Main description:

This book provides a comprehensive yet concise review of geriatric psychiatry in preparation for the board exam, or for reference during practice. Written by experts in the field, this text thoroughly reviews over 500 developmental, biological, diagnostic, and treatment questions for board certification. Unlike any other text on the market, this book takes a broader approach to the subject, making it accessible for physicians as well as other clinicians, including nurses, therapists, and social workers.

Absolute Geriatric Psychiatry Review is an excellent resource for all clinicians who will care for the mental health of aging patients, including psychiatrists, neurologists, psychologists, therapists, nurses, social workers, nursing home administrators, and all others.

Contents:

Section I. Developmental, psychological and social aspects of aging

Chapter 1. Life course-developmental and transitional events

Chapter 2. Demography and epidemiology

Chapter 3. Culture and gender

Chapter 4. Family and community

Chapter 5. Ethics and forensics

Chapter 6. Economics and health policy

Section II. Biological aspects of aging

Chapter 7. Neuroanatomy and neuropathology

Chapter 8. Biochemistry and neuropharmacology

Chapter 9. Anatomy and physiology

Section III. Psychiatric diagnosis

Chapter 10. Neurocognitive disorders

Chapter 11. Depressive disorders and bipolar and related disorders

Chapter 12. Sleep-wake disorders

Chapter 13. Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders

Chapter 14. Substance-related and addictive disorders

Chapter 15. Anxiety disorders and obsessive- compulsive and related disorders

Chapter 16. Sexual dysfunctions, Gender dysphoria/ Paraphilic disorders

Section IV. Diagnostic methods

Chapter 17. Interviewing and history taking

Chapter 18. Mental status examination, including quantitative cognitive screening

Chapter 19. Functional assessment

Chapter 20. Psychological and neuropsychological testingChapter 21. Neurologic examination

Chapter 22. Clinical laboratory testing

Chapter 23. Structural and functional imaging

Section V. Treatments

Chapter 24. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

Chapter 25. Cytochrome (CYP)-450

Chapter 26. Antidepressants

Chapter 27. Mood stabilizers

Chapter 28. Antipsychotics

Chapter 29. Anxiolytics

Chapter 30. Hypnotics

Chapter 31. Cognitive enhancers

Chapter 32. Stimulants

Chapter 33. Drugs for Tardive Dyskinesia

Chapter 34. Adverse effects of drugs
Chapter 35. Interventional Psychiatry

Chapter 36. Psychotherapy

Chapter 37. Interdisciplinary approaches

Chapter 38. Setting-specific treatment issues

Chapter 39. Special management problems

Section VI. Policy, ethical and legal issues

Chapter 40. Role of geriatric psychiatrist in health care systems

Chapter 41. Medico-legal

Chapter 42. Ethics

Chapter 43. Treatment-setting regulations

Section VII. Medical and neurologic aspects of geriatric psychiatry Raj and Deena

Chapter 44. Geriatric medical syndromes

Chapter 45. Care of patients with neurologic disease

Chapter 46. Psychiatric disorders due to a general medical condition

Chapter 47. Psychiatric complications of medical treatment

Chapter 48. Psychological factors affecting medical conditions