| Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 930 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Part 1: Basic Principles in the Assessment and Treatment of Late-Life Neuropsychiatric Syndromes -- Physiology and Pathology of Aging -- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment -- Neuroimaging in Clinical Geriatric Psychiatry -- Neuropsychology in Late Life -- Pharmacotherapy: Safe Prescribing and Adverse Drug Events -- Neuromodulation Therapies I: Electroconvulsive Therapy -- Neuromodulation Therapies II: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Deep Brain -- Psychotherapy in Late Life -- Ethics, Mental Health Law, and Aging -- Part 2 Common Clinical Manifestations in Late Life -- Late-Life Depressive Disorders -- Late-Life Bipolar Disorders -- Late-Life Anxiety Disorders -- Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders -- Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders -- Late-Life Psychotic Disorders -- Substance Use Disorders -- Delirium -- Major or Mild Neurocognitive Disorder Due to Alzheimer -- Major or Mild Neurocognitive Disorder Due to Alzheimer Disease -- Major or Mild Frontotemporal Neurocognitive Disorder -- Major or Mild Neurocognitive Disorders with Lewy Bodies -- Major or Mild Vascular Neurocognitive Disorder -- Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Major or Mild Neurocognitive Disorders -- Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Systemic Medical Conditions -- Sleep-Wake Disorders -- Personality Disorders -- Part 3 Special Topics in Old Age -- Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry -- Aging with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities -- Psychiatric Emergencies -- Geriatric Forensic Psychiatry: Risk Assessment and Management -- Sexuality and Sexual Dysfunction -- Palliative Care for Geriatric Psychiatric Patients with Life-Limiting Illness -- Caregiver Interventions in Geriatric Psychiatry -- Public Health Perspectives on Aging in Displacement -- Climate Change and the Health of Older Adults -- Equity Diversity, and Inclusion in the Care of Older Adults -- Virtual Care Delivery: Opportunities, Models, and Outcomes -- Systems of Care: Contemporary Clinical Care Models in Geriatric Psychiatry |
| Summary |
This textbook presents real-world cases and discussions that introduce the various psychiatric syndromes found in the aging population before delving into the core concepts covered by geriatric psychiatry curricula. The text follows each case study with the vital information necessary for physicians in training, including key features of each disorder and its presentation, practical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment, clinical pearls, and other devices that are essential to trainees in geriatric psychiatry. With the latest DSM-5-TR guidelines and with rich learning tools that include key points, review questions, tables, and illustrations, this text is the only resource that is specifically designed to train both US and Canadian candidates for specialty and subspecialty certification or recertification in geriatric psychiatry. It will also appeal to audiences worldwide as a state-of-the-art resource for practice guidance. The text meets the needs of the future head on with its straightforward coverage of the most frequently encountered challenges, including neuropsychiatric syndromes, psychopharmacology, elder care and the law, substance use disorders, psychiatric comorbidities in systemic medical illness, consultation-liaison psychiatry, palliative care, climate change and health, and equity/diversity/inclusion matters in the care of older adults. Written by experts in the field, Geriatric Psychiatry: A Case-Based Textbook, 2nd edition will be the ultimate resource for graduate and undergraduate medical students and certificate candidates providing mental health care for aging adults, including psychiatrists, psychologists, geriatricians, primary care and family practice doctors, neurologists, social workers, nurses, and others |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 5, 2024) |
| Subject |
Geriatric psychiatry -- Textbooks
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Geriatric psychiatry -- Case studies
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Older people -- Mental health -- Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hategan, Ana, editor
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Bourgeois, James, editor
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Hirsch, Calvin H., editor
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Giroux, Caroline, editor
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| ISBN |
9783031478024 |
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3031478029 |
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