Editors:
- Written by experts in the field
- Offers a multidisciplinary approach to mental healthcare for the aging patient
- Includes practical guidelines to prevent premature release and remission
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Foundations of Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry
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Front Matter
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Prevalent Problems in Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book offers mental health guidelines for all medical professionals facing the emerging challenges presented by an aging population worldwide. The text acknowledges that as the geriatric demographic grows, limited resources and infrastructures demand quality protocols to deliver inpatient geriatric psychiatric care, and that many physicians may not be trained to address these specific needs. This text fills this gap with guidelines assessing, diagnosing, and treating aging patients as they present in the emergency room and other settings.
Unlike any other text, this book focuses on how to optimize the use of the inpatient setting by recommending evaluations and treatments, and offering flow-charts and figures of key points, to guide both general workup and continued evaluation and treatment. This approach aims to minimize instances of premature release or readmissions and to improve outcomes.
Chapters cover the various issues that clinicians face when working with an older patient, including legal topics, limitations to treatment, prescription-related complications, patients struggling with substance abuse, and various behavioral concerns. Written by experts in the field, the text takes a multidisciplinary approach to deliver high-quality care as needs of the aging population evolve.
Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry is a vital resource for all clinicians working with an aging population, including geriatricians, psychiatrists, neurologists, primary care providers, hospitalists, psychologists, neuropsychologists, emergency room and geriatric nurses, social workers, and trainees.
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Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Psychiatry and Stanford/VA Alzheimer’s Center, VA Health Care System, Palo Alto, USA
Howard H. Fenn
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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Ana Hategan
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Department of Psychiatry, Baylor Scott and White Central Texas, Division College of Medicine, Texas A & M University, Health Science Center, Temple, USA
James A. Bourgeois
About the editors
Howard H. Fenn, MD
Clinical Associate Professor (affiliated)
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Attending physician
Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Palo Alto, California
Ana Hategan, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Geriatric Psychiatrist
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON
Canada
James A. Bourgeois, OD, MD
Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Baylor Scott & White Health, Central Texas Division
Clinical Professor, College of Medicine
Texas A&M University Health Science Center
2401 South 31st Street
Temple TX 76508
Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco
School of Medicine
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry
Book Subtitle: Optimum Care, Emerging Limitations, and Realistic Goals
Editors: Howard H. Fenn, Ana Hategan, James A. Bourgeois
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10401-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10400-9Published: 24 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-10401-6Published: 07 June 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 415
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 120 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geriatrics/Gerontology, Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine, Neurology, Public Health