Psychosomatic Medicine—the newest psychiatric subspecialty formally approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education—represents a scientific and clinical discipline that exists at the interface of psychiatry and medicine. This scholarly and comprehensive new textbook represents the cutting edge in this burgeoning field and is destined to become the premier textbook to educate trainees and add to the knowledge base of clinicians.

This definitive work covers the all major topics in psychosomatic medicine, including

• General Principles in Evaluation and Management—Presents a detailed approach to psychiatric assessment and consultation, essential to comprehensive care in the medical setting; psychological and neuropsychological assessment; legal and ethical issues that arise in psychiatric care of the medically ill; and a review of psychological, emotional, and behavioral responses to illness.
• Symptoms and Disorders—Includes epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis and assessment, etiology, differential diagnosis, and treatment of more than 17 psychiatric disorders and conditions in the medically ill, as well as their effects on medical disorders.
• Specialties and Subspecialties—Encyclopedically reviews psychiatric disorders in the context of specific medical diseases, organized by specialty and subspecialty, including the subspecialties of internal medicine, surgery, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, physical medicine, and dermatology.
• Treatment—Discusses treatment and management of psychiatric disorders in the medically ill, including psychopharmacology, psychosocial treatments, electroconvulsive therapy, and palliative care.

Meticulously researched, clearly written, and designed for ease of use, this comprehensive and scholarly textbook brings together the body of knowledge and skills that defines the subspecialty of Psychosomatic Medicine. Presenting the work of nearly 100 contributors, most of whom are nationally and internationally recognized experts, this textbook combines the latest research with extensive coverage of psychopharmacology and psychotherapy in medically ill patients.

Clinicians who evaluate and treat medically ill patients with psychiatric disorders will turn to this highly practical textbook time and time again. It is the ideal primary resource for consultation-liaison psychiatrists and trainees, psychosomatic medicine fellows, psychiatric residents, general psychiatrists caring for patients with medical illnesses, physicians with interests in psychiatric illness in their patients, and health psychologists.

Reviews
“The timing could not be better! This textbook's publication coincides with the new subspecialty in Psychosomatic Medicine. This scholarly work covers all the major topics regarding the care of medical patients with comorbid psychiatric disorders. The cast of contributing authors represent the best and brightest from the international community of scholars in this field. I am sure that this textbook will have staying power and it will be read for a long time in this and subsequent editions.”—Jimmie C. Holland, M.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Wayne E. Chapman Chair in Psychiatric Oncology; Attending Psychiatrist, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York

“The Textbook of Psychosomatic Medicine, edited by James L. Levenson, M.D., is comprehensive both in scope and depth. Dr. Levenson has called upon a wide variety of national and international experts to write chapters on their particular areas of expertise and then organized the book into a cohesive whole with the help of the renowned members of his editorial board. This text will quickly become the major reference book in psychiatry's newest subspecialty.”—Daniel K. Winstead, M.D., Heath Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana

“The birth of Psychosomatic Medicine as an officially accredited subspecialty has just been heralded by the appearance of The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychosomatic Medicine, certain to be the standard setter for the field. Through this comprehensive volume authored by Psychosomatic Medicine's leading lights, the editors have defined the field for years to come. This highly readable textbook will be required reading and a frequent source of guidance for all psychiatrists and other health providers who engage in psychiatric or mental health consultation, who care for the psychological needs of patients facing medical and surgical concerns, and who treat psychiatric patients contending with concurrent general medical and surgical problems—a very large percentage of our patients.”—Joel Yager, M.D., Professor and Vice Chair for Education and Academic Affairs, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico