Difficult Psychiatric Consultations

Complex clinical presentations.- Diagnostic formulations of psychopathology.- How to organize a complex clinical presentation.- Integrating Psychodynamic and Interpersonal Aspects.- Psychodynamic and interpersonal aspects.- Integrating family systems.- Family issues aspects relevant to cases.- Integrating medicolegal and ethical issues.- Special Topics.- Targeting the audience and managing difficult situations in presentations.

Sergio V. Delgado, MD Dr. Delgado is Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychoanalysis at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Delgado is a graduate of the School of Medicine of the University of Nuevo Leon, and the Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry programs of the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry and Mental Health Sciences. He also completed training as a supervising and training analyst in adult and child psychoanalysis at the Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis. Currently, Dr. Delgado is a supervising and training analyst at the Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute. He currently is the Medical Director of the Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Delgado is the Co-Chair of the Psychotherapy Committee to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. He is the President for the Cincinnati-Dayton Regional Council of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. He also serves as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Oral Board Examiner for American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Dr. Delgado actively teaches in the adult and child psychiatry training programs, and is Director of psychotherapy for the child and adolescent training program. He is a frequent recipient of numerous teaching awards for his helpful and pragmatic teaching and supervising style. Dr. Delgado is frequently sought for supervision and consultation involving difficult psychiatric cases. He is a strong advocate for the integration of individual psychotherapy, family psychotherapy and psychpharmacologic interventions in the treatment of patients. Dr. Delgado's clinical work focuses on the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents, using multi-modal treatment interventions. Dr. Delgado has authored multiple journal articles and book chapters about the integration of psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic

From the reviews:

"This book was developed in response to a need by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to provide a program for clinicians who deal with 'difficult' patients. ... This book is intended for consult liaison psychiatrists who manage medically complex patients. Interestingly enough, it also should be considered a valuable resource for nonpsychiatrists, as it reinforces the need for an integrated medical-psychiatric team." (Alyson Myers, Doody's Book Reviews, May, 2014)