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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3319675540
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3319675541
• Author:  Ana Hategan (Editor), James A. Bourgeois (Editor), Calvin H. Hirsch (Editor), Caroline Giroux (Editor)

This textbook presents real-world cases and discussions that introduce the various mental health syndromes found in the aging population before delving into the core concepts covered by geriatric psychiatry curricula. The text follows each case study with the vital information necessary for physicians in training, including key features of each disorder and its presentation, practical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment, clinical pearls, and other devices that are essential to students of geriatric psychiatry. With the latest DSM-5 guidelines and with rich learning tools that include key points, review questions, tables, and illustrations, this text is the only resource that is specifically designed to train both American and Canadian candidates for specialty and subspecialty certification or recertification in geriatric psychiatry. It will also appeal to audiences worldwide as a state-of-the-art resource for credentialing and/or practice guidance. The text meets the needs of the future head on with its straightforward coverage of the most frequently encountered challenges, including neuropsychiatric syndromes, psychopharmacology, eldercare and the law, substance misuse, mental health following a physical condition, medical psychiatry, and palliative care.

Written by experts in the field, Geriatric Psychiatry: A Case-Based Textbook is the ultimate resource for graduate and undergraduate medical students and certificate candidates providing mental health care for aging adults, including psychiatrists, psychologists, geriatricians, primary care and family practice doctors, neurologists, social workers, nurses, and others.

Table of contents:

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Front Matter

1. Physiology and Pathology of Aging

2. Neuropsychology and Neuroimaging in Clinical Geriatric Psychiatry

3. Pharmacotherapy, Somatic Therapies, and Psychotherapy in Late Life

4. Ethics and Law

5. Late-Life Depressive Disorders, Bipolar Disorders, and Psychotic Disorders

6. Late-Life Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, and Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders

7. Substance Use Disorders in Older Adults

8. Comorbid Systemic Medical and Psychiatric Illness in Older Adults

9. Common Major and Mild Neurocognitive Disorders: Alzheimer Disease, Frontotemporal, Lewy Body, and Vascular Types

10. Other Major and Mild Neurocognitive Disorders: Parkinson Disease, Atypical Parkinsonism, and Traumatic Brain Injury Types

11. Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Due to Major and Mild Neurocognitive Disorders

12. Sleep-Wake Disorders in Late Life

13. Personality Disorders in Late Life

14. Aging with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder

15. Emergencies in Geriatric Psychiatry

16. Sexuality and Sexual Dysfunctions in Later Life

17. Elder Abuse and Neglect

18. End-of-Life Care

19. Caregiver Burnout

20. Physicians as Leaders in Improving Healthcare

Back Matter

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