Integrated textbook of geriatric mental health /
Cohen, Donna,1947-
Eisdorfer, Carl.
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-315) and index.
Geriatric mental health care in the twenty-first century -- Concepts underlying geriatric mental health care -- Comprehensive geriatric assessment : the context of care -- Interviewing and developing an alliance -- Age-related changes in cognition in later life -- Cognitive impairment in older persons -- Alzheimer disease -- Other dementias -- Managing the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia -- Mood disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Schizophrenia in later life -- Alcohol abuse, substance abuse, and medication mismanagement -- Other psychiatric disorders and behavioral conditions -- Family caregiving -- Assessing the capacity of older persons -- Elder mistreatment : abuse and neglect -- Violent deaths : suicide and homicide-suicide -- Disasters and terrorism -- End-of-life care -- Geriatric mental health policies in context.
Geriatric psychiatry
Older people