Seminars in Liaison Psychiatry

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Seminars in Liaison Psychiatry provides an up-to-date review of this important psychiatric specialty. Packed with practical advice for clinicians carrying out psychiatric assessment and treatment in the general hospital setting, the second edition has been expanded to cover a wide range of common clinical areas at the interface between physical and psychological health. There are new chapters on alcohol and substance misuse in the general hospital, HIV and liaison psychiatry, palliative care, disaster management and psychosexual problems. For liaison psychiatrists involved in developing new services, there are chapters on service development and management, while trainees about to sit the MRCPsych examinations can test themselves using the multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and extended matching items (EMIs) provided. Expert practical advice. Synthesis of current evidence and best practice. Comprehensive coverage of this expanding field. Self-test chapter for trainees.  Read more... 1.Basic skills and competencies in liaison psychiatry / Hiroko Akagi -- 2.The liaison psychiatry curriculum / Damien Longson -- 3.Classification and diagnosis / Gopinath Ranjith -- 4.Capacity and consent / Eleanor Feldman -- 5.Psychological reaction to physical illness / Ayanangshu Nayak -- 6.Medically unexplained symptoms / Ayanangshu Nayak -- 7.Alcohol and substance use in the general hospital / Tom Carnwath -- 8.Accident and emergency psychiatry and self-harm / Navneet Kapur -- 9.Perinatal psychiatry / Renuka Lazarus -- 10.General medicine and its specialties / Geoffrey G. Lloyd -- 11.Liaison psychiatry and surgery / David Protheroe -- 12.Neuropsychiatry for liaison psychiatrists / Jon Stone -- 13.Psycho-oncology / Surya Mascarenhas -- 14.Palliative care psychiatry / Matthew Hotopf -- 15.Sleep disorders / Paul Reading -- 16.Weight- and eating-related issues in liaison psychiatry / John F. Morgan -- 17.Disaster management / Ian Collings 18.Liaison psychiatry and older people / Sabu Ooman -- 19.Paediatric liaison psychiatry / Hilary Lloyd -- 20.Primary care and management of long-term conditions / Carolyn Chew-Graham -- 21.Occupational medicine / Sam Harvey -- 22.HIV and liaison psychiatry / Melissa Corr -- 23.Sexual dysfunction / Peter Trigwell -- 24.Psychopharmacology in the medically ill / Emma Morgan -- 25.Psychological treatments in liaison psychiatry / Tom Brown -- 26.Research, audit and rating scales / Peter Aitken -- 27.Service models / Stella Morris -- 28.Developing liaison psychiatry services / Melanie Temple -- 29.Multiple choice questions and extended matching items / Rajdeep Sandhu.