| Description |
1 online resource (578 pages) |
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Cambridge Pocket Clinicians |
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Cambridge pocket clinicians.
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| Contents |
Cover; Effective Treatments in Psychiatry; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Organic disorders; 1: Delirium; Introduction; Non-pharmacological interventions; Pharmacological interventions; Typical antipsychotic drugs; Atypical antipsychotic drugs; Olanzapine; Risperidone; Quetiapine, ziprasidone, and remoxipride; Cholinesterase inhibitors; Benzodiazepines; Mianserin; Electroconvulsive therapy; Guidelines; Summary; 2: Management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia and acquired brain injury; Introduction; Pharmacotherapy for BPSD; Antipsychotic drugs; Antidepressants |
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Cognitive enhancersAnticonvulsants and mood stabilizers; Benzodiazepines; Beta-blockers; Psychological management of non-cognitive symptoms of dementia; Group therapies; Validation therapy; Other approaches; Pharmacotherapy in the treatment of behaviour disturbance in acquired brain injury; Lithium; Antipsychotics; Antidepressants; Psychostimulants; Anticonvulsants; Dopaminergic drugs; Beta-blockers; Conclusion; 3: Dementia: pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments and guideline review; Introduction; Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors; Donepezil; Rivastigmine; Memantine |
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GalantamineComparisons between individual drugs; Differences in responses between dementia subtypes; Other treatments; Psychological treatments (see also Chapter 2); Cognitive rehabilitation and cognitive training; Reminiscence therapy; Reality orientation therapy; Summary; 4: Pharmacological treatment of psychosis and depression in the elderly; Introduction; Treating psychosis in dementia; Treating psychosis in Parkinson's disease; Treatment of depression; Dementia; Depression following stroke; Conclusions; Alcohol; 5: Psychological treatments of alcohol use disorders; Introduction |
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General advice and informationBibliotherapy; Other educational interventions; School-based education efforts for public and college students; Other groups and other interventions; Strengthening Families Programme (SFP); Internet and computer-based education, educational lectures, and films; Summary; 8: Complex interventions for alcohol use disorders; Introduction; Alcoholics Anonymous; The Minnesota Model of Care; Therapeutic communities; Combined pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy; A note on the COMBINE study (also see p 49); 9: Complementary and alternative medicine for alcohol misuse |
| Summary |
A practical pocket reference to effective treatments for a wide range of psychiatric disorders |
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Of detailsBrief interventions; Motivational enhancement therapy (MET); Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT); Twelve-step facilitation therapy (TSF); Behavioural therapies (BT); 6: Pharmacotherapy of alcohol misuse, dependence, and withdrawal; Introduction; Harmful use of alcohol; Alcohol dependence; Disulfiram; Acamprosate (ACAM); Naltrexone (NTX); Antidepressants; Anticonvulsants; Buspirone; Alcohol withdrawal; Introduction; Pharmacotherapy; Benzodiazepines; Anticonvulsants; Adjunctive treatments; 7: Educational interventions for alcohol use disorders; Introduction |
| Notes |
Introduction |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Mental Disorders -- therapy -- Handbooks
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Mental illness -- Treatment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Psychiatry -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Psychiatry -- Methods -- Handbooks
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Silk, Kenneth R., 1944-
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| ISBN |
0511993501 (ebook) |
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0521124654 (paperback) |
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113913759X |
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9780511993503 (ebook) |
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9780521124652 (paperback) |
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9781139137591 |
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