Nature and Evolution of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- Evolution of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine.- The Functions of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- The Why and How of Psychiatric Consultation.- Evaluating the Evidence Base of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- Common Reasons for Psychiatric Consultation.- Psychiatric Syndromes in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- Basic Foundations of Diagnosis, Psychiatric Diagnosis and Final Common Pathway Syndromes.- Delirium, Dementia, Alcohol Intoxication, and Withdrawal Syndromes.- Anxiety and Anxiety Syndromes.- Depression, Mania, and Mood Syndromes.- Psychosis.- Chronic Pain.- Substance Use Problems.- Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Conditions, Somatoform Disorders, Conversion, Dissociation, and Factitious Syndromes.- Hypochondriasis and Somatization Disorder.- The Patient's Personality, Personality Types, Traits, and Disorders.- Special Patients and Settings in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- The Acutely Ill Patient in the Intensive Care Unit Setting.- The Chronic Patient, Palliative Care Settings, and the Dying Patient.- Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in the Outpatient Setting.- The Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Patient.- Immune-Compromised Patients: Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Organ Transplantation.- The Liver-Impaired Patient.- Cultural Aspects of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- Obstetrics and Gynecology Patients: Menstrual Cycle, Pregnancy, and Postpartum-Related Psychiatric Disorders.- Children and Adolescents.- The Geriatric Patient.- The Emergency Department Setting.- Special Techniques in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- Interviewing in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.- Systems Understanding and Intervention, and Ethical Issues.- Special Procedures: Intravenous Sedative Interviews, Hoover Test, and Hypnosis.
