Geriatric psychiatry
By: edited by Mark D. Miller, LalithKumar K. Solai
Series: Pittsburgh pocket psychiatry series; Pittsburgh pocket psychiatry series
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780199765782
Subjects: Mental Disorders; Aged; Therapy; Diagnosis
Description: This book comprehensively and definitively addresses geriatric psychiatry, focusing on depression, dementia, anxiety as well as managing the caregivers. Additional chapters cover psychotherapy, legal issues, alcohol and drug use, and chronic pain management. Designed to be a highly practical, clinical guide for practitioners, each chapter is clearly written by one or more faculty members from Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, many of whom are recognized experts in their field. Self-assessment questions help the student learn the material.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Clinical approach to the geriatric psychiatry patient / Jamie Tew, Mark Miller, and Sharon Altman; title: Psychiatry and medicine at the geriatric crossroads / Eric Rodriguez; title: Legal issues geriatric psychiatrists should understand / Robert Wettstein; title: Aging changes and pharmacotherapy principles / Tanya Fabian; title: Delirium / LalithKumar K. Solai; title: Evaluation and management of cognitive disorders and dementia. Part I / Eric McDade and Oscar Lopez; title: Evaluation and management of cognitive disorders and dementia. Part II / Eric McDade and Oscar Lopez; title: Late-life anxiety disorders / Carmen Andreescu; title: Late-life depression : evidenced based treatment / Mark Miller ... [et al.]; title: Psychotherapeutic approaches for depression, cognitive impairment, and personality disorders in late-life / Mark Miller and Jennifer Morse; title: Late-life psychosis / LalithKumar K. Solai; title: Late-life sleep disorders / Anne Germain; title: Late-life substance use disorders / Antoine Douaihy; title: Geriatric psychiatry management of chronic pain / Jordan Karp and Mark Miller; title: Long term care geriatric psychiatry / Ann Zachariah; title: Psychosocial factors, health, and quality of life / Richard Schulz and Rick Morycz.