The Primary Care Physician's Guide to Common Psychiatric and Neurologic Problems: Advice on Evaluation and Treatment from Johns Hopkins

by Phillip R. Slavney and Orest Hurko

Book Overview

This concise volume advises primary care physicians on how to recognize, evaluate, and treat common psychiatric and neurologic complaints in patients with medical illness. Patients with these problems used to be referred to specialists, but under the current system of health care they are increasingly being evaluated and treated by internists and family practitioners.

The book contains twelve problem-focused chapters, each written by a specialist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801865549
• ISBN13: 9780801865541
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"