Symptom.DJ

This chapter argues that the symptom-as-aletheia concept can be better explained in the light of Jaspers’ concept of ‘cypher’. Cyphers show what without them would remain implicit ...

During the past decade, traumatic brain injury (TBI) has become a frequent topic in the media. It has been a decade of expanding awareness, increased research, and growing concern ...

The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) consists of eight common symptoms presented as visual analog scales ranging from 0 to 100mm. Patients score the ESAS independently whe...

Depression and pain are commonly comorbid and often disabling conditions. This chapter reviews current evidence regarding the extent of comorbidity of these two conditions across d...

Palpitation is a symptom defined as unpleasant awareness of the heartbeat and is typically described by patients as a disagreeable sensation of pulsation or movement in the chest o...

An understanding of psychiatric illness is critical to the practice of internal medicine. Since 30% to 40% of ambulatory primary care visits have a psychiatric ...

In 1874, Karl Kahlbaum, a German psychiatrist in an obscure private hospital, pulled various symptom pictures together into a single diagnosis: “catatonia.” Kahlbaum had earlier pi...

Specialist palliative care services originally focused on improving the quality of life for patients with a diagnosis of cancer in the terminal phase of their illness. However, org...