On-Call Geriatric Psychiatry Handbook of Principles and Practice /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hategan, Ana (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Bourgeois, James A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hirsch, Calvin H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Critical care medicine.; Geriatrics.; Psychiatry.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Emergency Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

This text covers basic principles and practice of on-call psychiatric care in the geriatric patient in various medical settings. It compiles the most likely complaints and provides assessment and management tools for each situation. Written and edited by expert geriatric psychiatrists, emergency psy...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The on-call psychiatric examination of the geriatric patient
• The on-call physical examination of the geriatric patient
• The on-call psychopharmacology and psychotherapy principles
• Decisional capacity assessment, advance directives, and medical ethics
• The on-call use of seclusion, chemical and physical restraint
• Telephone consultations
• Principles of safe clinical handover
• Emergency medicine settings
• Acute inpatient settings
• Subacute medical settings
• Outpatient medical facilities
• Residential medical settings
• Correctional settings
• On-call telepsychiatry settings
• The chief psychiatric complaints
• The chief physical complaints
• The chief adverse effects of medications
• The complaints of physical and sexual trauma
• The dementia patients and sexual consent
• Suicide and violence prevention and control in on-call emergencies: a public health approach
• Aging with neurodevelopmental disorders: on-call psychiatric assessment and policy issues
• Elder abuse and neglect: physical and behavioural indicators and policy issues
• Gender issues in the on-call care of the geriatric patient
• Homelessness in the geriatric patient: on-call intervention, bridging and recovery
• On-call teaching and education
• On-call cultural issues in the geriatric patient
• On-call administrative, public health policy, and future directives of the geriatric care.