Catherine Crone, MD

Here: A summary of indicators for stress and anxiety in patients undergoing transplantation, and why it is important for psychiatrists to be aware of these factors.

Beyond psychosocial implications of anxiety disorders, an array of physiological effects may ensue.

The authors focus on the psychiatric management of transplant recipients and the evaluation and care of living organ donors.

Psychiatrists are playing an ever-increasing role in the evaluation and care of organ transplant candidates and living organ donors-before and after transplant.

The authors examine anxiety in the medically ill: its presence secondary to or as an impersonator of physical illness and its diagnostic and management challenges.