
By Theodore A. Stern, MD, Ned H. Cassem Professor of Psychiatry in the field of Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation at Harvard Medical School; Chief Emeritus of The Avery D. Weisman, Psychiatry Consultation Service; and Director of the Thomas P. Hackett Center for Scholarship in Psychosomatic Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital; Oliver Freudenreich, MD; Felicia A. Smith, MD, Associate Chief of Psychiatry for MGH Division of Psychiatry & Medicine; Chief, Avery D. Weisman MD, Psychiatry Consultation Service Director, MGH ID Psychiatry; Harvard Medical School, Dept of Psychiatry; 55 Fruit Street; Boston, MA 02114; Gregory L. Fricchione, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA and Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Massachusetts General Hospital Chair, Executive Committee on Research Massachusetts General Hospital Stanley Cobb Professor of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School Boston, MA