Palliative Care Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Guide to Improving Quality of Life

In recent years, palliative care has emerged as the leading model of person-centered care, focusing on preserving quality of life and alleviating distress for people and families experiencing serious and life-limiting medical illnesses.

The Importance of Psychiatric Expertise in Palliative Care

Alongside this development, there is a growing recognition of the need for expertise in psychiatric diagnosis, psychopharmacology, and psychotherapy within the interdisciplinary team of specialists tasked with identifying and addressing the varied sources of suffering in patients with advanced medical illnesses.

The Clinical Manual of Palliative Care Psychiatry: A Valuable Resource

The Clinical Manual of Palliative Care Psychiatry was written to motivate and guide readers – whether mental health clinicians or palliative care providers – to deepen their understanding of the psychosocial dimensions of suffering for the benefit of seriously ill patients and the support of their families.

This comprehensive manual covers practical aspects of assessment and management unique to the palliative care setting, ensuring that clinicians are equipped to address the most common challenges they are likely to face. Each chapter includes a list of supplemental materials, such as key publications and links to relevant modules from the Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care curriculum, aimed at extending and enhancing reader knowledge of the topics covered.

Medication Use and Psychosocial Suffering in Palliative Care

The authors provide thorough coverage of medication use, including off-label applications, which are common in palliative care. A wealth of tables and figures present clinically relevant information in a concise and easy-to-grasp manner, making it an invaluable resource for both mental health clinicians and palliative care practitioners.

By empowering clinicians to respond more skillfully to psychosocial suffering in seriously ill and dying patients, the Clinical Manual of Palliative Care Psychiatry is an essential guide for improving quality of life and alleviating distress for patients and their families.

Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing

Publication Date: March 10, 2016

Language: English

ISBN: 9781585624768, 9781615370610