RT Book, Section A1 Nimgade, Ashok A1 Lamborghini, Ruthanne A2 Mitra, Raj SR Print(0) ID 1159836253 T1 Management of the Rehabilitation Patient with Psychiatric Disorders T2 Principles of Rehabilitation Medicine YR 2019 FD 2019 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071793339 LK accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159836253 RD 2024/04/16 AB EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS ACCOMPANY and may exacerbate many chronic diseases, and thus, almost every practitioner will at some point encounter patients with psychiatric comorbidities. This chapter aims to provide a framework for approaching the psychiatric patient. Diagnosing and treatment calls for first viewing the patient as a human with psychiatric symptoms. Some extra precautions for protecting the patient and oneself may be needed, such as obtaining information on safety precautions or reliability as a historian, but many of these should already be part of good clinical practice for any patient.