Research Catalog

Title

Geriatric psychiatry / edited by Alan M. Mellow.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : American Psychiatric Pub., ©2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

Mellow, Alan M.

Description

xvi, 195 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

Geriatric Psychiatry outlines current research on this burgeoning patient group, with practice implications to help psychiatrists prepare for the increase. The chapters in Geriatric Psychiatry are contributed by leading experts who review the latest information on etiology, diagnosis, comorbidity, and treatment options, including pharmacological and behavioral therapies. Readers will find practical strategies for treating a range of late-life disorders--including depression and anxiety disorders, dementia, late-life psychotic disorders, and addictions--as well as recommendations for public policy and clinical practice.

Series Statement

Review of psychiatry ; v. 22, no. 4

Uniform Title

Review of psychiatry series ; v. 22, 4.

Subject

• Geriatric psychiatry
• Older people > Mental health services
• Mental illness
• Older people
• Mental Disorders
• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• mental disorders
• elderly
• Older people
• Mental illness
• Geriatric psychiatry
• Older people > Mental health services
• Psychogeriatrie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preface / Alan M. Mellow, M.D., Ph. D. -- Depression and Anxiety in Late Life / Alan M. Mellow, M.D., Ph. D., Helen C. Kales, M.D., Susan M. Maixner, M.D. -- Overview of Late-Life Depression -- Recognition and Diagnosis of Depression in Older Patients -- Treatment -- Depression in Dementia -- Anxiety in Late Life -- Dementia / Myron F. Weiner, M.D. -- Diagnosis -- Mild Cognitive Impairment -- Dementia With Lewy Bodies -- Frontotemporal Dementias -- Alzheimer's Disease -- Vascular Dementia -- Cognitive Rehabilitation/Memory Training -- Late-Life Psychoses / George T. Grossberg, M.D., Abhilash K. Desai, M.D. -- Prevalence of Psychotic Disorders in the Elderly -- Risk Factors Associated With Psychosis in the Elderly -- Classification of Psychotic Disorders in the Elderly -- Comorbidity -- Approach to an Elderly Patient With Psychotic Symptoms -- Onset of Psychotic Symptoms -- Primary Psychotic Disorders -- Secondary Psychotic Disorders -- Antipsychotics and Aging -- Late-Life Addictions / Frederic C. Blow, Ph. D., David W. Oslin, M.D. -- Prevalence of the Problem -- Drinking Guidelines -- Screening and Assessment -- Problems With DSM-IV-TR Criteria for Older Adults -- Treatment -- Referral to Specialized Treatment -- Detoxification and Withdrawal -- Specialized Substance Abuse Treatment -- Treatment Compliance Studies -- Prospective Studies of Treatment Outcomes -- Limitations of Treatment Outcome Research -- Special Issue: Benzodiazepine Withdrawal and Treatment -- Medical and Psychiatric Comorbidities -- Comorbid Depression.

ISBN

• 1585621161
• 9781585621163

LCCN

2003043665

OCLC

• ocm51648319
• 51648319
• SCSB-9770160

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library