A fully revised resource for those involved in prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and management of neuropsychiatric disorders in long-term care (LTC) populations. It provides a comprehensive description of practical psychosocial, spiritual, environmental, and pharmacological approaches to mental healthcare to improve well-being of LTC residents.
A fully revised resource for those involved in prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and management of neuropsychiatric disorders in long-term care (LTC) populations. It provides a comprehensive description of practical psychosocial, spiritual, environmental, and pharmacological approaches to mental healthcare to improve well-being of LTC residents.
Abhilash K. Desai, M.D., is an adjunct associate professor of geriatric psychiatry at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, an adjunct associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and medical director of the Idaho Memory & Aging Center, PLLC. Dr Desai was a guest editor for the special issue titled 'Healthy Brain Aging: Evidence Based Methods to Preserve Brain Function and Prevent Dementia' for Clinics of Geriatric Medicine published in 2009. Along with Dr George Grossberg, he has co-authored a chapter titled 'Psychiatric Aspects of Long-term Care' in Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry (15th edition).
Inhaltsangabe
Part I. Comprehensive Mental Health Services: 1. The need for high-quality comprehensive mental health services in long-term care; 2. Comprehensive psychiatric assessment process; Part II. Common Psychiatric Disorders in Long-Term Care: 3. Major neurocognitive disorder; 4. Delirium; 5. Major depressive disorder, other mood disorders, and suicide; 6. Psychotic disorder and violence; 7. Anxiety disorder, trauma and stress-related disorder, obsessive compulsive and related disorders, and sleep-wake disorders; 8. Personality disorder, somatic symptom and related disorders, substance use disorders, and intermittent explosive disorder; Part III. Issues in Long-Term Care Psychiatry: 9. Nutritional medicine and long-term care psychiatry; 10. Resident abuse and ethical issues; 11. Psychiatric aspects of palliative and hospice medicine; 12. Psychiatric aspects of rational deprescribing; Part IV. Toward a Person-Centered Long-Term Care Community: 13. A psychosocial-spiritual wellness care plan for residents who have major neurocognitive disorder; 14. Creating a person-centered long-term care community: a road map for long-term care facility owners and administrators.
Part I. Comprehensive Mental Health Services: 1. The need for high-quality comprehensive mental health services in long-term care; 2. Comprehensive psychiatric assessment process; Part II. Common Psychiatric Disorders in Long-Term Care: 3. Major neurocognitive disorder; 4. Delirium; 5. Major depressive disorder, other mood disorders, and suicide; 6. Psychotic disorder and violence; 7. Anxiety disorder, trauma and stress-related disorder, obsessive compulsive and related disorders, and sleep-wake disorders; 8. Personality disorder, somatic symptom and related disorders, substance use disorders, and intermittent explosive disorder; Part III. Issues in Long-Term Care Psychiatry: 9. Nutritional medicine and long-term care psychiatry; 10. Resident abuse and ethical issues; 11. Psychiatric aspects of palliative and hospice medicine; 12. Psychiatric aspects of rational deprescribing; Part IV. Toward a Person-Centered Long-Term Care Community: 13. A psychosocial-spiritual wellness care plan for residents who have major neurocognitive disorder; 14. Creating a person-centered long-term care community: a road map for long-term care facility owners and administrators.
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