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Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry, 8th Edition

Authors :
Theodore A. Stern & Scott R. Beach & Felicia A. Smith & Oliver Freudenreich & Ana-Maria Vranceanu & Maurizio Fava
Date of Publication: 12/2024
For more than 40 years, the Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry has been the gold standard guide to consultation-liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine. Under the editorial leadership of Drs. Theodore A. Ster ...view more
For more than 40 years, the Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry has been the gold standard guide to consultation-liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine. Under the editorial leadership of Drs. Theodore A. Stern, Scott R. Beach, Felicia A. Smith, Oliver Freudenreich, Ana-Maria Vranceanu, and Maurizio Fava, the fully revised 8th Edition continues this tradition of excellence for yet another generation of practitioners. In a convenient handbook format, it provides an authoritative, easy-to-understand review of the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of psychiatric problems experienced by adults and children with medical and surgical conditions.
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For more than 40 years, the Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry has been the gold standard guide to consultation-liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine. Under the editorial leadership of Drs. Theodore A. Stern, Scott R. Beach, Felicia A. Smith, Oliver Freudenreich, Ana-Maria Vranceanu, and Maurizio Fava, the fully revised 8th Edition continues this tradition of excellence for yet another generation of practitioners. In a convenient handbook format, it provides an authoritative, easy-to-understand review of the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of psychiatric problems experienced by adults and children with medical and surgical conditions.

Key Features
  • Features DSM-5-TR codes throughout, case studies, and practical tips on how to implement the most current and effective pharmacologic therapies as well as cognitive-behavioral approaches.
  • Includes new chapters on Psychiatric Management of Patients with Pulmonary Conditions; Psychiatric Management of Patients with COVID-19 Infection; Behavioral and Psychopharmacological Management of Unhealthy Habits and Behaviors; Community Psychiatry; Global Mental Health; Care of LGBTQIA+ Patients; and more.
  • Highlights strategies to enhance coping with medical conditions, resilience, adherence to treatment recommendations, and mindfulness.
  • Features a new, two-color format for improved readability and visual clarity for tables, diagrams, and illustrations.
  • An ideal resource for psychiatrists, residents, and fellows, as well as interdisciplinary practitioners who support the work of consultation-liaison psychiatrists and provide independent care to medical/surgical patients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms or conditions.
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.

Author Information
Edited by Theodore A. Stern, MD, Psychiatrist and Chief Emeritus, Avery D. Weisman Psychiatry Consultation Service, Director, Thomas P. Hackett Center for Scholarship in Psychosomatic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Ned H. Cassem Professor of Psychiatry in the Field, Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Scott R. Beach, MD, Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Felicia A. Smith, MD, Associate Chief, Department of Psychiatry, Chief, MGH Division of Psychiatry and Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Oliver Freudenreich, MD, Co-Director, MGH Psychosis Clinical and Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital; Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Ana-Maria Vranceanu, PhD, Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research (CHOIR), Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital; David T. Rovee PhD and Joanne V. Rovee Endowed Chair in Psychiatry, Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts and Maurizio Fava, MD, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Department of Psychiatry, Vice Chair, Executive Committee on Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Executive Director, Clinical Trials Network & Institute (CTNI), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Associate Dean for Clinical & Translational Research & Slater Family Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA