Geriatric Psychiatry A Case-Based Textbook /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hategan, Ana (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Bourgeois, James A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hirsch, Calvin H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Giroux, Caroline (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Psychiatry.; Geriatrics.; Neurology .; General practice (Medicine).; Primary care (Medicine).; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Neurology.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Primary Care Medicine.

 This textbook presents real-world cases and discussions that introduce the various mental health 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 students of geriatric psychiatry. With the latest DSM-5 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 American 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 credentialing and/or 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, eldercare and the law, substance misuse, mental health following a physical condition, medical psychiatry, and palliative care. Written by experts in the field, Geriatric Psychiatry: A Case-Based Textbook is 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. 

 Physiology and Pathology of Aging -- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment -- Neuroimaging in Clinical Geriatric Psychiatry -- Neuropsychology in Late Life -- Pharmacotherapy: Safe Prescribing and Adverse Drug Events -- Somatic Therapies: Electroconvulsive Therapy -- Somatic Therapies: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Deep Brain Stimulation -- Psychotherapy in Late Life -- Ethics, Mental Health Law, and Aging -- Late-life Depression -- Late-life Bipolar Disorders -- Late-life Anxiety Disorders -- Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders in Older Age -- Trauma and Stressor-related Disorders -- Late-life Psychosis -- Substance Use Disorders in Late Life -- Delirium in Older Adults -- 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 in Late Life -- Personality Disorders in Late Life -- Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in Late Life -- Aging with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities -- Psychiatric Emergencies in Older Adults -- Geriatric Forensic Psychiatry: Risk Assessment and Management -- Marginalized Geriatric Patients -- Sexuality and Sexual Dysfunction in Later Life -- Aging and Mental Health in the Era of Globalization -- Palliative Care for Geriatric Psychiatric Patients with Life-limiting Illness -- Caregiver Burnout -- Geriatric Telepsychiatry: Opportunities, Models and Outcomes.