Veteran psychiatry in the US : optimizing clinical outcomes / / Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, Maria D. Llorente, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, , [2019]; �2019
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2019.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 354 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
• Disciplina: 616.85212
• Soggetto topico: Military psychiatry - United States; Neurology - United States; Psychiatry - United States; Emergency medicine - United States
• Persona (resp. second.): RitchieElspeth Cameron; LlorenteMaria D.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Outline of Military Culture and Military and VA Health Systems -- Psychiatry in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs: A History and a Future -- Optimizing Clinical Outcomes in VA Mental Health Care -- Suicide -- Treatment for Trauma Related Disorders: The “Three Buckets” Model -- Treatment Resistant Depression Among US Military Veterans -- Psychotic Disorders and Best Models of Care -- Alcohol and Alcohol Use Disorder -- Alcohol Pharmacotherapy -- Opiate Use in the Military Context -- Use of Stimulants for ADHD and TBI in Veterans -- Use of Complementary and Integrative Health for Chronic Pain Management Traumatic Brain Injury -- Homeless Veterans and Mental Health -- Contextual Frameworks for Addressing Risk and Fostering Resilience among Sexual and Gender Minority Veterans -- Older Veterans -- Women Veterans -- Military Environmental Exposures and Mental Health -- Neuropsychiatric Quinism: Chronic Encephalopathy Caused by Poisoning by Mefloquine and Related Quinoline Drugs -- Listening to Trauma, and Caring for the Caregiver, A Psychodynamic Reflection in the Age of Burnout.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume explores the unique psychiatric needs of active and former military personnel and offers clinical pearls for the optimal delivery of care for these individuals. Written by experts in military and veteran psychiatry, this book addresses the most common issues in military and veteran patients, including depression, traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic stress disorder, substance use disorder, homelessness, and suicidality. Chapters highlight the characteristics of veterans suffering from each disorder that requires special treatment, making it a valuable resource for both military and civilian clinicians. Veteran Psychiatry in the US is a valuable resource for all mental health clinicians working with or seeking to work with veterans, including psychiatrists, neurologists, primary care physicians, psychologists, counselors, social workers, nurses, residents, and all others.
• Titolo autorizzato: Veteran Psychiatry in the US
• ISBN: 3-030-05384-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910337476303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II