: Psychologic Cues in Forecasting Physical Illness . Samuel Silverman.

Physical and Psychologic Factors in Glue Sniffing.

Physical and Psychologic Effects of Methamphetamine

84 Dr Shoptaw is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. Methamphetamine is a long-acting stimulant. It goes by various street names, including crystal, tina, speed, and crank. It can be injected, insufflated (snorted), smoked (eg, by heating on aluminum foil and inhaling the vapor through a pen or straw), taken orally, or taken via “booty-...

Depression in physical illness.

The diagnosis of depression in patients with physical illness is challenging. Symptoms of depression occur commonly but it is not always clear when they merit clinical attention. Depressive illness is more prevalent in patients with medical conditions than in the general population and results in substantial disability and healthcare costs.1 Despite this, there remains a perception that depress...

Chronic Physical Illness: A Psychophysiological Approach for Chronic Physical Illness

Growing evidence demonstrates that psychological risk variables can contribute to physical disease. In an effort to thoroughly investigate potential etiological origins and optimal interventions, this broad review is divided into five sections: the stress response, chronic diseases, mind-body theoretical models, psychophysiological interventions, and integrated health care solutions. The stress...

Managing depression in physical illness

Siobhan MacHale is a consultant liaison psychiatrist at the Department of Psychological Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9YW, UK). She trained in general medicine in Ireland before moving to Edinburgh to train in psychiatry. Previous research interests have included psychiatric morbidity following stroke. Her special clinical interest is in perinatal psychi...