Foreword / Ira R. Katz -- Ch. 1. Mental Health Issues in Long-Term Care Facilities / David K. Conn -- Ch. 2. The Mental Status Examination / Barbara Schogt and Dmytro Rewilak -- Ch. 3. Dementia / Nathan Hermann and Robert van Reekum -- Ch. 4. Delirium / Barbara Schogt and David Myran -- Ch. 5. Mood and Anxiety Disorders / David K. Conn and Alanna Kaye -- Ch. 6. The Suicidal Resident / David C. Conn and Alanna Kaye -- Ch. 7. The Suspicious Resident / Barbara Schogt -- Ch. 8. The Resident with Personality Disorder / Anne Robinson and Barbara Schogt -- Ch. 9. Principles of Geriatric Psychopharmacology / Nathan Herrmann -- Ch. 10. Optimizing the Use of Psychotropic Medications / David K. Conn -- Ch. 11. Behavior Management Strategies / Dmytro Rewilak -- Ch. 12. Psychotherapy for the Institutionalized Elderly / Joel Sadavoy -- Ch. 13. Planning Mental Health Educational Programs for Long-Term Care / Susan Lieff and Ivan Silver -- Ch. 14. Helping the Nursing Staff: The Role of the Psychogeriatric Nurse Consultant / Alanna Kaye and Anne Robinson -- Ch. 15. Understanding and Helping the Family / Etta Ginsberg-McEwan and Anne Robinson -- Ch. 16. Legal and Ethical Dimensions / Michel Silberfeld
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Previously published under title: Practical psychiatry in the nursing home