Masquerading symptoms : uncovering physical illnesses that present as psychological problems / / Barbara Schildkrout

• Autore: Schildkrout Barbara
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxvi, 580 pages)
• Disciplina: 616.08
• Soggetto topico: Medicine, Psychosomatic; Psychological manifestations of general diseases; Sick - Psychology; Consultation-liaison psychiatry
• Classificazione: PSY007000
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Masquerading Symptoms: Uncovering Physical Illnesses That Present as Psychological Problems; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; How This Book Is Structured; What This Book Does Not Include; Acknowledgments; Disclaimers; List of Diseases by Organ System or Disease Process; Part I: Signs and Symptoms; State of Consciousness; Delirium; Attention and Concentration; Mood, Affect, and Emotion; Thought Form; Thought Content and Experience of Reality; Delusional Thought Content; Hallucinations; Change in Personality or Behavior; Judgment; Insight; Dementia; Orientation; Memory; Speech and Language ; Other Cognitive FunctionsConstructional Ability: Drawing, Copying, Visuospatial Tasks; Fund of Knowledge; Calculation; Abstract Thinking; Executive Functions; General Physical Appearance; Motor Behavior; Vegetative Symptoms; Disturbances of Sleep; Disturbances of Energy Level; Disturbances of Eating Behavior and Weight; Disturbances of Sexual Functioning; Notable Physical Symptoms and Possible Associated Diseases; Part II: The Diseases; Disease #1: Acromegaly; Disease #2: Acute Intermittent Porphyria and Porphyria Variegata; Disease #3: Addison's Disease; Disease #4: Alzheimer's Disease ; Disease #5: Arsenic PoisoningDisease #6: Brain Tumors; Disease #7: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning; Exposure to High Levels of Carbon Monoxide; Chronic Exposure to Low Levels of Carbon Monoxide; Late-Appearing Neuropsychological Symptoms; Long-Term Disabilities from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning; Disease #8: Charles Bonnet Syndrome; Disease #9: Chronic Subdural Hematoma; Disease #10: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy; Disease #11: Circadian Rhythm Disorders; Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome; Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome; Irregular Sleep/Wake Pattern (Free Running); Non-24-Hour Sleep/Wake Disorder ; Disease #12: Corticobasal DegenerationDisease #13: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease; Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies; Disease #14: Cushing's Syndrome; Disease #15: Dementia with Lewy Bodies; Disease #16: Frontotemporal Dementia; Pick's Disease; Semantic Dementia; Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia; Frontotemporal Dementia with Motor Neuron Disease; Disease #17: Hashimoto's Encephalopathy; Disease #18: Hepatic Encephalopathy; Disease #19: HIV/AIDS (Infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus); Disease #20: Huntington's Disease ; Disease #21: Hyperparathyroidism, Primary (Including Hypercalcemia)Disease #22: Hypersomnia, Idiopathic; Disease #23: Hypersomnia, Recurrent; Kleine-Levin Syndrome; Menstruation-Related Hypersomnia; Disease #24: Hyperthyroidism; Disease #25: Hyperventilation Syndrome; Disease #26: Hypoglycemia; Disease #27: Hypoparathyroidism (Hypocalcemia); Disease #28: Hypothyroidism; Disease #29: Hypoxia (Insufficient Oxygen Supply to the Brain); Hypoxic Brain Damage; Altitude Sickness; Disease #30: Lead Poisoning; Acute, High-Dose Exposure; Low-Level, Chronic Exposure; Subclinical Lead Poisoning ; Disease #31: Limbic Encephalitis
• Sommario/riassunto: "This practical resources provides mental health professionals with quick access to the signs, symptoms, and patterns of medical diseases that may be "causing" or complicating their clients' psychologically presenting problems. Organized by symptoms noted during mental status assessment and cross-referenced to several possible physical disorders, this book provides solid guidelines that balance a client's physical and mental needs and prepares clinicians to quickly and accurately identify patients who may have an underlying physical ailment and need a referral to a medical doctor for a more thorough and targeted medical examination"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Masquerading symptoms
• ISBN: 1-118-23487-1; 1-118-22101-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786837903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II