Psychological care of medical patients

The psychological care of medical patients.

thought of as operating in different domains – one in the mind, the other in the body. Such an approach can be detrimental to patients and frustrating for doctors, since patients receive an inadequate service and treating physicians fail to get to the root of problems caused by psychological mechanisms. Indications of major changes in practice emerged at this conference of physicians and psychi...

The psychological care of medical patients A practical guide

Psychological care of patients undergoing elective surgery.

The amount of time patients spend in hospital preparing for and recovering from elective surgery has reduced significantly in recent years. Nursing interventions associated with lengthy hospital admissions are no longer appropriate for patients who may only stay in hospital for hours rather than days, and therefore psychological and educational interventions are becoming more important. This ar...

AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Review: A critical evaluation of arguments opposing male circumcision for HIV prevention in developed countries Brian J. Morris a , Robert C. Bailey b , Jeffrey D. Klausner c , Arleen Leibowitz d , Richard G. Wamai e , Jake H. Waskett f , Joya Banerjee g , Daniel T. Halperin h , Laurie Zoloth i , Helen A. Weiss j & Catherine A. Hankins k a School of Medical Sciences and Bosch Institute , Univer...

Psychological and Medical Care of Gender Nonconforming Youth

Gender nonconforming (GN) children and adolescents, collectively referred to as GN youth, may seek care to understand their internal gender identities, socially transition to their affirmed genders, and/or physically transition to their affirmed genders. Because general pediatricians are often the first point of contact with the health care system for GN youth, familiarity with the psychologica...