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Essentials of geriatric psychiatry / edited by Dan G. Blazer, David C. Steffens, Ewald W. Busse - Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Pub., 2007 - xv, 483 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

'Based on The American Psychiatric Publishing textbook of geriatric psychiatry, 3rd edition, published in 2004'

Demography and epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in late life -- Physiological and clinical considerations of geriatric patient care -- The psychiatric interview of older adults -- Use of the laboratory in the diagnostic workup of older adults -- Neuropsychological assessment of dementia -- Cognitive disorders -- Movement disorders -- Mood disorders -- Schizophrenia and paranoid disorders -- Anxiety and panic disorders -- Somatoform disorders -- Bereavement and adjustment disorders -- Sleep and circadian rhythm disorders -- Alcohol and drug problems -- Agitation and suspiciousness -- Psychopharmacology -- Individual and group psychotherapy -- Working with the family of the older adult -- Clinical psychiatry in the nursing home

ISBN: 1585622478 RM228.41 9781585622474

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Aged
Aging--physiology
Geriatric Psychiatry--methods

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WT150 / .E78 2007 9