Practical Guide Mental Illnesses

Recognizing and treating acute psychiatric emergencies, individualized medication therapy, and managing long-term consequences are part of the daily routine in general practice. For the first time, the most common mental illnesses are consistently presented jointly by general practitioners and psychiatrists. Experts, from an interdisciplinary perspective, place great emphasis on concrete recommendations with high practical relevance. Leading symptoms and their differential diagnosis: Depressive episode or long-lasting affective disorder? Psychotherapy: What happens after diagnosis? Functional and somatoform bodily complaints. Peculiarities in special life situations: Old age, pregnancy (postpartum); What should be considered in specific psychopharmacotherapy? Preventive psychiatry:

• Early detection of affective disorders and suicide prevention;
• Risk assessment and early detection for dementias;
• Screening in young people

Mental illnesses and social environment:

• Refugees and asylum seekers;
• Domestic violence, psychotrauma, and self-harm

Concrete recommendations for forensic and organizational issues: Assessment for guardianship law; Inability to work and earn; Illness in the workplace; Outpatient care in homes: Basic knowledge of social psychiatry - Leading symptoms and their differential diagnosis: Depressive episode or long-lasting affective disorder? - Psychotherapy: What happens after diagnosis? - Functional and somatoform bodily complaints - Peculiarities in special life situations: Old age, pregnancy (postpartum); What should be considered in specific psychopharmacotherapy? - Preventive psychiatry: Early detection of affective disorders and suicide prevention; Risk assessment and early detection for dementias; Screening in young people - Mental illnesses and social environment: Refugees and asylum seekers; Domestic violence, psychotrauma, and self-harm - Concrete recommendations for forensic and organizational issues: Assessment for guardianship law; Inability to work and earn; Illness in the workplace; - Outpatient care in homes: Basic knowledge of social psychiatry