Clinical Case Studies in Long-Term Care Psychiatry - Navigating Common Mental Health Challenges in Geriatric Care

A compilation of compelling real-life cases on the psychiatric care of older adults in the long-term care setting. Cases cover the various common psychiatric disorders alongside more complex cases on psychiatric multimorbidity and psychotropic polypharmacy. Essential reading for healthcare practitioners who work regularly with older adults.

About the author

Matthew Gibfried is adjunct professor in the Department of Geriatric Psychiatry at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri. He completed his geriatric psychiatry fellowship in 2023 and has nearly twenty years of experience caring for older adults and education of future providers in the long-term care setting.George T. Grossberg is Henry & Amelia Nasrallah Endowed Professor and Director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri. He is a past president of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and of the International Psychogeriatric Association.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Gibfried, Matthew (Saint Louis University School o Gibfried, George T. Grossberg, Grossberg George T.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2024
• EAN: 9781108722322
• ISBN: 978-1-108-72232-2
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Nursing, MEDICAL / Neurology, MEDICAL / Geriatrics, MEDICAL / Nursing / General, Psychiatry, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Geriatric medicine, Palliative Medicine, Health systems & services, MEDICAL / Pain Management, Primary care medicine, primary health care, MEDICAL / Nursing / Care Plans