Definition: Psychosomatic Medicine (PM) is that branch of psychiatry that deals with the understanding and advancement of medical science, education, and healthcare for persons with comorbid psychiatric and general medical conditions and is also referred to as Consultation-Liaison (C-L) Psychiatry or Hospital Psychiatry.
Fellows as well as physicians practicing Psychosomatic Medicine will keep a combination of textbooks in their library to help them with their daily practice as well as board certification exam preparation and review, this is the best recommended reading textbook:
The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychosomatic Medicine
Psychosomatic Medicine: A Companion to the American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychosomatic Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry
Prescriber's Guide: Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology
Psychosomatic Medicine (Pittsburgh Pocket Psychiatry Series)
