The Emergency Treatment of the Depressed Patient with Physical Illness

Approaching individuals in the emergency situation presenting with medical illness and depression requires an understanding of psychologic, biologic, social, and existential factors that converge to create alterations in mood, thought, and behavior. Clinicians must understand how these same factors...

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Published in:International journal of psychiatry in medicine 1987-01, Vol.17 (1), p.71-83
Main Author: Slaby, Andrew Edmund
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Brain Diseases, Metabolic - psychology
Depressive Disorder - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder - therapy
Disease - psychology
Emergency services
Emergency Services, Psychiatric
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Illness and personality
Illnesses
Mental depression
Mental Health Services
Neurocognitive Disorders - psychology
Patients
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Suicide - psychology
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Summary:Approaching individuals in the emergency situation presenting with medical illness and depression requires an understanding of psychologic, biologic, social, and existential factors that converge to create alterations in mood, thought, and behavior. Clinicians must understand how these same factors may be used in managing patient response to treatment of both the depression associated with an illness and the physical illness itself. Whenever a physical illness is present, it is imperative to ascertain the degree to which physical illness and concomitant treatment may be responsible for the psychiatric symptoms.
ISSN:0091-2174
1541-3527
DOI:10.2190/P2BY-L94J-99P1-XAEN