Designed for primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and PAs who routinely encounter behavioral health disorders in the primary care setting, Primary Care Psychiatry , Third Edition , helps you ensure that mental illness does not go unrecognized and under-treated in your practice. Edited by Drs. Robert M. McCarron, Glen L. Xiong, Jane P. Gagliardi, and Michael Lang, this fully revised edition is a practical, easy-to-use tool that clearly teaches how to recognize early symptoms of common mild-to-moderate psychiatric conditions, complete a quick and targeted primary care psychiatric assessment, and provide evidence-based treatment using cognitive therapy techniques, motivational interviewing, and use of appropriate medications. Distills a large volume of information into a practical and focused overview of primary care psychiatry, including real-world scenarios, guidance on diagnosis/differential diagnosis, and clinical pearls--all in a new, convenient softcover format Includes a new introduction to foundational principles of psychiatry; an expanded discussion of trauma and stress-related disorders ; expanded chapters on substance use and addictive disorders , including opioid-use disorder; a new chapter on women's behavioral health; and a new chapter on interventional psychiatry that covers referral and treatments using TMS and ECT Provides tips on navigating the psychiatric interview and updated information consistent with DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria Features pedagogical aids such as case studies and multiple-choice assessments at the end of every chapter Offers contributions from both psychiatry and primary care; most authors are dually trained in psychiatry and either family medicine, internal medicine, or psychosomatic medicine CME available: earn up to 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(tm) through the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine.
Primary Care Psychiatry