Psychosomatic Medicine
by Kurt Fritzsche
"Our plague is mental health." (WHO, 2005)
"The key to improving care of the mentally ill is not only the expansion of psychiatric and psychosomatic services, but in strengthening the medical doctor in his or her psychosocial competences. Each medical doctor is a psychosocial care giver." (Michael Shepherd, noted British psychiatrist,1966)
Worldwide, psychosocial problems appear mainly within a medical context and are a major burden to health. In any country, depression, anxiety, medically unexplained symptoms, and traumatic and stress-related disorders are the most frequent non-communicable diseases. They account for the highest number of days off work, years lost to disability and health costs. In these times of globalization, the burden of disease and risk factors (WHO, 2009) shows a common pattern wherein the lifetime prevalence for psychosocial disorders ranges from 40-50%. Most health care systems and many primary care physicians are not equipped to meet these challenges. Psychosocial disorders are recognized late, if at all, and treatment is rarely appropriate.
Psychosocial Medicine in Primary Care takes a uniquely global approach in laying the foundations of biopsychosocial basic care (recognizing psychosocial and psychosomatic problems, basic counseling, collaboration with mental health specialists) and provides relevant information about the most common psychosocial disorders. The scope of the book is intercultural-it addresses global cultures, subcultures living in a single country, and strengthening the care given by physicians working abroad.
This is a clinically useful book which provides the skills necessary to diagnose the most common psychosocial disorders and master the most common communication challenges (e.g. doctor-patient-conversation, breaking bad news, dealing with difficult patients, family and health systems communication and collaboration). Every chapter integrates basic theoretical background and practical skills and includes trans-culturally sensitive material, important for the work with patients from different cultures. A self-examination scheme is provided and the electronic material allows teachers and students to view actor-based examples of psychosocial problems and communication tasks.
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Psychosocial problems appear within a medical context worldwide, and are a major burden to health. Psychosomatic Medicine: An International Primer for the Primary Care Setting takes a uniquely global approach in laying the foundations of bio psychosocial basic care (such as recognizing psychosocial and psychosomatic problems, basic counseling and collaboration with mental health specialists) and provides relevant information about the most common mental and psychosomatic problems and disorders. The scope of the book is intercultural-it addresses global cultures, subcultures living in a single country and strengthening the care given by physicians working abroad.
This clinically useful book outlines best practices for diagnosing the most common bio psychosocial problems and mastering the most common communication challenges (e.g. doctor-patient conversation, breaking bad news, dealing with difficult patients, family and health systems communication and collaboration). Every chapter integrates basic theoretical background and practical skills and includes trans-culturally sensitive material, important for work with patients from different cultures. Psychosomatic Medicine: An International Primer for the Primary Care Setting serves as an excellent resource for clinicians hoping to gain and develop knowledge and skills in psychosomatic medicine.
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Psychosocial problems appear within a medical context worldwide, and are a major burden to health. Psychosomatic Medicine: An International Primer for the Primary Care Setting takes a uniquely global approach in laying the foundations of biopsychosocial basic care (such as recognizing psychosocial and psychosomatic problems, basic counseling, and collaboration with mental health specialists) and provides relevant information about the most common mental and psychosomatic problems and disorders. The scope of the book is intercultural--it addresses global cultures, subcultures living in a single country, and strengthening the care given by physicians working abroad. This clinically useful book outlines best practices for diagnosing the most common biopsychosocial problems and mastering the most common communication challenges (e.g. doctor-patient conversation, breaking bad news, dealing with difficult patients, family and health systems communication and collaboration). Every chapter integrates basic theoretical background and practical skills and includes trans-culturally sensitive material, important for work with patients from different cultures. Psychosomatic Medicine: An International Primer for the Primary Care Setting serves as an excellent resource for clinicians hoping to gain and develop knowledge and skills in psychosomatic medicine.
Table of Contents
Part I: Psychosomatic Medicine in Primary Care
1: What is Psychosomatic Medicine?
Kurt Fritzsche
2: Psychosomatic Medicine in Primary Care
Kurt Fritzsche
3: Objectives of Training in Psychosomatic Medicine in Primary Care
Kurt Fritzsche
4: Traditional Medicine and Psychosomatic Medicine
Kurt Fritzsche, Catherine Abbo, Hamid Afshar Zanjani and Farzad Goli
Part II: The First Contact-Basic Interventions
5: The Doctor-Patient Relationship
Kurt Fritzsche, Catherine Abbo, Gertrud Frahm and Sonia Diaz Monsalve
6: Doctor Patient Communication
Kurt Fritzsche, Axel Schweickhardt, Gertrud Frahm, Sonia Diaz Monsalve, Hamid Afshar Zanjani and Farzad Goli
7: Family Medicine
Werner Geigges, Kurt Fritzsche, Susan McDaniel, Xudong Zhao, Catherine Abbo, Gertrud Frahm and Sonia Diaz Monsalve
8: Balint Group
Kurt Fritzsche, Frank Kuan-Yu Chen, Wei Jing, Gertrud Frahm and Sonia Diaz Monsalve
Part III: Recognition and Treatment of Most Common Clinical Presentations
9: Depressive Disorders
Kurt Fritzsche, Wei Jing, Frank Kuan-Yu Chen, Nguyen Kim Viet, Nguyen Van Tuan, Catherine Abbo, Gertrud Frahm and Sonia Diaz Monsalve
10: Anxiety Disorders
Kurt Fritzsche
11: Somatoform Disorders
Kurt Fritzsche, Nguyen Kim Viet, Nguyen Van Tuan, Catherine Abo, Gertrud Frahm, Sonia Diaz Monsalve, Lan Zhang and Wei Jing
12: Psycho-Oncology
Kurt Fritzsche, Gertrud Frahm, Sonia Diaz Monsalve, Hamid Afshar Zanjani and Farzad Goli
13: Psycho-Cardiology
Kurt Fritzsche, Gertrud Frahm, Sonia Diaz Monsalve, Hamid Afshar Zanjani, Farzad Goli and Frank Kuan-Yu Chen
14: Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Kurt Fritzsche, Catherine Abbo, Gertrud Frahm, Sonia Diaz Monsalve and Frank Kuan-Yu Chen
15: Addiction
Kurt Fritzsche, Axel Schweickhardt, Catherine Abbo, Gertrud Frahm, Sonia Diaz Monsalve, Frank Kuan-Yu Chen, Nguyen Kim Viet and Nguyen Van Tuan
Part IV: Developing Psychosomatic Medicine in International Settings
16: Systems Development of Behavioral Health in Primary Care
Julie Schirmer and Jeffrey Markuns
17: The Development of Psychosomatic Medicine in China, Vietnam and Laos-The ASIA-LINK Program
Kurt Fritzsche, Michael Wirsching, Xudong Zhao, Wei Jing, Lan Zhang, Nguyen Kim Viet and Nguyen Van Tuan
18: Psychosomatic Medicine and its Implementation in the Latin America Region
Sonia Diaz Monsalve
19: Psychosomatic Medicine in Iran
Hamid Afshar Zanjani and Farzad Goli
Review
From the book reviews:
"This book examines the mental health aspects of primary care medicine and discusses topics related to common complaints encountered in the primary care setting. ... The audience is primary care clinicians and ancillary medical personnel. The editors and contributors are international experts, practitioners, and educators. ... This is an informative book on a difficult subject. The authors present many unifying principles that add great value to the discussion." (Vincent F. Carr, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2014)
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From the book reviews: "This book examines the mental health aspects of primary care medicine and discusses topics related to common complaints encountered in the primary care setting. ... The audience is primary care clinicians and ancillary medical personnel. The editors and contributors are international experts, practitioners, and educators. ... This is an informative book on a difficult subject. The authors present many unifying principles that add great value to the discussion." (Vincent F. Carr, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2014)
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Written for physicians and full of practical knowledge Uniquely global perspective makes book useful across cultures Contains Case Studies and Practical Tips
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