Geropsychiatric and mental health nursing
By: [edited by] Karen Devereaux Melillo, Susan Crocker Houde
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Sudbury, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 533
ISBN-13: 9780763773595
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview of aging and older adulthood; title: Geropsychiatric nursing as a subspecialty; title: Comprehensive mental health assessment : an integrated approach; title: Ethnic elders; title: Mental health promotion; title: Psychopharmacology; title: Nursing assessment and treatment of depressive disorders of late life; title: Nursing assessment and treatment of anxiety in late life; title: Psychosis in older adults; title: Substance abuse in older adults; title: Delirium; title: Nursing assessment of clients with dementias of late life : screening, diagnosis, and communication; title: Nursing management of clients experiencing dementias of late life : care environments, clients, and caregivers; title: Addressing problem behaviors common to late-life dementias; title: Family caregiving; title: Normal and disordered sleep in late life; title: Pathological gambling among older adults; title: Elder mistreatment; title: End of life; title: Social, health and long-term care programs and policies affecting; title: Mental health in older adults; title: Envisioning the future of geropsychiatric nursing.