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Psychopharmacology in Oncology and Palliative Care A Practical Manual /

This practical manual presents the main drugs and protocols currently used in the psychopharmacological treatment of psychiatric disorders in cancer and palliative care settings and explores the principal issues involved in such treatment. Significant clinical challenges encountered in the psychopha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Grassi, Luigi (Editor ), Riba, Michelle (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: General aspects in psychopharmacological treatment: General principles of psychopharmacological treatment
  • Diagnostic issues and strategies in psycho-oncology
  • The role of doctor-patient relationship in psychopharmacology
  • Integration of psychopharmacotherapy with other psychiatric/psychosocial treatment
  • End-of-Life care and psychopharmacology
  • Part II: Psychotropic drug use in clinical oncology and palliative care settings: Treatment of anxiety and stress-related disorders
  • Treatment of depression
  • Treatment of insomnia
  • Treatment of delirium and confusional states
  • Treatment of psychotic disorders
  • Treatment of pain
  • Part III: Special issues in psychopharmacology: Treatment of psychiatric emergencies
  • Psychopharmacology in childhood and adolescence
  • Psychopharmacology in the elderly.- Sedation of psychological distress at the end of life
  • Research issues in psychopharmacology in oncology and palliative care settings
  • Ethics of psychopharmacological and biological treatments in psycho-oncology.