Learn to improve&nbsp;your&nbsp;assessment,&nbsp;investigation,&nbsp;and management of&nbsp;physical&nbsp;health&nbsp;conditions&nbsp;in people&nbsp;with severe mental illness&nbsp; The Maudsley Practice Guidelines for Physical Health Conditions in Psychiatry&nbsp;offers&nbsp;psychiatric&nbsp;and general&nbsp;practitioners an evidence-based&nbsp;and practical&nbsp;guide for the&nbsp;appropriate assessment, investigation, and management&nbsp;of&nbsp;common physical health conditions&nbsp;seen in&nbsp;people&nbsp;with severe mental illness.&nbsp;Written by&nbsp;a&nbsp;renowned team of respected experts in&nbsp;medicine, surgery,&nbsp;pharmacy, dietetics, physiotherapy,&nbsp;and&nbsp;psychiatry, the book bridges the gap between&nbsp;psychiatric and physical health services for the severely mentally ill.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Maudsley Practice Guidelines for Physical Health Conditions in Psychiatry&nbsp;also provides practitioners with expert guidance on making effective referrals&nbsp;to other medical&nbsp;and surgical&nbsp;subspecialties, telling&nbsp;readers&nbsp;what&nbsp;information subspecialties would expect to receive.&nbsp;Its use will improve the&nbsp;quality of clinical care received by&nbsp;mentally ill patients&nbsp;and,&nbsp;by promoting a holistic approach to treatment that considers both body and mind,&nbsp;will&nbsp;enhance&nbsp;the&nbsp;therapeutic&nbsp;relationship between&nbsp;patient and&nbsp;practitioner.&nbsp; &nbsp; The Maudsley Practice Guidelines for Physical Health Conditions in Psychiatry&nbsp;covers&nbsp;the following:&nbsp; <ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: medium; margin-top: 0in; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;"> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;">Guidance on assessment and management of well over a hundred different medical&nbsp;and&nbsp;surgical&nbsp;presentations commonly seen in people with serious mental illness&nbsp;</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;">Management of physical health emergencies in&nbsp;a&nbsp;psychiatric setting&nbsp;</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;">Evidence-based approaches to management of physical side effects of psychiatric medications&nbsp;</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;">Advice on approaches to&nbsp;promote&nbsp;a&nbsp;healthy lifestyle in&nbsp;people with serious mental illness,&nbsp;such as&nbsp;smoking&nbsp;cessation and changes to diet and&nbsp;physical activity&nbsp;</li> </ul> Perfect for&nbsp;both&nbsp;psychiatrists&nbsp;and general practitioners&nbsp;who wish to improve the quality of care they provide to&nbsp;people with serious mental illness,&nbsp;The Maudsley Practice Guidelines for Physical Health Conditions in Psychiatry&nbsp;will be of use to anyone&nbsp;setting out&nbsp;to&nbsp;navigate the&nbsp;divide between the treatment of psychiatric and physical health conditions.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;

The Maudsley Practice Guidelines for Physical Health Conditions in Psychiatry (The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines Series)

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Taylor, David M.

Gaughran, Fiona

Pillinger, Toby

Medicine

Wiley/Blackwell

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