Integrated Textbook of Geriatric Mental Health /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Donna, 1947-
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Other Authors: Eisdorfer, Carl
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Older people > Mental health.
Geriatric psychiatry.
elderly.
Personnes âgees.
Services de sante mentale.
Aged, 80 and over
Aged
Mental Disorders > psychology
Dementia
Mental Health Services
Older people.
Mental health services.
Geriatric psychiatry > Textbooks.
Older people > Mental health > Textbooks.
Textbooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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