Handbook of Psychiatric Disorders in Adults in the Primary Care Setting

This book is a valuable resource for primary care physicians to diagnose and treat psychiatric disorders in their practices. It covers each major psychiatric disorder, including clinical descriptions, diagnostic methods, and treatment options. Chapters are organized in a easy-to-read format, with clinical descriptions, diagnostic tools, and treatment plans. Additionally, it includes information on medical tests and routine health screening for individuals on specific medications and/or mental health diagnoses.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 218 pages
Publication date: 29 May 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Since psychiatric training in medical school is brief in duration (often 4-8 weeks only), and minimal to nonexistent in many residency programs, most primary care physicians are not adequately equipped to treat psychiatric disorders, despite the fact that this role promises a significant portion of the average physicians practice. This book provides non-psychiatric physicians, especially primary care physicians, with the tools to successfully diagnose and treat psychiatric disorders in their practices. Primary care physicians are the largest prescribers of psychiatric medications in the US, where they also provide the bulk of psychiatric diagnoses and treatment, especially in traditionally underserved areas.

Every chapter is devoted to each of the major psychiatric disorders that a primary care physician is likely to encounter in clinical practice. They are formatted in a nearly identical way to make the text both easy to read and quickly peruse as a reference. Each chapter also includes a clinical description of the disorder, the proper method (including questions to ask, or screening tools, etc.) to make an accurate diagnosis, and differential diagnoses to consider. Additionally, appropriate treatment(s) for the diagnoses are indicated in a stepwise fashion. Chapters also contain information on medical tests that may be appropriate to order to rule out medical conditions, as well as details on proper routine health screening for individuals on specific medications and/or mental health diagnoses.

To optimize accessibility of medication prescribing information, several tables of the medications that are commonly prescribed for each disorder will be indicated. This may lead to some redundancy of information, as there is considerable overlap in medication and dosage.

Weight: 361g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030987084
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022