| Description |
x, 332 pages ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Geriatric mental health care in the twenty-first century -- Concepts underlying geriatric mental health care -- Comprehensive geriatric assessment : the context of care -- Interviewing and developing an alliance -- Age-related changes in cognition in later life -- Cognitive impairment in older persons -- Alzheimer disease -- Other dementias -- Managing the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia -- Mood disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Schizophrenia in later life -- Alcohol abuse, substance abuse, and medication mismanagement -- Other psychiatric disorders and behavioral conditions -- Family caregiving -- Assessing the capacity of older persons -- Elder mistreatment : abuse and neglect -- Violent deaths : suicide and homicide-suicide -- Disasters and terrorism -- End-of-life care -- Geriatric mental health policies in context |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-315) and index |
| Subject |
Geriatric psychiatry -- Textbooks.
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Older people -- Mental health -- Textbooks.
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Aged.
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Mental Disorders -- psychology.
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Dementia.
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Mental Health Services.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Author |
Eisdorfer, Carl.
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| LC no. |
2010049747 |
| ISBN |
9781421400976 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781421400983 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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1421400979 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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1421400987 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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