Handbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Hoyle Leigh (Ed.)
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Description for Handbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Paperback. With Additional Contributions by International Experts Editor(s): Streltzer, Jon; Leigh, Hoyle. Num Pages: 420 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 764.
Consultation-liaison psychiatry interfaces between psychiatry and the rest of medicine as well as psychology, social work, nursing, and other behavioral science disciplines. This is a practical, up-to-date handbook providing a biopsychosocial, integrative perspective and drawing of the expertise of two renowned psychiatrists in the field. The book offers five major sections addressing the fundamentals of the field as well as an assessment the current status of the field.
Consultation-liaison psychiatry interfaces between psychiatry and the rest of medicine as well as psychology, social work, nursing, and other behavioral science disciplines. This is a practical, up-to-date handbook providing a biopsychosocial, integrative perspective and drawing of the expertise of two renowned psychiatrists in the field. The book offers five major sections addressing the fundamentals of the field as well as an assessment the current status of the field.
Product Details
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
764g
Number of Pages
420
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387781280
SKU
V9780387781280
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99-15
About Hoyle Leigh (Ed.)
Hoyle Leigh, MD, is Professor Psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco. He is the author of a number of books on consultation-liaison psychiatry and behavioral sciences, including The Patient: Biological, Psychological, and Social Dimensions of medical Practice (Plenum/Kluwer, three editions). Previously, he was Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University where he established the Yale Behavioral Medicine Clinic ... Read more
Reviews for Handbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
... a remarkably complete and useful desktop book ... should be required reading for most clinicians whose practice involves the interface of psychiatric and hospital-based medicine ... a useful text for virtually all psychiatrists and psychiatric residents ... exceedingly valuable for hospital attending and primary care physicians who do not have ready access to psychiatric consultants, particularly in the emergency ... Read more