Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine

Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine — Expert Level Reference

How it begins

Expert-level reference guide for diagnosis, pathophysiology, drug interactions, and clinical decision making at the boundary between brain, mind, and systemic disease.

What it covers

1. Intervention and Care Integration Models
2. · Integrated and Collaborative Care Models (Collaborative Care)
3. Neurobiology of Stress, Allostasis and Systemic Inflammation
4. · The Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis and the Sympathetic System
5. · Immuno-Inflammatory Pathways and the Cytokine Theory of Depression
6. · The Gut-Cerebral Axis (Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis)
7. Delirium (Acute Confusional Syndrome) in the General Hospital
8. · Pathophysiology of Acute Brain Dysfunction
9. · Clinical Subtypes and Diagnostic Criteria (DSM-5-TR)
10. · Differential Diagnosis and Etiological Approach ("I WATCH DEATH")
11. · Non-Pharmacological and Pharmacological Treatment
12. Psychiatric Manifestations Secondary to Medical Illness
13. · Endocrinopathies and Metabolic Alterations
14. · Neurological Disorders (Neuropsychiatry)
15. · Systemic Autoimmune Diseases
16. · Infectious and Oncological Diseases
17. Somatic Symptom Disorders and Conversion Disorders
18. · Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD) and Illness Anxiety Disorder (SAD)
19. · Conversion Disorder (Functional Neurological Symptoms Disorder)
20. · Factitious and Malingering Disorder
21. Psycho-Oncology and Palliative Care
22. · Psychiatric Complications in Oncology
23. · Critical Drug Interactions in Oncology
24. · Palliative Care and End of Life Psychiatry
25. Psycho-Cardiology and Pneumology: The Cardiorespiratory Interconnection
26. · Pathophysiology of Cardiovascular Risk Mediated by Psychopathology
27. · Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (Broken Heart Syndrome)
28. · Psychopneumology: COPD, Asthma and Hyperventilation
29. Psycho-Gastroenterology and Dermatological Disorders
30. · Psycho-Gastroenterology: Disorders of the Gut-Brain Interaction
31. · Psychodermatology: The Ectodermal Interconnection
32. Psycho-Nephrology and Transplant Psychiatry
33. · Psycho-Nephrology: Dialysis and Kidney Failure
34. · Transplant Psychiatry: Evaluation and Follow-up
35. Applied Psychopharmacology in the Complex Medical Patient
36. · Metabolic Interactions of Cytochrome P450 (CYP)
37. · QTc Interval Prolongation and Risk of Torsades de Pointes
38. · Differential Diagnosis of Major Toxic Syndromes due to Psychotropic Drugs
39. Bioethics, Mental Capacity and Legal Aspects
40. · Evaluation of Medical Decision-Making Capacity
41. · The Patient Who Refuses Vital Medical Treatment
42. · Management of the Suicidal Patient in the Medical Room