Concise Guide to Geriatric Psychiatry - Softcover

Spar, James E.; La Rue, Asenath

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0880487968 ISBN 13: 9780880487962

Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc, 1997

Synopsis

As life expectancy in the United States continues to increase and the baby boom generation grows older, geriatric mental health care will assume new importance and require the development of flexible treatment approaches. Completely revised for DSM-IV, the second edition of this easy-to-use pocket-size reference text is an essential guide for all mental health professionals, primary care physicians, and occupational and physical therapists who treat elderly patients. It includes updated and expanded treatment sections, a wealth of tables and figures that highlight important clinical material, and an appendix with commonly used clinical assessment scales. Because older patients are more likely to rely on their primary care or family physicians rather than psychiatrists for treatment of psychological problems, this handy reference will help these doctors, who may not have extensive mental health or geriatric training, detect and treat comorbid mental disorders that are often masked by other serious medical conditions.

About this title

About the Author

James E. Spar, M.D., is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles School of Medicine; and Coordinator, Clinical Geriatric Services at the University of California-Los Angeles Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital, Los Angeles, California.

Asenath La Rue, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Edition details

• Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0880487968
• ISBN 13: 9780880487962
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 326