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Unmasking Psychological Symptoms
Barbara Schildkrout
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Description for Unmasking Psychological Symptoms
Paperback. More than 100 medical diseases many common ailments are capable of masquerading as mental disorders. This book shows clinicians how to identify patients who are most likely to have an underlying physical ailment and how to direct them to a targeted medical work-up. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: MJA; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
More than 100 medical diseases—many common ailments—are capable of masquerading as mental disorders. This book shows clinicians how to identify patients who are most likely to have an underlying physical ailment and how to direct them to a targeted medical work-up. With guidance on working with patients during the referral process and afterward, as well as on integrating medical findings into ongoing therapeutic work, clinicians will benefit from the practical advice on recognizing signs, symptoms, and patterns of medical diseases that may be underlying a psychologically presenting malady.
More than 100 medical diseases—many common ailments—are capable of masquerading as mental disorders. This book shows clinicians how to identify patients who are most likely to have an underlying physical ailment and how to direct them to a targeted medical work-up. With guidance on working with patients during the referral process and afterward, as well as on integrating medical findings into ongoing therapeutic work, clinicians will benefit from the practical advice on recognizing signs, symptoms, and patterns of medical diseases that may be underlying a psychologically presenting malady.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470639078
SKU
V9780470639078
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Barbara Schildkrout
Barbara Schildkrout, MD, is a Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School. She has taught for many years at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy. She is a board-certified psychiatrist and has had a private clinical practice in the Boston area for over twenty-five years.
Reviews for Unmasking Psychological Symptoms
"Unmasking Psychological Symptoms: How Therapists Can Learn to Recognize the Psychological Presentation of Medical Disorders is designed to help therapists bridge the gaps in their expertise between psychology and medicine so as to prepare them to better understand their patients and have a higher index of suspicion about medical factors that may affect them. The tone and scope render Unmasking ... Read more