Geropsychiatric nursing

Author(s)

• Hogstel, Mildred O.

Bibliographic Information

Geropsychiatric nursing

edited by Mildred O. Hogstel

Mosby, 1995

2nd ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This timely reference provides a comprehensive overview of geropsychiatric nursing focusing on the mental health problems, needs, and special care of clients age 65 and older. While presenting an essential theoretical base, the book also emphasizes wellness, and focuses on assessment and intervention strategies needed by nurses who care for older adults with mental disorders in acute care, home, and long-term care settings.

Table of Contents

An Overview of Mental Health and Older Adults * Promotion of Mental Health in Older Adults * Resources * Assessment * Psychotropic Drugs * Depression * Organic Mental Disorders * Schizophrenia, Paranoid Disorders, Anxiety Disorders and Somatoform Disorders * Substance Abuse * Geropsychiatric Nursing Unit in a General Hospital * Mental Illness in the Nursing Home * Care of the Mentally Ill Older Person in the Home * Community Programs * Bibliography * Appendices

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Details

• NCID: BA24285259
• ISBN:
  • 0801678110
• LCCN: 94022935
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: St. Louis
• Pages/Volumes: xxiv, 420 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC451.4.A5
  • NLM : WY 152 G37778 1995
  • DC20 : 610.73/65
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Aged -- Mental health
  • LCSH : Aged -- Care
  • LCSH : Geriatric psychiatry
  • LCSH : Geriatric nursing
  • MESH : Geriatric Nursing
  • MESH : Psychiatric Nursing
  • MESH : Mental Disorders -- in old age -- Nurses' instruction