When psychological problems mask medical disorders : a guide for psychotherapists /

Widely Regarded as a Standard Clinical Resource, This Book Helps Practitioners Think Outside the mental health box and recognize when a client may urgently need a medical evaluation. Part I provides an accessible overview of symptoms that can be observed in a standard mental status examination and m...

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Main Author: Morrison, James R., 1940- (Author)
Corporate Authors: Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund, ebrary, Inc
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The Guilford Press, [2015]
Edition:Second edition
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I A Review of Symptoms 7
  • The Need for Evaluation 8
  • Observing the Mental Status 12
  • Appearance and Behavior 15
  • Mood (Affect) 26
  • Speech 30
  • Content of Thought 32
  • Intellectual Resources 36
  • Insight and Judgment 39
  • Personality Change 39
  • Diagnostic Principles 40
  • Part II 66 Disorders 43
  • Adrenal Insufficiency 44
  • AIDS 47
  • Altitude Sickness 51
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 54
  • Antidiuretic Hormone, Inappropriate Secretion 56
  • Brain Abscess 58
  • Brain Tumor 60
  • Cancer 63
  • Carcinoid Syndrome 66
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias 68
  • Celiac Disease 71
  • Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 73
  • Congestive Heart Failure 76
  • Cryptococcosis 78
  • Cushing's Syndrome 80
  • Diabetes Mellitus 82
  • Epilepsy 85
  • Fibromyalgia 89
  • Heavy-Metal Toxicity 91
  • Herpes Encephalitis 94
  • Horaocystinuria 96
  • Huntington's Disease 97
  • Hyperparathyroidism 100
  • Hypertensive Encephalopathy 103
  • Hyperthyroidism 105
  • Hypoparathyroidism 107
  • Hypothyroidism 110
  • Kidney Failure 112
  • Klinefelter's Syndrome 115
  • Liver Failure 118
  • Lyme Disease 121
  • Ménière's Syndrome 123
  • Menopause 125
  • Metachromatic Leukodystrophy 127
  • Migraine 129
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse 132
  • Multiple Sclerosis 133
  • Myasthenia Gravis 137
  • Neurocutaneous Disorders 139
  • Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus 141
  • Parasitism 143
  • Parkinson's Disease 146
  • Pellagra 149
  • Pernicious Anemia 150
  • Pheochromocytoma 153
  • Pneumonia 155
  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 157
  • Porphyria 158
  • Postoperative Delirium 160
  • Premenstrual Syndrome 162
  • Prion Disease 165
  • Progressive Supranuclear Palsy 167
  • Protein Energy Malnutrition 169
  • Pulmonary Thromboembolism 172
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis 173
  • Sensory Deficit 177
  • Sickle-Cell Disease 179
  • Sleep Apnea 181
  • Stroke (Cerebrovascular Accident) 183
  • Substance Intoxication and Withdrawal 187
  • Syphilis 191
  • Systemic Infection 194
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 197
  • Thiamine Deficiency 199
  • Traumatic Brain Injury 203
  • Wilson's Disease 208
  • Part III Symptom Summaries 211
  • Suggested Readings 235