Psychiatric Consultation in the Workplace

This book is designed for the clinical psychiatrist who wants to translate his or her current knowledge and skills to the occupational setting. It provides a comprehensive overview of the practice of psychiatry in the workplace. "Psychiatric Consultation in the Workplace" details several professional opportunities available to psychiatrists in the world of work. These opportunities range from clinical or consulting work with rank-and-file employees to senior executives, from clinical work in the psychiatrist's own office to consultation at the work site, and from minimal involvement with work issues of individual clinical patients to increasing degrees of involvement in a part of full-time capacity. This book should help clinical psychiatrists translate and extend their current clinical expertise to meet the expectations and demands of workplace psychiatry.