Essentials of Physical Health in Psychiatry

Edited by Irene Cormac and David Gray

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Price: £35.00 College members' price: £31.50 Published: Dec 2012 Format: Paperback Number of pages: 496 ISBN: 9781908020406

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A practical manual on dealing with physical diseases that commonly affect psychiatric patients.

As a psychiatrist, you may be the only medically qualified person caring for your patient. So what do you do when your patient with bipolar disorder also has poorly controlled asthma? Someone taking antipsychotic medication complains of chest pain – what action do you need to take? Your elderly patient with dementia shows signs of respiratory distress following a fall – do you manage this yourself, or arrange a transfer to the emergency department?

People with a mental illness or intellectual disability are especially vulnerable to physical illness but may not have easy access to a primary care doctor. All psychiatrists must be able to deal with medical emergencies and minor injuries, interpret basic medical investigations and recognise where and when to get help from a general practitioner or another specialist.

Uniquely addressing this need, Essentials of Physical Health in Psychiatry is co-edited by a psychiatrist and a physician, and provides you with:

• Basic information on common problems that may affect psychiatric patients.
• Recommendations on regular medical review and disease screening.
• Confidence to deal with common medical emergencies.
• Advice on when to refer to a specialist.

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Contents

	Foreword – Sue Bailey
	Foreword – Dinesh Bhugra
	Preface
	Section I: Improving physical health
1.	Meeting the physical health needs of people with mental disorders and disabilities
2.	Lifestyle and risks to physical health
3.	General practice in the UK
4.	The role of nurses
5.	The role of health professionals allied to medicine
6.	Tobacco smoking
7.	Obesity and weight management
8.	Physical activity
9.	Physical health standards and examination
10.	The neurological examination
11.	Medico-legal aspects of the treatment of patients with mental illness or learning disabilities
	Section II: Medical specialties
12.	Cardiovascular disease
13.	Respiratory disease
14.	Neurological disorders
15.	Endocrinology
16.	Diabetes
17.	Hepatology
18.	Blood-borne viruses
19.	Sexual health
20.	Contraception, pregnancy, the puerperium and breastfeeding
21.	Cancer
	Section III: Psychiatric specialties and physical health
22.	Alcohol
23.	Drug misuse
24.	Physical aspects of mental illness in children and adolescents
25.	Forensic psychiatric services
26.	General adult psychiatry
27.	Intellectual disabilities
28.	Liaison psychiatry
29.	Old age psychiatry
30.	Physical effects of eating disorders
	Section IV: Medical emergencies and injuries
31.	Emergency medicine
32.	Minor injuries