Practical psychiatry in the long-term care facility : a handbook for staff
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Practical psychiatry in the long-term care facility : a handbook for staff
Hogrefe & Huber, c2001
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Written in a plain and jargon-free manner, this practical manual is designed to help all members of staff in long-term care facilities, including nurses, nursing aides or auxiliaries, physicians, social workers, psychologists and occupational therapists. It discusses solutions for the wide range of psychiatric and behavioural problems which are encountered on a day-to-day basis. The volume should also be a useful resource for teaching students and for continuing education, and also for supervisors and administrators. Numerous clinical illustrations are included, as well as family information sheets, which are a practical tool for education of residents' families and for facilitating communication. The emphasis throughout the book is on training all members of staff to provide the highest quality of care, in the most cost-effective and productive manner. This second edition has been expanded and updated. It includes new chapters on planning mental health educational programmes and optimizing the use of psychotropic medication.
Table of Contents
- Mental health issues in long-term care facilities, David K. Conn
- the mental status examination, Barbara Schogt and Dmytro Rewilak
- dementia, Nathan Herrmann and Robert van Reekum
- delirium, Barbara Schogt and David Myran
- mood and anxiety disorders, David K. Conn and Alanna Kaye
- the suicidal resident, David K. Conn and Alanna Kaye
- the suspicious resident, Barbara Schogt
- the resident with personality disorder, Anne Robinson and Barbara Schogt
- principles of geriatric psychopharmacology, Nathan Herrmann
- optimizing the use of psychotropic medications, David K. Conn
- behaviour management strategies, Dmytro Rewilak
- psychotherapy for the institutionalized elderly, Joel Sadavoy
- planning mental health educational programmes for long-term care, Susan Lieff and Ivan Silver
- helping the nursing staff - the role of the psychogeriatric nurse consultant, Alanna Kaye and Anne Robinson
- understanding and helping the family, Etta Ginsberg-McEwan and Anne Robinson
- legal and ethical dimensions, Michel Silberfeld.
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