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

• Autore: Kennedy Gary J. <1948->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Guilford Press, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 347 p. )
• Disciplina: 618.97/689
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Geriatric Mental Health Care
• Titolo autorizzato: Geriatric mental health care
• ISBN: 1-4625-0603-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910162800703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II