Neuropsychiatric Features of Medical Disorders (Critical Issues in Psychiatry)

When Critical Issues in Psychiatry was conceived, there were several sub­ jects I considered to be of crucial importance in a series devoted to residents and clinicians in psychiatry, as well as to other mental health professionals. Of prominence was the pressing need for an in-depth and scholarly exam­ ination of the interface between medicine and psychiatry. I had been amazed to find that not a single book, to my mind, adequately addressed the psy­ chological symptoms and manifestations of both common and rare medical illness. It seemed to me that there was a need for a work which would achieve the following goals: First, it would assist in the differential diagnosis of functional psychiatric symptoms versus symptoms secondary to recog­ nized or unrecognized medical illness; second, it would elucidate the psy­ chological symptoms resulting from pharmacologic and other therapeutic interventions in medical illness; and third, it would examine the use of psychopharmacological agents in the presence of medical illness and the drugs used to treat that illness. Dr. Jefferson is Board Certified in both internal medicine and psychiatry, and both Drs. Jefferson and Marshall have extensive clinical experience from their many years of consultation/liaison work in psychiatry. Their experience and expertise have resulted in what I believe to be a monumental contri­ bution to the literature. Front Matter....Pages i-xx Physical Illness and Psychiatric Symptoms....Pages 1-12 Cardiovascular Disorders....Pages 13-49 Respiratory Disorders....Pages 51-75 Renal Disorders....Pages 77-94 Gastrointestinal Disorders....Pages 95-131 Endocrine Disorders....Pages 133-178 Fluid—Electrolyte, Acid—Base Disorders....Pages 179-200 Metabolic Disorders....Pages 201-214 Connective Tissue Disorder (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)....Pages 215-220 Striated Muscle Disorder (Myasthenia Gravis)....Pages 221-229 Vitamin Disorders....Pages 231-257 Infectious Disorders....Pages 259-272 Toxin Disorders....Pages 273-293 Skin Disorders....Pages 295-302 Reproductive and Sexual Function Disorders....Pages 303-327 Sleep and Arousal Disorders....Pages 329-340 Substance Abuse Disorders....Pages 341-364 Back Matter....Pages 365-383