06816oam 22014174a 450 991016280070332120230828210141.01-4625-0603-8(CKB)2670000000168027(MH)008873973-2(SSID)ssj0000635792(PQKBManifestationID)12239060(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000635792(PQKBWorkID)10653452(PQKB)21878579(MiAaPQ)EBC868418(Au-PeEL)EBL868418(OCoLC)782878233(EXLCZ)99267000000016802720000523d2000 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrGeriatric mental health care a treatment guide for health professionals /Gary J. Kennedy[electronic resource]New York Guilford Pressc20001 online resource (xix, 347 p. )Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-57230-745-5 1-57230-592-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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.Geriatric Mental Health Care Geriatric psychiatryPrimary care (Medicine)Older peopleMental health servicesMental DisordersAgedMental HealthAgedMental Health ServicesAgedPrimary Health CareOlder peopleMental healthMental DisordersAgedMental Health ServicesMental HealthGeriatric psychiatryMental health servicesPrimary care (Medicine)Mental healthOlder peoplePsychological Phenomena and ProcessesComprehensive Health CareBehavioral Disciplines and ActivitiesAdultHealth ServicesPsychiatry and PsychologyHealthPopulation CharacteristicsPatient Care ManagementAge GroupsHealth Care Facilities Workforce and ServicesDelivery of Health CarePersonsHealth Services AdministrationNamed GroupsMental HealthMental Health ServicesMental DisordersPrimary Health CareAgedPsychiatryHILCCHealth & Biological SciencesHILCCPsychiatry - GeneralHILCCGeriatric psychiatry.Primary care (Medicine)Older peopleMental health services.Mental DisordersAged.Mental HealthAged.Mental Health ServicesAged.Primary Health Care.Older peopleMental health.Mental Disorders.Aged.Mental Health Services.Mental Health.Geriatric psychiatryMental health services.Primary care (Medicine)Mental health.Older people.Psychological Phenomena and ProcessesComprehensive Health Care.Behavioral Disciplines and Activities.Adult.Health Services.Psychiatry and PsychologyHealth.Population Characteristics.Patient Care Management.Age Groups.Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services.Delivery of Health Care.Persons.Health Services Administration.Named GroupsMental Health.Mental Health Services.Mental Disorders.Primary Health Care.Aged.PsychiatryHealth & Biological SciencesPsychiatry - General618.97/689Kennedy Gary J.1948-1141474DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910162800703321Geriatric mental health care2847051UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress