Authors: Graham D. Burrows (Editor), Jeannette Milgrom
ISBN-13: 9780471981084, ISBN-10: 0471981087
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: May 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)
In the traditional medical setting, clinical psychology and psychiatry have operated independently, but clinicians now recognise that psychologists and psychiatrists working together can maximise the effectiveness of treatment and improve quality of life for individuals and families. Up to 25% of medical patients present with significant psychological problems and unless practice is integrated, these problems often remain untreated. An integrated practice and taining sllows clinicians to recognise and treat psychological problems, thereby reducing the economic and social costs associated with such illness. In addition, the input of psychology and psychiatry is now understood to have a role in disease progress and medical management as well as in prevention and health promotion.
'Successive generations have grappled with the mind-body interrelationship and its relevance to medicine. The new millennium provides an opportunity to review the evolution of this concept and the practical implications that have resulted in the presence of the psychologist and psychiatrist in the medical centre. While there is clearly much still to be desired to achieve anholistic approach to treatment of medical patients, this book describes the current status, exciting advances and the future of "integrated medical practice".
About the Editors | ||
About the Authors | ||
Forewords | ||
Teamwork in today's health care environment - overlapping traditions of liaison-psychiatry and health psychology | ||
A health psychology perspective | ||
Preface | ||
Acknowledgements | ||
1 | Psychology and Psychiatry in the Medical Centre | 1 |
2 | Biopsychosocial Factors in Health and Illness | 21 |
3 | Assessment and Intervention in a Medical Environment | 65 |
4 | Management of Medical and Surgical Patients: Consultation-Liaison (C-L) Psychiatry and Clinical Health Psychology | 93 |
5 | Management of Acute and Chronic Pain | 127 |
6 | Psychological and Psychiatric Practice in Oncology Populations | 155 |
7 | Psychological Management of Chronic Illness and Disability | 183 |
8 | Substance Abuse and Dependence | 213 |
9 | Psychosocial Issues in the Management of Coronary Heart Disease | 239 |
10 | Psychiatry, Psychology and Health Promotion | 261 |
11 | Teaching, Training and Research: Future Directions | 279 |
12 | The Future of Psychology and Psychiatry in the Medical Centre | 297 |
Index | 333 |