The psychosomatic assessment : strategies to improve clinical practice / volume editors, G.A. Fava, N. Sonino, T.N. Wise.

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TextSeries: Advances in psychosomatic medicine ; v. 32.Publisher: Basel : Karger, 2012Description: 1 online resource (vii, 246 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9783805598545
3805598548
9783805598538
380559853X

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Psychosomatic assessment.DDC classification:

616.08 23

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RC49 .P79 2012

NLM classification:

W1
WM 90

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

Principles of psychosomatic assessment / Fava, G.A., Sonino, N., Wise, T.N. -- The psychosomatic interview / Wise, T.N., Dellemonache, P.M.; Bachawati, M.M. -- Evaluating childhood adversity / Thabrew, H., de Sylva, S., Romans, S.E. -- Evaluating life events and chronic stressors in relation to health : stressors and health in clinical work / Theorell, T. -- Assessment of lifestyle in relation to health / Tomba, E. -- Assessment of sexual function in the medically ill : psychosomatic approach to sexual functioning / Balon, R. -- Psychological factors in medical disorders assessed with the diagnostic criteria for psychosomatic research / Porcelli, P., Todarello, O. -- Mood and anxiety in the medically ill / Bech, P. -- Assessment of personality in psychosomatic medicine : current concepts -- Cosci, F. -- Illness behavior / Sirri, L., Grandi, S. -- Assessment of psychological well-being in psychosomatic medicine -- Rafanelli, C., Ruini, C. -- Family assessment in the medical setting / Keitner, G.I. -- Relational ethics and psychosomatic assessment / Barbosa, A.

Summary: Patient reported outcomes have become more and more important in clinical practice and research. Evaluating subjective perceptions of patients has become mandatory for a full assessment of treatment responses. In this context, clinimetrics, the science of clinical measurements, provides unprecedented opportunities for psychosomatic assessment. This volume illustrates how this approach can be translated into everyday practice complementing and improving the medical interview. The most sensitive and reliable clinical methods are presented for evaluating specific psychosocial aspects of disease, id est childhood adversities, life events and chronic stress, lifestyle, sexual function, subclinical and affective disturbances, personality, illness behavior, well-being and family dynamics. Each chapter provides practical illustrations as to how crucial information can be obtained with specific methods individualized according to the patients' needs. A hyperlink is provided to a website that contains many of the instruments assessed in the volume. This book enables the reader to understand the value of patient reported outcomes in clinical practice. It is intended to expand and refine the skills of clinicians who work in general and specialized medicine and psychiatry, whether physicians, psychologists or other health professionals.

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Patient reported outcomes have become more and more important in clinical practice and research. Evaluating subjective perceptions of patients has become mandatory for a full assessment of treatment responses. In this context, clinimetrics, the science of clinical measurements, provides unprecedented opportunities for psychosomatic assessment. This volume illustrates how this approach can be translated into everyday practice complementing and improving the medical interview. The most sensitive and reliable clinical methods are presented for evaluating specific psychosocial aspects of disease, id est childhood adversities, life events and chronic stress, lifestyle, sexual function, subclinical and affective disturbances, personality, illness behavior, well-being and family dynamics. Each chapter provides practical illustrations as to how crucial information can be obtained with specific methods individualized according to the patients' needs. A hyperlink is provided to a website that contains many of the instruments assessed in the volume. This book enables the reader to understand the value of patient reported outcomes in clinical practice. It is intended to expand and refine the skills of clinicians who work in general and specialized medicine and psychiatry, whether physicians, psychologists or other health professionals.