Paula C. Zimbrean, MD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Surgery

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Yelizaveta Sher, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation Liaison Psychiatry

Stanford University School of Medicine

Standford, CA

Catherine Crone

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

George Washington University

Inova Fairfax Hospital

Falls Church, VA

Andrea DiMartini

Professor of Psychiatry

Surgery and Clinical and Translational Science

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

The first case-based book to focus on transplant psychiatry

Covers topics not typical covered in the literature

Written by experts in consultation-liaison psychiatry

Patient's journey through organ transplantation.- Mood disorders: depressive disorders.- Mood disorders: bipolar disorder spectrum.- The suicidal patient.- Psychotic disorders.- Anxiety disorders: generalized anxiety disorder.- Anxiety disorders: panic disorder.- Anxiety disorders: pre and post-transplant posttraumatic stress disorder.- Personality disorders.- Eating disorders.- Sexual identity disorders.- Delirium.- Neurocognitive disorders in the pre-transplant setting.- Intellectual disability.- Post-operative seizures.- Post-transplant persistent cognitive impairment.- Alcohol.- Opioids.- Cocaine and stimulants.- Cannabinoids.- Nicotine.- Gambling.- Relationship patient-clinicians.- Collaboration between transplant medical team and outside mental health services.- Inter-center collaborations.- The multiple roles of transplant psychiatrist.- When the psychiatrist and the transplant team disagree.- Impact of the transplantation process upon the caregiver.- Challenges with adherence with medical care.- Return to work.- Existential issues in transplantation.- Psychological adaptation post transplantation.- The choice of not pursuing organ transplantation.- Psychiatric impact of steroid treatment.- Immunosuppressants and side effects.- Children.- Psychiatric disease and decision to donate.- Donor-recipient relationship.- Unrelated and/or undirected donation.- Multiple organ donors.- Miscellaneous.- Conclusions.