Psychiatry and medicine

‘Psychiatry and medicine’ considers the relevance of psychiatry to the rest of medical practice. It covers the application of psychiatric knowledge and expertise in primary care and other general medical settings and also the psychiatric conditions associated with specific medical disorders. It addresses mind–body dualism and the epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in medical settings. It discusses the changing thinking around the classification and diagnosis of somatoform disorders and medically unexplained symptoms and the relationship with dissociative disorders. It outlines the nature of consultation–liaison services and deals in detail with both common comorbidities and the psychiatric aspects of medical and surgical conditions, including the organic disorders not covered in Chapter 14, and those related to women’s health.