Including a chapter on the psychiatric care of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) runs the risk of suggesting that the evaluation and treatment of patients differ depending on patients' location in the general hospital. Such a risk evokes…
This chapter provides a practical approach to the assessment of affective, behavioral, and cognitive problems of patients in the general hospital. We first survey the landscape of consultation psychiatry and then identify six broad domains of psychiatric problems commonly encountered…
Key Points Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has transformed infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from a terminal illness to a chronic, treatable condition. Psychiatric and substance use disorders are frequent concomitants of HIV infection and complicate its diagnosis…
Key Points Consultation psychiatry encompasses the evaluation and management of affective, behavioral, and cognitive symptoms in medical and surgical patients in general hospitals. Effective psychiatric consultation requires clear communication with the referring physician to hone the consultation question, to provide…