The physician as patient a clinical handbook for mental health professionals /

• Main Author: Myers, Michael F.
• Other Authors: Gabbard, Glen O.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Pub., c2008.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Subjects: Physicians > Mental health.; Physicians > Psychology.; Mental Disorders.; Physicians > psychology.; Psychotherapy > methods.; PSYCHOLOGY > General. > Psychotherapy; Electronic books.
• Online Access: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.; View fulltext via EzAccess; R2 Digital Library

Professionals treating physicians need to be attuned to a host of considerations not applicable to other patients?coverage found in The Physician as Patient. This practical handbook combines the perspectives of two seasoned psychiatrists who have been assessing and treating physicians for more than...

Table of Contents:

• The psychology of physicians and the culture of medicine
• Minority physicians (racial, ethnic, sexual orientation) and international medical graduates
• Psychiatric evaluation of physicians
• Psychiatric and medical illness in physicians
• Addictions: chemical and nonchemical
• Personality disorders, personality traits, and disruptive physicians
• Professional boundary violations
• Psychodynamic psychotherapy
• Individual cognitive therapy and relapse prevention
• Conflict in couples and their treatment
• The suicidal physician and the aftermath of physician suicide
• Prevention.