Psychiatric Medicine: The Psychiatrist's Guide to the Treatment of Common Medical Illnesses This title has been archived.

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Author: Mahendra Dave, MD, Kurt Miceli, MD, Poonam Modha, MD
Affiliation: Morehouse School of Medicine; Atlanta, GA
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN 10: 0781784085
ISBN 13: 9780781784085
Edition: 1st
Description:
This handbook is a concise, portable ready reference for diagnosing and treating common medical illnesses encountered in psychiatric patients, particularly those in an inpatient service. The first section explains laboratory tests used to diagnose medical illness. The second section covers 59 medical symptoms and diseases. The third section focuses on important syndromes which have specific psychiatric manifestations or are caused by psychotropic drugs. Particular attention is given to basic understanding of lab tests and drug dosing. "Pearls" and "pointers" increase the book's utility. Appendices offer guidelines on monitoring for psychiatric medications and list key medical abbreviations.
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