Mental Health, Diabetes and Endocrinology

Mental Health, Diabetes and Endocrinology examines clinical areas of overlap between endocrinology and mental health to address key clinical conundrums.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction to endocrinology and mental disorders Anne M. Doherty and Sean Dinneen; 2. Depression across endocrine disorders Anne M. Doherty and Sean Dinneen; 3. Antipsychotic medications and metabolic syndrome Aoife Egan and Anne M. Doherty; 4. 'Diabulimia', diabetes and eating disorders Anne M. Doherty, Aoife Egan and Sean Dinneen; 5. Disorders of the HPA axis: Cushing's Syndrome and beyond Aoife Egan and Anne M. Doherty; 6. Disorders of the thyroid and parathyroid Aoife Egan and Diana S. Dean; 7. Psychological factors impacting on endocrine disorders¿and self-management and medication taking behaviour Sean Dinneen, Eimear Morrissey and Anne M. Doherty; 8. Cognitive impairment and endocrine conditions Anne M. Doherty and Sean Dinneen; 9. Suicidal ideation and self-harm Anne M. Doherty and Sean Dinneen; 10. Obesity and mental health Aoife Egan; 11. Gender incongruence: key considerations in transitioning Anne M. Doherty and Todd B. Nippoldt; 12. Anti-androgens in forensic psychiatric settings Mary Davoren; 13. Setting and service-related challenges: residential care and psychiatric inpatients Anne M. Doherty and Sean Dinneen.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sean Dinneen (Editor), Anne M. Doherty (Editor), Anne M. (University College Dublin) Doherty (Editor), Aoife M. Egan (Editor)
• Publisher: RCPsych/Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781911623618
• ISBN: 978-1-911623-61-8
• No. of pages: 180
• Dimensions: 235 mm x 156 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 280 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Mental Health and
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine