Foundations of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry: The Bumpy Road to Specialization [Paperback]

Foundations of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry: The Bumpy Road to Specialization documents the development of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry from its inception to the present. The book draws on contributions from philosophy, physiology, psychoanalysis, epidemiology and other disciplines to define the broad scope of the field. Distinctions and similarities between Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine will be of interest to psychiatrists, social workers, and health psychologists, as well as students, residents, and fellows pursuing careers in these disciplines.

Preface  Acknowledgements  Prologue: The Gap  Preamble  Psyche and Soma: Struggles to Close the Gap  Section I: Seeds and Roots  Preamble  1. Remnants of Philosophy: The Vexing Mind-Body Problem  2. Physiology: Cannons Shot Heard Round the World  3. Psychoanalysis: The Mysterious Leap  4. Psychosomatic Roots  5. Epidemiology: Neither Physiology nor Philosophy  6. Beginnings of Consultation and Liaison  Section II. Crises and Benefactors  Preamble  7. Foundational Support : When They Say It Isnt the Money  8. Lack of Means   Section III: The Process of Specialty Recognition  Preamble  9. Prelude to Specialization  10. Specialization at Last: Hopeful Remedy  Section IV: Post-Specialization  Preamble 11. Specialization: Boon or Bane?  Appendix One. Dramatis Personae  Appendix Two. Personal Reflections of a C-L Psychiatrist  Index

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