Description
Part of the What Do I Do Now? Psychiatry series, Geriatric Psychiatry offers comprehensive expertise for clinicians seeking answers for how to manage complex situations in geriatric psychiatry, with a focus on individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other neurocognitive disorders. This volume addresses conditions common to all psychiatric settings as well as features that must be factored into diagnosis and treatment in later life for anxiety, depression, psychosis, apathy, and agitation. Chapters feature brief clinical case vignettes and further resources for topics in neurocognitive disorders, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, and substance use in elderly patients.An authoritative guide for clinicians facing an aging population, Geriatric Psychiatry provides clear answers to some of the most complex situations in geriatric psychiatric care.
Table of Contents
PrefacePART I: ASSESSING THE GERIATRIC PATIENTChapter 1: What's Happening to Me?Cindy Marshall, MD, and Mary Quiceno, MDChapter 2: Body, Brain and Where the Two MeetDustin Z Nowaskie, MD, Carol Chan, MD, Sophia Wang, MDChapter 3: Mental Status in the MomentZelde Espinel, MD, MA, MPH and Elizabeth A. Crocco, MDChapter 4: Cognitive Screens Short and Sweet, and When More is NeededKelly L. Konopacki, PhD, and Sara L. Weisenbach, PhD, ABPPChapter 5: A Picture Worth a Thousand WordsBrandon Yarns, MD, and Aaron Greene, MDChapter 6: What's Normal and What's Not? Putting It All TogetherSophiya Benjamin, MD, Joanne Ho, MD, and Saumil Dholakia, MDPART II: NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERSChapter 7: Am I Losing My Mind?Angela M. Kristan, MD, and Elizabeth J. Santos, MD, MPHChapter 8: I Can't Remember What Just HappenedMichael Li, MD, and Erica Garcia-Pittman, MDChapter 9: He Became a Different Person Practically OvernightMatthew E. Kern, MD, Jessica Stovall, MD, and Prasad R. Padala, MD, MSChapter 10: The Man Who Mistook the Trash for His DogJohn F. Hodes, BS, David A. Merril, MD, and Melita Petrossian, MD Chapter 11: Suddenly Carefree and CarelessAnil Vatsavayi, MDChapter 12: A Telling Triad of SymptomsFanny Huynh Du, MD, Robert Hess, MD, and Steve Huege, MDPART III: ANXIETY DISORDERSChapter 13: I'm Always AfraidMaria Rueda-Lara, MD, and Elizabeth A. Crocco, MDChapter 14: I Felt as Though I Was About to DieRachel Zack Ishikawa, PhD, MPH, and Feyza Marouf, MD Chapter 15: I Can't Get Those Thoughts Out Of My HeadKayla Vardi, MDChapter 16: Every Reminder Throws Me OffAzziza Bankole, MDPART IV: MOOD DISORDERSChapter 17: To Switch or To Augment: That is the QuestionMarie Anne Gebara, MD, and Jordan F. Karp, MD Chapter 18: Expecting the ExpectedSusan W. Lehmann, MDChapter 19: Life Is Not Worth LivingAli Asghar-Ali, MD, and Richa Lavingia, MPH Chapter 20: Withering AwayMario Fahed, MD, and Kristina Zdanys, MDChapter 21: Sad or Just Unconcerned?Jennifer Junko Holiman, APRN, Kathryn Kieran, APRN, and Caroline S. Bader, MDPART V: PSYCHOTIC DISORDERSChapter 22: It's Like She Lost Her Mind OvernightKripa Balaram, MD, Deena J. Tampi, MSN, MBA-HCA, RN, and Rajesh R. Tampi, MDChapter 23: She Thinks I'm Someone ElseSilpa Balachandran, MD, Deena J. Tampi, MSN, MBA-HCA, RN, and Rajesh R. Tampi, MD, MS Chapter 24: He Is Frightened of Things That He SeesArshiya Syeda Farheen, MD, Deena J. Tampi, MSN, MBA-HCA, RN, and Rajesh R. Tampi, MD, MSChapter 25: Suspicious NeighborsMichael Reinhardt, MD Chapter 26: I Live With These VoicesTarek K. Rajji, MD, FRPCPPART VI: OTHER DISORDERSChapter 27: It's Just a NightcapLuminita Luca, MD, PhD, and Elizabeth A. Crocco, MDChapter 28: No One Can Work with HerMarc Agronin, MDChapter 29: Trustworthy or Not?Karen Reimers, MDChapter 30: Wired and ReadyKathryn Kieran, APRN, and Ipsit V. Vahia, MD
