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Psychiatric Consultation in Long-Term Care: A Guide for Health Care Professionals
Abhilash K. Desai
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Description for Psychiatric Consultation in Long-Term Care: A Guide for Health Care Professionals
Hardback. Emphasizing creative engagement and hands-on care and featuring clinical vignettes and practical tips, this optimistic volume reinforces the potential for nursing homes and assisted living facilities to be communities where residents thrive. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: MJX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 766.
Studies show that residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities are at a substantial risk of having psychiatric disorders. This practical volume provides much-needed clinical guidance for the prevention and appropriate treatment of mental illness in long-term care settings. Abhilash K. Desai and George T. Grossberg offer a basic framework for a humanistic, team-based approach to meeting the needs of elder persons with mental disorders in long-term care facilities. Early chapters cover the demographics of residents, the epidemiology of their psychiatric symptoms, and the assessment process. Subsequent chapters focus on major disorders, including dementia, delirium, depression, psychosis, and ... Read more
Studies show that residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities are at a substantial risk of having psychiatric disorders. This practical volume provides much-needed clinical guidance for the prevention and appropriate treatment of mental illness in long-term care settings. Abhilash K. Desai and George T. Grossberg offer a basic framework for a humanistic, team-based approach to meeting the needs of elder persons with mental disorders in long-term care facilities. Early chapters cover the demographics of residents, the epidemiology of their psychiatric symptoms, and the assessment process. Subsequent chapters focus on major disorders, including dementia, delirium, depression, psychosis, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801893865
SKU
V9780801893865
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About Abhilash K. Desai
Abhilash K. Desai, M.D., FAPA, is an associate professor of geriatric psychiatry and the director of the Center for Healthy Brain Aging at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine. George T. Grossberg, M.D., is the Samuel W. Fordyce Professor and director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine. His recent books include ... Read more
Reviews for Psychiatric Consultation in Long-Term Care: A Guide for Health Care Professionals
This book is useful for professionals but it is also a wonderful guide for families searching for a good place for Grandma and wondering what they can do to keep her content there. Book News, Inc. 2010 This is an excellent, highly readable book covering the myriad of psychiatric disorders seen in nursing home residents. Although dementia and depression are ... Read more