Physical and Mental Illness: The Interface

Mental health problems are common in the medically ill and can contribute substantially to disability and health care costs. Obversely, the mentally ill are at elevated risk of a number of physical health problems and these are often unrecognised and inadequately treated. Physical and Mental Illness: The Interface is a summation of a number of clinically relevant issues at the interface between mental and physical illnesses.

There are chapters from a range of distinguished experts, addressing such issues as somatisation; epilepsy and mood; deep brain stimulation; sleep and psychiatry; cancer and mental health; and psychiatric problems associated with Hepatitis C and with HIV. The metabolic syndrome and other physical problems that occur in excess amongst people with psychotic disorders, are also covered.

This book will be of interest to all those in health care interested in the connections between mental and physical health, including psychiatrists, physicians, psychologists, nurses and general practitioners.

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