Psychodermatology in Clinical Practice
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Anthony Bewley qualified from Bristol University Medical School in 1987, and has trained in Dermatology at the Westminster Hospital, University College London Hospitals, Portsmouth and Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust. He is a Consultant Dermatologist at Barts Health NHS Trust; and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary College (University of London). He is fully trained in general dermatology, and has a special interest in psychodermatology (psycho-cutaneous medicine). He is one of the clinical leads for research at the Barts Health Dermatology Department, and has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals on a range of different areas within dermatology. He is the co-editor of Practical Psychodermatology (Wiley, 2014) and associate editor of Rooks Textbook of Dermatology (Wiley 2016); he is Secretary and President Elect of the European Society for Dermatology and Psychiatry (ESDaP; www.psychodermatology.net) and runs training schools for health care professionals in psychodermatology.
Peter Lepping is a clinical psychiatrist and researcher who was appointed as Consultant Psychiatrist in Wrexham in 2004. He was brought up in Germany where he went to University in Münster (Westphalia). He decided to study medicine after positive experiences working as an auxiliary nurse as part of my national service (instead of joining the army), moving to Britain in 1995 and completing a postgraduate psychiatric education in Liverpool. He has always had an interest in the interface between psychiatry and medicine and obtained accreditation as an adult and a liaison psychiatrist, receiving a Masters in Medical Ethics from Liverpool University in 2003 and receiving several research prizes. He has worked as an Associate Medical Director for clinical ethics in North Wales for several years.
This book represents a simple, practical resource for all healthcare professionals working with dermatological patients with psychological aspects to their disease. The emphasis is on effective guidance rather than exhaustive case reviews, providing readers with a manual on the appropriate way to approach management of the patient in each case.
Comprehensive in coverage, but concise in its delivery of information, Psychodermatology in Clinical Practice presents an idealized approach to management of psychodermatology patients within a global perspective, and provides practical tools to aid assessment of patients and in the decision-making process. It is suitable for dermatologists, psychiatrists and psychologists, dermatology nursing staff, primary care physicians and pediatricians.
Introduction.- History.- Exam.- Assessment tools.- Psych assessment.- Risk assessment.- Psychopharmacology.- Psychological Immunology.- Delusional disorders.- OCDs.- Factitious skin disease.- Nodular prurigo.- Psychogenic Itch.- Dysesthesias.- Trigeminal trophic syndrome.- Affective disorders in dermatology.- Substance abuse.
Comprehensive in coverage, but concise in its delivery of information, Psychodermatology in Clinical Practice presents an idealized approach to management of psychodermatology patients within a global perspective, and provides practical tools to aid assessment of patients and in the decision-making process. It is suitable for dermatologists, psychiatrists and psychologists, dermatology nursing staff, primary care physicians and pediatricians.
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Om bidragsyterne
Anthony Bewley qualified from Bristol University Medical School in 1987, and has trained in Dermatology at the Westminster Hospital, University College London Hospitals, Portsmouth and Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust. He is a Consultant Dermatologist at Barts Health NHS Trust; and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary College (University of London). He is fully trained in general dermatology, and has a special interest in psychodermatology (psycho-cutaneous medicine). He is one of the clinical leads for research at the Barts Health Dermatology Department, and has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals on a range of different areas within dermatology. He is the co-editor of Practical Psychodermatology (Wiley, 2014) and associate editor of Rooks Textbook of Dermatology (Wiley 2016); he is Secretary and President Elect of the European Society for Dermatology and Psychiatry (ESDaP; www.psychodermatology.net) and runs training schools for health care professionals in psychodermatology.
Peter Lepping is a clinical psychiatrist and researcher who was appointed as Consultant Psychiatrist in Wrexham in 2004. He was brought up in Germany where he went to University in Münster (Westphalia). He decided to study medicine after positive experiences working as an auxiliary nurse as part of my national service (instead of joining the army), moving to Britain in 1995 and completing a postgraduate psychiatric education in Liverpool. He has always had an interest in the interface between psychiatry and medicine and obtained accreditation as an adult and a liaison psychiatrist, receiving a Masters in Medical Ethics from Liverpool University in 2003 and receiving several research prizes. He has worked as an Associate Medical Director for clinical ethics in North Wales for several years.