Geriatric Psychiatry : A Case-Based Textbook

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. Front Matter ....Pages I-XVII Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Physiology and Pathology of Aging (Calvin H. Hirsch, Ana Hategan)....Pages 3-25 Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (Calvin H. Hirsch, Tricia K. W. Woo)....Pages 27-46 Neuroimaging in Clinical Geriatric Psychiatry (Amer M. Burhan, Udunna C. Anazodo, Jean-Paul Soucy)....Pages 47-89 Neuropsychology in Late Life (Heather E. McNeely, Jelena P. King)....Pages 91-108 Pharmacotherapy: Safe Prescribing and Adverse Drug Events (Calvin H. Hirsch, Shyam Maharaj, James A. Bourgeois)....Pages 109-134 Somatic Therapies: Electroconvulsive Therapy (Carole Lazaro, Lisa A. McMurray, Milena Rogan Ducic, Timothy E. Lau)....Pages 135-156 Somatic Therapies: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) (Lisa A. McMurray, Carole Lazaro, Timothy E. Lau)....Pages 157-175 Psychotherapy in Late Life (Caroline Giroux, W. Edwin Smith)....Pages 177-200 Ethics, Mental Health Law, and Aging (Daniel L. Ambrosini, Calvin H. Hirsch, Ana Hategan)....Pages 201-216 Front Matter ....Pages 217-218 Late-Life Depression (Tracy Cheng)....Pages 219-235 Late-Life Bipolar Disorders (Tracy Cheng, Karen Saperson)....Pages 237-252 Late-Life Anxiety Disorders (Sachin Sarin, Zainab Samaan)....Pages 253-264 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders in Older Age (Shannon Suo, Puja Chadha)....Pages 265-281 Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders in Late Life (Caroline Giroux, Andrés F. Sciolla)....Pages 283-304 Late-Life Psychosis (Jessica E. Waserman, Karen Saperson)....Pages 305-318 Substance Use Disorders in Late Life (Jeffrey DeVido, Calvin H. Hirsch, Nitika Sanger, Tea Rosic, Zainab Samaan, James A. Bourgeois)....Pages 319-342 Delirium in Older Adults (Ana Hategan, Calvin H. Hirsch, Deborah Francis, James A. Bourgeois)....Pages 343-368 Major or Mild Neurocognitive Disorder Due to Alzheimer Disease (Ana Hategan, Glen L. Xiong)....Pages 369-401 Major or Mild Frontotemporal Neurocognitive Disorder (Ana Hategan, James A. Bourgeois, Calvin H. Hirsch)....Pages 403-428 Major or Mild Neurocognitive Disorders with Lewy Bodies (Poh Choo How, Pachida Lo, Glen L. Xiong)....Pages 429-443 Major or Mild Vascular Neurocognitive Disorder (Amer M. Burhan, Manoosh Moradizadeh, Nicole E. Marlatt)....Pages 445-466 Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Major or Mild Neurocognitive Disorders (Amer M. Burhan, Calvin H. Hirsch, Nicole E. Marlatt)....Pages 467-494 Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Systemic Medical Conditions (Mariam Abdurrahman)....Pages 495-510 Sleep-Wake Disorders in Late Life (Zahida Meghji, Ana Hategan, Akua Amoako-Tuffour)....Pages 511-534 Personality Disorders in Late Life (Caroline Giroux, W. Edwin Smith)....Pages 535-557 Front Matter ....Pages 559-559 Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in Late Life (James A. Bourgeois, Caroline Giroux)....Pages 561-575 Aging with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Kerry Boyd, Veronique Baril)....Pages 577-594 Psychiatric Emergencies in Older Adults (Timothy E. Lau, Sarah Russell, Elizabeth Kozyra, Sophiya Benjamin)....Pages 595-616 Geriatric Forensic Psychiatry: Risk Assessment and Management (Joseph C. Ferencz, Gary A. Chaimowitz, Caroline Giroux)....Pages 617-628 Marginalized Geriatric Patients (Albina Veltman, Tara La Rose)....Pages 629-643 Sexuality and Sexual Dysfunction in Later Life (Daniel L. Ambrosini, Rosemary Chackery, Ana Hategan)....Pages 645-658 Aging and Mental Health in the Era of Globalization (Mariam Abdurrahman)....Pages 659-670 Palliative Care for Geriatric Psychiatric Patients with Life-Limiting Illness (Margaret W. Leung, Lawrence E. Kaplan, James A. Bourgeois)....Pages 671-690 Caregiver Burnout (Kurtis S. Kaminishi, Reza Safavi, Calvin H. Hirsch)....Pages 691-708 Geriatric Telepsychiatry: Opportunities, Models, and Outcomes (Donald M. Hilty, Shilpa Srinivasan, Terry Rabinowitz)....Pages 709-718 Back Matter ....Pages 719-735 "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"--[Résumé de l'éditeur]