Clinical Laboratory Medicine for Mental Health Professionals - Paperback

by Sandra A. Jacobson (Author)

A revised, abridged version of the seminal work, Laboratory Medicine in Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Clinical Laboratory Medicine for Mental Health Professionals more directly address the needs of general psychiatrists and their mental health colleagues in clinical practice.

Sections on laboratory tests, diseases and conditions, and psychotropic medications include alphabetically arranged entries, making it easy for busy clinicians to reference the updated information. For each laboratory test, the following information is provided:

- The type of test (e.g., blood, urine, etc.)
- An explanation of the test
- The test's relevance to psychiatry
- Patient preparation
- Medical and psychiatric indications for the test
- Numerical reference ranges
- Critical values for test results
- The potential meaning of abnormal results (e.g., factors that lead to increased or decreased levels)
- Interfering factors
- Cross-references to other tests or conditions

Information on clinical diagnosis and laboratory testing is provided for diseases and conditions, and psychotropic medications are examined from both a screening and a monitoring standpoint. Extensively indexed, this guide also includes an appendix that features at-a-glance information on therapeutic and psychotropic levels, 10 rules for deciding whether an ECG is normal, and several figures covering topics relevant to tests, such as ECG waves and intervals, cholestatic injury, bilirubin cycle, and SIADH secretion.

Years of clinical practice and research inform both the choice of tests included and the rationale for their use, making Clinical Laboratory Medicine for Mental Health Professionals the definitive, authoritative reference for psychiatrists and other behavioral health clinicians.

Front Jacket

With a focus on the needs of general psychiatrists and their mental health colleagues in clinical practice, Clinical Laboratory Medicine for Mental Health Professionals is a revised, abridged version of the seminal work, Laboratory Medicine in Psychiatry and Behavioral Science.

Updated information on laboratory tests, diseases and conditions, and psychotropic medications is arranged alphabetically and presented in a tabular format, making it easy for busy clinicians to find needed information. This reference includes an appendix featuring therapeutic and toxic psychotropic drug levels, a quick guide to ECG interpretation, and figures to help clarify complex processes underlying laboratory test results, such as abnormal liver function tests in hepatotoxic and cholestatic drug reactions, elevations in conjugated vs. unconjugated bilirubin, and the basis of osmolality and sodium abnormalities in the syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion.

Years of clinical practice and research inform both the choice of tests included and the rationale for their use, making Clinical Laboratory Medicine for Mental Health Professionals a definitive, authoritative reference for psychiatrists and other behavioral health clinicians.

Author Biography

Sandra A. Jacobson, M.D., is with the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona.