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245 0 0 _aPrinciples of inpatient psychiatry
260 _aPhiladelphia, Pa. ;
_a London :
_b Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
_c2009
300 _axiv, 383 p. :
_b ill. ;
_c 26 cm.
520 _aPrinciples of Inpatient Psychiatry is geared to psychiatrists working in inpatient settings: residents (psychiatrists who occasionally provide inpatient care) and psychiatric "hospitalists" who specialize in the inpatient arena. Inpatient settings contain the sickest psychiatric patients such as those with a high risk of suicide agitation requiring emergency management or treatment-resistant psychosis and depression all topics discussed in the book. Co-morbid general-medical illness is common and the book focuses attention (supported by case examples) on medical and neuropsychiatric as well as general-psychiatric evaluation and management. Chapters address special clinical problems including first-episode psychosis substance abuse eating disorders and legal issues on the inpatient service. The editors bring expertise to bear on a wide range of treatments including psychopharmacologic psychodynamic and milieu approaches.
650 2 _aHospitals, psychiatric
650 2 _aPatients
650 2 _aMental disorders
700 1 _aOvsiew, Fred
_eeditor
700 1 _aMunich, Richard L
_eeditor
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