Integrated textbook of geriatric mental health / Donna Cohen, Carl Eisdorfer
- Author
- Cohen, Donna, 1947-
- Published
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2011]
- Copyright Date
- ©2011
- Physical Description
- x, 332 pages ; 26 cm
- Additional Creators
- Eisdorfer, Carl
- 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.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781421400976 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781421400983 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1421400979 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1421400987 (pbk. : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-315) and index.
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