scholarly journals Juan Eduardo Bonnin: Discourse and Mental Health. Voice, Inequality and Resistance in Medical Settings

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Herrera Volpe
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Medical Settings

Intravenous ketamine for rapid treatment of major depressive disorder in the general medical hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. e239587
Author(s):  
Siobhan Helen Gee ◽  
Camille Wratten ◽  
Ruth Cairns ◽  
Alastair Santhouse ◽  
David Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Major Depressive Disorder ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Oral Treatment ◽  
Medical Problem ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Medical Settings ◽  
Mental Health Settings ◽  
Intravenous Ketamine ◽  
Rapid Treatment

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is common in general medical settings, and can usually be treated with conventional oral antidepressants. For some patients, however, oral treatment is refused or not possible, and the untreated symptoms can have a significant impact on the treatment of the acute medical problem. Use of intravenous ketamine has been widely reported in mental health settings for the treatment of MDD. We describe use of intravenous ketamine in a general medical hospital for the treatment of MDD in an 83-year-old male patient who refused food, fluid and medical investigations following a stroke.

Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Harrison ◽  
Philip Cowen ◽  
Tom Burns ◽  
Mina Fazel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Substance Misuse ◽  
Global Mental Health ◽  
Medical Settings ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Adult Psychiatry ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
Symptoms And Signs

This book provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and highly readable overview of psychiatry, suitable for all psychiatrists, as well as medical students, general practitioners, and other mental health professionals. Written by experienced clinicians, the new edition has been substantially rewritten and updated. The first three chapters cover the symptoms and signs of psychiatric disorders, psychiatric classification (including DSM-5), and how to conduct a psychiatric assessment. Chapters on ethics and the law (including the Mental Health Act), aetiology, and evidence-based approaches, set the scene for description of the major syndromes of adult psychiatry. In each chapter, description of the cardinal clinical features is accompanied by the latest evidence on epidemiology, aetiology, treatment, and outcome. Subsequent chapters cover child psychiatry, the psychiatry of old age, intellectual disability, forensic psychiatry, substance misuse, suicide, and self-harm, and psychiatry in medical settings. After a new chapter on global mental health, two chapters cover psychological and psychopharmacological treatments: their indications, efficacy, side effects, and mechanisms. The final chapter describes how psychiatric services are organized.

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