The Primary Care Physician's Guide to Common Psychiatric and Neurologic Problems: Advice on Evaluation and Treatment from Johns Hopkins - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801865549 ISBN 13: 9780801865541

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001

Synopsis

This concise volume advises primary care physicians on how to recognize, evaluate, and treat common psychiatric and neurologic complaints in patients with medical illness. Patients with these problems used to be referred to specialists, but under the current system of health care they are increasingly being evaluated and treated by internists and family practitioners.

The book contains twelve problem-focused chapters, each written by a specialist faculty member of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who is experienced in consulting with primary care physicians. The problems discussed are sadness, nervousness, forgetfulness, unrealistic concerns about health, suicidal thoughts, alcoholism and drug dependence, weakness, numbness, back pain, headaches, dizziness, and tremor. Screening evaluations for psychiatric and neurologic disorders are also outlined and explained.

The book is designed to serve as both an introduction and a convenient reference. The authors emphasize improving communication with patients about issues of diagnosis and treatment.

About this title

About the Author:

Phillip R. Slavney, M.D., is Eugene Meyer III Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the author of Psychiatric Dimensions of Medical Practice and coauthor of The Perspectives of Psychiatry, both available from Johns Hopkins University Press. Orest Hurko, M.D., is an associate professor of neurology, neurological surgery, medicine, and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Review:

" This excellent, concise book is a practical, easy to use resource for the busy primary care physician. It compares favorably with any short overview presentation of psychiatric or neurologic symptoms."

(Doody's Health Sciences Review)

"A very informative text that does an excellent job of introducing to some and presenting to others effective approaches to psychiatric and neurological symptoms."

(M. Ojinga HarrisonMDDuke University Medical Center Journal of Pscychosomatic Research)

"A ready reference or 'handbook' for the primary care practitioner. The symptom-centered chapters and straightforward language will make this volume very useful in the busy practitioner's office."

(Paul Paulman, M.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center)

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0801865549
• ISBN 13: 9780801865541
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248
• Editor: Slavney MD Phillip R., Hurko MD Orest