The hospital milieu -- Consultation models and content -- Preparing for the consultation -- Interviewing the patient -- Wrapping up the evaluation -- Adjustment to medical illness -- Anxiety -- Depression -- Delirium and acute cognitive changes -- Substance use and abuse -- Decisional capacity -- Nonadherence -- Pain -- End of life issues -- The ethics of consultation with medical inpatients -- Training, billing, and other professional issues.
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Summary
This book describes how health psychologists can work as consultants to medical teams by helping patients adjust to illness, and assessing and treating common issues, including depression, anxiety, pain, delirium and end of life care.