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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162800703321

Autore

Kennedy Gary J. <1948->

Titolo

Geriatric mental health care : a treatment guide for health professionals / / Gary J. Kennedy [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Guilford Press, c2000

ISBN

1-4625-0603-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 347 p. )

Disciplina

618.97/689

Soggetti

Geriatric psychiatry

Primary care (Medicine)

Older people - Mental health services

Mental Disorders - Aged

Mental Health - Aged

Mental Health Services - Aged

Primary Health Care

Older people - Mental health

Mental Disorders

Aged

Mental Health Services

Mental Health

Geriatric psychiatry - Mental health services

Primary care (Medicine) - Mental health

Older people

Psychological Phenomena and Processes

Comprehensive Health Care

Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Adult

Health Services

Psychiatry and Psychology

Health

Population Characteristics

Patient Care Management

Age Groups

Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Delivery of Health Care

Persons

Health Services Administration

Named Groups



Psychiatry

Health & Biological Sciences

Psychiatry - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Core Concepts from Sociology and Clinical Sciences -- The New Psychopharmacology: Burdens and Benefits -- Attributes of Successful Geriatric Practice -- Depression and Anxiety -- Assessment -- Symptom Identification, Screening for the Disorders -- Geriatric Syndromes, Depression, and Anxiety -- Comorbidity of Mental and Physical Disorders -- Anxiety Disorders -- Suicide -- Comprehensive Treatment of Depression and Anxiety Disorders -- The Dementias -- Dementia Defined -- Epidemiology -- Genetic and Other Risk Factors -- Diagnostic Criteria and Procedures -- Differential Diagnosis -- Cognitive Assessment -- Assessment of Functional Impairment -- General Treatment Considerations -- Medications to Palliate Cognitive Impairment -- Environmental Modifications -- Management of Behavioral and Psychological Signs and Symptoms -- Specific Problem Behaviors and Symptoms -- Medications to Lessen Behavioral and Psychological Disturbances -- Caregiver Burden and Dysfunctional Family Dynamics -- Practitioner as De Facto Guardian and Other Medical--Legal Issues -- Management of Financial Resources -- Preparations for End-of-Life Care -- Psychosis and Mania -- Achieving and Sustaining the Alliance -- The Schizophrenias -- Delusional Disorder -- Mania -- Antipsychotics and the Avoidance of Movement Disorders -- Electroconvulsive Therapy for Mania or Psychosis -- Sleep Disturbances -- Assessment -- Treatment -- Personality, Somatoform, and Pain Disorders -- Personality Disorders -- Somatoform and Pain Disorders.

Sommario/riassunto

"This up-to-date volume expands the practitioner's therapeutic options and illuminates the rewards - as well as the challenges - of working with older adults. It belongs on the desks of frontline clinicians; graduate students and trainees in gerontology, general psychiatry, geriatric medicine, clinical psychology, social work, and nursing; and elder care lawyers. It will serve as a text in graduate-level courses and clinical practica. Although written for health professionals, the book will also fill a need for seniors and family members seeking authoritative information about mental health care."--Jacket.