Suicidal and Assaultive Behaviors
Suicidal and Assaultive Behaviors THE SUICIDAL PATIENT Epidemiology Reported suicides in the United States number 31,000 per year (12 per 100,000; 300,000 attempts annually). Suicide is underreported and often is…
Delirium and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders
Delirium and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders The psychiatric conditions in this chapter are all caused by medical (organic) pathology. The most common is delirium, but several other specific presentations…
Mood Disorders
Mood Disorders Patients with disorders of mood are common (3% to 5% of the population at any one time) and are seen by all medical specialists. It is essential to…
Psychotic Disorders
Psychotic Disorders Psychosis describes a degree of severity, not a specific disorder. A psychotic patient has a grossly impaired sense of reality, often coupled with emotional and cognitive disabilities, which…
Assessment
Assessment A psychiatric evaluation helps to (a) make a diagnosis, (b) estimate the severity of the patient’s condition, (c) decide on an initial course of action, (d) develop a relationship…
Psychiatric Classification
Psychiatric Classification DSM-IV Psychiatric diagnosis has long been criticized as ambiguous and unreliable. Some diagnoses have been based on subjective, unverifiable, intrapsychic phenomena, whereas others have been heterogeneously broad. Modern…
Outcome & Cost of Lumbar Disc Replacement Versus Lumbar Fusion
Outcome & Cost of Lumbar Disc Replacement Versus Lumbar Fusion Marc Du Bois Peter Donceel Painful lumbar disc degeneration is the leading cause of pain and disability in adults in…
The SWISSspine Registry
The SWISSspine Registry C. Röder P. Moulin M. Aebi Cost containment is a pressing issue in all modern health care systems. Although medical innovations, demographic changes, and an ever-increasing entitlement…
An Introduction to the Medical Device Regulation in Europe
An Introduction to the Medical Device Regulation in Europe Ludo Haazen Medical devices are a huge and very heterogenous group of products, varying from wheel chairs and hospital beds, diagnostic…
