Psychiatric care in the nursing home
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Psychiatric care in the nursing home
Oxford University Press, 1996
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This is a comprehensive review of the present state of knowledge about mental illness in the long-term care setting. Recognised experts in geriatrics provide up-to-date recommendations for the evaluation and treatent of the full range of psychiatric disorders that complicate the care of nursing home residents. Among the topics reviewed in depth are the description, diagnosis, and treatment of depression, anxiety, agitation, sexual dysfunction, sleep disorders, substance abuse, and psychosis. Contemporary strategies for successful psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic treatments are discussed in detail. Special considerations related to dementia and delirium in the nursing home setting are also presented, as well as ethical, medico-legal problems and the special needs of residents with mental retardation.
Table of Contents
- 1. The Nursing Home as a Psychiatric Hospital
- 2. General Approaches to Behavioral Disturbances
- 3. Psychopharmacology
- 4. Dementia
- 5. Delirium
- 6. Mood Disorders
- 7. Anxiety Disorders
- 10. Sexuality
- 11. Mental Retardation
- 12. Substance Use Disorders
- 13. Insight-Oriented and Supportive Psychotherapy
- 14. Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy
- 15. Working with Families
- 16. Psychiatric Consultation and Liaison
- 17. Ethical Issues
- 18. Medicological Issues
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