Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About the Psychiatric Manifestations of Nonpsychiatric Serious Illness and Treatments.
Gregg A Robbins-Welty, Paul A Riordan, Daniel Shalev, Danielle Chammas, Paul Noufi, Keri O Brenner, Joshua Briscoe, William E Rosa, Jason A Webb
Author Information
Gregg A Robbins-Welty: Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Paul A Riordan: Department of Veterans Affairs, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Daniel Shalev: Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA. ORCID
Danielle Chammas: Department of Medicine, Division of Palliative Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Paul Noufi: Department of Medicine, Division of Palliative Medicine, School of Medicine, MedStar Health, Georgetown University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Keri O Brenner: Section of Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA.
Joshua Briscoe: Department of Veterans Affairs, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
William E Rosa: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA. ORCID
Jason A Webb: Section of Palliative Care, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Mental health issues are widespread and significant among individuals with serious illness. Among patients receiving palliative care (PC), psychiatric comorbidities are common and impact patient quality of life. Despite their prevalence, PC clinicians face challenges in effectively addressing the intricate relationship between medical and psychiatric disorders due to their complex, intertwined and bidirectionally influential nature. This article, created collaboratively with a team of psychiatric-palliative care experts, is the second in a two-part series examining the bidirectional relationship between medical and psychiatric illness in PC. This article explores 10 prevalent psychiatric manifestations associated with severe illness and its treatment. Building upon the first article, which focused on 10 common physical manifestations of psychiatric illness among patients receiving PC, these two articles advocate for an integrated approach to PC that prioritizes mental and emotional wellbeing across the continuum of serious illness.
