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Title Handbook of mental health and aging / editors, James E. Birren, R. Bruce Sloane, Gene D. Cohen ; associate editors, Nancy R. Hooyman, Barry D. Lebowitz, May Wykle
Edition Second edition
Published San Diego : Academic Press, [1992]
©1992

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 MELB  618.97689 Bir/Hom 1992  AVAILABLE
Description xx, 996 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Anxiety and its disorders in old age / Javaid I. Sheikh / Personality disorders in old age / Joel Sadavoy, Barry Fogel -- Schizophrenia and psychotic states / Peter V. Rabins -- Alzheimer's disease and other dementing disorders / Murray A. Raskind, Elaine R. Peskind -- Alcohol and substance-use disorders in the elderly / Roland M. Atkinson, Linda Ganzini, Michael J. Bernstein -- Sleep disorders and aging / Carolyn C. Hoch ... [et al.] -- Aging in persons with developmental disabilities / Marsha Mailick Seltzer -- Neuropsychiatric assessment / Eric D. Caine, Hillel T. Grossman -- Neuropsychological assessment / Asenath La Rue, Janet Yang, Sheryl Osato -- Functional assessment in geriatric mental health / Bryan J. Kemp, Judith Mitchell -- Behavioral and psychotherapeutic interventions / Nancy A. Newton, Lawrence W. Lazarus -- Psychopharmacologic treatment / Carl Salzman, Joyce Nevis-Olesen -- Environmental interventions for cognitively impaired older persons / Victor Regnier, Jon Pynoos -- Community and home care for mentally ill older adults / Linda K. George -- G. Koenig, Dan G Blazer --
Concepts and issues in mental health and aging / Barry D. Lebowitz, George Niederehe -- The epidemiology of selected mental disorders in later life / James C. Anthony, Ahmed Aboraya -- Culture and mental health in later life / David Gutmann -- Gender and ethnicity patterns / E. Percil Stanford, Barbara C. Du Bois -- Adult life crises / Morton A. Lieberman, Harvey Peskin -- Structural changes in the aging brain / Arnold B. Scheibel -- Neurochemical changes with aging : predisposition towards age-related mental disorders / David G. Morgan -- Cerebral metabolism in aging and dementia / Cheryl L. Grady, Stanley I. Rapoport -- The outcomes of psychiatric disorder in the elderly : relevance to quality of life / Barry Gurland, Sidney Katz -- Aging and the senses / Frank Schieber -- Memory, learning, and attention / Judith A. Sugar, Joan M. McDowd -- Intellectual functioning in relation to mental health / Walter R. Cunningham, Kirsten L. Haman -- Emotion and personality / Hans Thomae -- Mood disorders and suicide / Harold G. Koenig, Dan G. Blazer --
Mental health and aging : hospital care, a nursing perspective / May H. Wykle, Mary E. Segall, Stephanie Nagley -- Nursing home care / Benjamin Liptzin -- Forensic and ethical issues / Spencer Eth, Gregory B. Leong -- Economic issues and geriatric mental health care / Gary L. Gottlieb -- The future of mental health and aging / Gene D. Cohen
Analysis Old persons Mental disorders
Notes Includes indexes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Subject Older people -- Mental health -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Older people -- Psychology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Aging.
Geriatric psychiatry -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Mental disorders -- In old age
Physical therapy for older people -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Aging.
Geriatric Psychiatry.
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Mental Disorders.
Aged.
Aging.
Mental Disorders.
Author Birren, James E.
Cohen, Gene D.
Sloane, R. Bruce, 1923-
LC no. 91041083
ISBN 0121012778
Other Titles Mental health and aging