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Medicine Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
MPM2004
Liaison psychiatry, medicine and neurology (semester 2)
Dr D Clarke and Associate Professor F Judd
Synopsis The aim of this subject is to provide candidates with the
opportunity to update their existing knowledge base in the areas of medicine
and neurology and re-integrate aspects of psychiatry specifically related to
particular physical disorders. Theoretical underpinning of liaison psychiatry
are considered in conjunction with factual information about disorders such as
Parkinson's Disease, AIDS, renal failure, diabetes, cancer, endocrine disorders
and substance abuse.
Assessment One essay
Recommended texts
- Cassem N H Massachusetts General Hospital handbook of general hospital
psychiatry 3rd edn, Mosby, 1991
- General Hospital Psychiatry (journal)
- Kaplan H I and Sadock B J Comprehensive textbook of psychiatry - V
5th edn, Williams and Wilkins, 1989
- Lishman W A Organic psychiatry 2nd edn, Blackwell, 1987
- Mendelson G Psychiatric aspects of personal injury claims Thomas,
1988
- Taylor J G Psychosomatic medicine and contemporary psychoanalysis
International UP, 1987
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