Study Guide to Psychosomatic Medicine

James A. Bourgeois, O.D., M.D., is Professor and Vice-Chair of Education in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Robert E. Hales, M.D., M.B.A., is Joe P. Tupin Chair and Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, and Editor-in-Chief, Books, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. Narriman C. Shahrokh is Chief Administrative Officer in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine in Sacramento, California.

Preface. Questions. Psychiatric assessment and consultation. Legal issues. Ethical issues. Psychological responses to illness. Delirium. Dementia. Aggression and violence. Depression. Suicidality. Psychosis, mania, and catatonia. Anxiety disorders. Somatization and somatoform disorders. Deception syndromes: factitious disorders and malingering. Eating disorders. Sleep disorders. Sexual disorders. Sexual dysfunction. Substance-related disorders. Heart disease. Lung disease. Gastrointestinal disorders. Renal disease. Endocrine and metabolic disorders. Oncology. Hematology. Rheumatology. Chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia syndromes. Infectious diseases. HIV/AIDS. Dermatology. Surgery. Organ transplantation. Neurology and neurosurgery. Obstetrics and gynecology. Pediatrics. Physical medicine and rehabilitation. Pain. Medical toxicology. Psychopharmacology. Psychotherapy. Electroconvulsive therapy. Palliative care. Answer Guide. Index.