Full Description
As the baby boom generation ages, the number of people requiring long-term care will grow dramatically in developed nations. A majority of them will become increasingly frail and suffer from dementia and associated neuropsychiatric symptoms.
Against this backdrop, Psychiatry in Long-Term Care, Second Edition (first published under the title Psychiatric Care in the Nursing Home) comprehensively reviews the present state of knowledge on how to identify the major psychiatric disorders affecting residents of long-term care facilities and how to intervene. Edited and written by some of the world's foremost authorities, the book provides in-depth coverage of topics such as these:
- General approaches to assessment and treatment of behavioral disturbances
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Dementia
- Sleep impairment
- Psychosis
- Substance use disorders
- Contemporary strategies for successful psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions
Complementing these chapters with clinical guidelines on specific disorders are chapters on medicolegal considerations, ethics, and education of care staff.
The new edition is an important resource for care providers from all disciplines devoted to improving the well being of people in long-term care facilities and for students and scholars of mental health and aging.
Contents
Section One: Psychiatric Disorders
1: Epidemiology of Psychiatric Conditions in Nursing Homes, Ann L. Gruber-Baldini, Hannah Day, and Jay Magaziner
2: Dementia in Nursing Home Patients: Assessment and Management, Solasinee Hemrungrojn and Jeffrey L. Cummings
3: Delirium in the Nursing Home Setting, Steven F. Huege and Joel E. Streim
4: Mood Disorders, Ashok J. Bharucha and Soo Borson
5: Anxiety Disorders, Art Walaszek and Timothy Howell
6: Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders, Gauri N. Savla, Jody DelaPena-Murphy, Daniel D. Sewell, Daniel S. Kim, and Dilip V. Jeste
7: Sleep-Wake Disorders in Long-Term Care Facility Residents, Yohannes Endeshaw
8: Sexual Disorders, Peggy A. Szwabo
9: Personality Disorders, Marc E. Agronin
10: Mental Retardation, C. Michael Henderson
11: Substance Use Disorders, Kenneth Schwartz
Section 2: Psychiatric Interventions
12: General Approaches to Behavioral Disturbances, Lisa L. Boyle, Anton P. Porsteinsson, and Pierre N. Tariot
13: Principles of Geriatric Psychopharmacology, Adrian Leibovici and Laurie Daiello
14: Insight-Oriented, Interpersonal and Integrative Psychotherapy, Richard A. Zweig, Patricia Marino, and Gregory A. Hinrichsen
15: Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy, Lurgis Karuza and Paul Katz
16: Family Interventions, Lee Hyer, Shailaja Shah, and Amanda Sacks
17: Environmental and Milieu Interventions, Jiska Cohen-Mansfield and Rene Laje
18: Staff Education in Long-term Care Facilities, David K. Conn and Joy Richards
19: Psychiatric Consultation and Liaison, Gary S. Moak
Section 3: Societal Influences
20: An Overview of Residents, Care Providers and Regulation of Medical Practice in the Long-Term Care Continuum, Suzanne Gillespie and Paul R. Katz
21: Ethical and Medicolegal Issues, Marshall B. Kapp
22: Mental Health in the Assisted Living Setting Quincy M. Samus and Adam Rosenblatt
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