Psychosomatic medicine textbook

Can anyone suggest a good text on psychosomatic medicine, please? The one below was well-reviewed in JAMA this year, but I am interested in opinions of folk on this forum.

[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif] Psychosomatic Medicine. [FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Edited by Michael Blumenfield and James J. Strain, 949 pp (includes DVD), $199.
Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
ISBN-13 978-0-7817-6046-1..


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BabyPsychDoc said:

Can anyone suggest a good text on psychosomatic medicine, please? The one below was well-reviewed in JAMA this year, but I am interested in opinions of folk on this forum.

[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif] Psychosomatic Medicine. [FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Edited by Michael Blumenfield and James J. Strain, 949 pp (includes DVD), $199.
Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
ISBN-13 978-0-7817-6046-1..


[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Thanks a lot!🙂
.

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The APA "gold standard" is:

The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychosomatic Medicine
by James L. Levenson
http://www.amazon.com/American-Psyc...bs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196109574&sr=8-3

My personal favorite for readability, clinical practicality, not getting a hernia from carrying it around, and (in the interest of full disclosure) knowing and respecting most of the authors, is:

Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry
by Theodore A. Stern, Gregory Fricchione, Ned H. Cassem, Michael S. Jellinek, Jerrold F. Rosenbaum
http://www.amazon.com/Massachusetts...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196109710&sr=1-1

Although another good choice, especially for the "novice" consultant is:

Manual of Psychiatric Care for the Medically Ill
by Antoinette Ambrosino Wyszynski, Bernard Wyszynski
http://www.amazon.com/Manual-Psychiatric-Care-Medically-Ill/dp/1585621188/ref=cm_lmf_tit_12_rsrsrs0

Thank you, Doc Samson!🙂