Synopses & Reviews
Part of the Pittsburgh Pocket Psychiatry series, this volume comprehensively and definitively addresses geriatric psychiatry, focusing on depression, dementia, anxiety as well as managing the caregivers. Additional chapters cover psychotherapy, legal issues, alcohol and drug use, and chronic pain management.
Designed to be a highly practical, clinical guide for practitioners, each chapter is clearly written by one or more faculty members from Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, many of whom are recognized experts in their field. Self-assessment questions help the student learn the material.
Review
"The range of chapters provides a comprehensive examination of the area of geriatric psychiatry, truly distinguishing it as a unique field and not just as an application of general psychiatry to the geriatric patient... an excellent addition to the literature on geriatric psychiatry." -- Doody's
About the Author
Mark D. Miller, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
LalithKumar K. Solai, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Clinical Approach to the Geriatric Psychiatry Patient
Jamie Tew, Mark Miller and Sharon Altman
Chapter 2 Psychiatry and Medicine at the Geriatric Crossroads
Eric Rodriguez
Chapter 3 Legal Issues Geriatric Psychiatrists Should Understand
Robert Wettstein
Chapter 4 Aging Changes and Pharmacotherapy Principles
Tanya Fabian
Chapter 5 Delirium
LalithKumar K. Solai
Chapter 6 Evaluation and Management of Cognitive Disorders and Dementia Part I
Eric McDade and Oscar Lopez
Chapter 7 Evaluation and Management of Cognitive Disorders and Dementia Part II
Eric McDade and Oscar Lopez
Chapter 8 Late-Life Anxiety Disorders
Carmen Andreescu
Chapter 9 Late-Life Depression: Evidenced Based Treatment
Mark Miller, Charles F. Reynolds III, Ariel Gildengers, Ellen Whyte and Carmen Andreescu
Chapter 10 Psychotherapeutic Approaches for Depression, Cognitive Impairment and
Personality Disorders in Late-Life
Mark Miller and Jennifer Morse
Chapter 11 Late-Life Psychosis
LalithKumar K. Solai
Chapter 12 Late-Life Sleep Disorders
Anne Germain
Chapter 13 Late-Life Substance Use Disorders
Antoine Douaihy
Chapter 14 Geriatric Psychiatry Management of Chronic Pain
Jordan Karp and Mark Miller
Chapter 15 Long Term Care Geriatric psychiatry
Ann Zachariah
Chapter 16 Psychosocial Factors, Health, and Quality of Life
Richard Schulz and Rick Morycz
Future Directions
Mark Miller, Lalith Kumar Solai, Carmen Andresscu and Charles Reynolds
Index