Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Conditions in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

2007 ◽  
pp. 127-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonello Bellomo ◽  
Mario Altamura ◽  
Antonio Ventriglio ◽  
Angelo Rella ◽  
Roberto Quartesan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Medical Conditions ◽  
Liaison Psychiatry ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Consultation Liaison Psychiatry

New Strategies in the Assessment of Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Conditions

2007 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Sirri ◽  
Stefania Fabbri ◽  
Giovanni A. Fava ◽  
Nicoletta Sonino
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Medical Conditions ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
New Strategies

Assessing psychological factors affecting medical conditions: comparison between different proposals

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Guidi ◽  
Chiara Rafanelli ◽  
Renzo Roncuzzi ◽  
Laura Sirri ◽  
Giovanni A. Fava
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Medical Conditions ◽  
Factors Affecting

A Psychosomatic Outpatient Clinic

1988 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni A. Fava ◽  
Giancarlo Trombini ◽  
Silvana Grandi ◽  
Manuela Bernardi ◽  
Renzo Canestrari
Keyword(s):  
Outpatient Clinic ◽  
Somatoform Disorders ◽  
Liaison Psychiatry ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Psychiatric Units ◽  
Consultation Liaison Psychiatry ◽  
Illness Anxiety ◽  
Outpatient Settings ◽  
Current Emphasis ◽  
Diagnostic Finding

Current emphasis in clinical psychosomatic medicine is on psychiatric interventions in acute medical and surgical situations (consultation-liaison psychiatry and medical-psychiatric units). Little interest has been taken in psychosomatic interventions in chronic situations and outpatient settings. The functioning of a psychosomatic outpatient clinic (POC) is described. One-hundred consecutive referrals were analyzed. The most frequent diagnostic finding—according to DSM III criteria-was subsumed under the rubric of “psychological factors affecting physical condition,” followed by affective illness, anxiety disturbances, and somatoform disorders. The results indicate that a POC may serve a specific and definable segment of patients, whose characteristics depart from the clinical populations in consultation-liaison psychiatry and medical-psychiatric units.

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