Geriatric Psychiatry, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics of North America

This issue of Psychiatric Clinics, edited by Drs. Dan Blazer and Susan Schultz, will cover a number of important aspects of Geriatric Psychiatry. Topics in this issue include, but are not limited to: Delirium in the elderly; Depression and cardiac disease in later life; Schizophrenia in later life; Anxiety Disorders in later life; Neurological changes and depression; Behavioral Changes with Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia; Palliative Care in Dementia and Chronic Mental Illness; Collaborative Care for the elderly with psychiatric disorders; and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders in the elderly.

List of contents

Geriatric Psychiatry - Table of Contents
Preface: Geriatric Psychiatry
Delirium in the Elderly
Hearing Loss: The Silent Risk for Psychiatric Disorders in Late Life
Depression and Cardiovascular Disorders in the Elderly
Advances in the Conceptualization and Study of Schizophrenia in Later Life
Anxiety Disorders in Late Life
Evaluating Cognitive Reserve Through the Prism of Preclinical Alzheimer Disease
Electroconvulsive Therapy in Geriatric Psychiatry: A Selective Review
Older Age Bipolar Disorder
Neurologic Changes and Depression
Managing Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
Palliative Care for Dementia
Comorbidity: Evidence-Based Models and Future Research Directions
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Elderly

Product details

• Authors: Dan G Blazer, Dan G. Blazer, Blazer Dan G., Susan K Schultz, Susan K. Schultz, Susan K. Schultz
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Science
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.03.2018
• EAN: 9780323581707
• ISBN: 978-0-323-58170-7
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 418 g
• Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, Psychiatry, Geriatric medicine, Geriatric nursing