Geriatric Psychiatry Study Guide

Questions designed to meet certification criteria worldwide Features easy-to-use learning tools, including notes, graphics, and references

Written by expert clinicians and educators in geriatric psychiatry

Questions designed to meet certification criteria worldwide Features easy-to-use learning tools, including notes, graphics, and references Written by expert clinicians and educators in geriatric psychiatry

Autorentext

Ana Hategan, MD
Geriatric Psychiatrist, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

James A. Bourgeois, OD, MD
Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Baylor Scott and White Health, Central Texas Division, Temple, Texas, United States

Tracy Cheng, MD
Geriatric Psychiatrist, Assistant Clinical Professor and Director of Geriatric Psychiatry Subspecialty Residency Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Julie S. Young, MD, MS
Psychiatrist, Baylor Scott and White, Central Texas Division, Texas A&M University Health Sciences Center College of Medicine, Temple, Texas, United States

Dr. Bourgeois is the author of over 135 peer-reviewed publications and 30 books or book chapters, most of which pertain to general adult psychiatry, psychopharmacology, and/or psychosomatic medicine.

He has held previous academic appointments at University of California, Davis, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and McMaster University. He retired as a Colonel from the United States Air Force Reserve.

His academic interests are in the integration of medical and psychiatric illness, psychopharmacology, medical education, models of service delivery in psychosomatic medicine, and neuropsychiatry.

He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, a Fellow of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine and the American Psychiatric Association, and a member of the American Neuropsychiatric Association and the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. He serves on the Editorial Boards of American Psychiatric Publishing and Academic Psychiatry.

Klappentext
This book features approximately 300 short-answer questions on geriatric psychiatry topics, each comprising the stem of a brief clinical scenario or concise question with expected number of answers. The book also features detailed teaching notes, graphics, and the respective source references. The format is consistently structured from chapter to chapter, practical and concise, and designed to enhance the reader's diagnostic and management ability and clinical understanding. Each answer includes a concise discussion, pertinent illustrations, and source references.

This text is a valuable reference and teaching tool that provides an opportunity for learning across a rapidly growing field. The material covered matches the existing postgraduate curricula in geriatric psychiatry and helps prepare candidates for their specialty and subspecialty certification examinations. The cases map well to both the American Geriatric Psychiatry Association and Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry as well as other international postgraduate curricula.

Geriatric Psychiatry Study Guide is the ultimate resource for students, residents, fellows, psychiatrists, psychologists, family practitioners, nurses, social workers, and all clinicians rising to the challenges of the mental health segment of the geriatric workforce.

Zusammenfassung
Questions designed to meet certification criteria worldwideFeatures easy-to-use learning tools, including notes, graphics, and references

Written by expert clinicians and educators in geriatric psychiatry

Inhalt

Physiology and Pathology of Aging.- Neuropsychology and Neuroimaging in Clinical Geriatric Psychiatry.- Pharmacotherapy, Somatic Therapies, and Psychotherapy in Late Life.- Ethics and Law.- Late-life Depressive Disorders, Bipolar Disorders, and Psychotic Disorders.- Late-life Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, and Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders.- Substance Use Disorders in Older Adults.- Comorbid Systemic Medical and Psychiatric Illness in Older Adults.- Common Major and Mild Neurocognitive Disorders: Alzheimer Disease, Frontotemporal, Lewy Body, and Vascular Types.- Other Major and Mild Neurocognitive Disorders: Parkinson Disease, Atypical Parkinsonism, and Traumatic Brain Injury Types.- Neuropsychiatric Symptoms due to Major and Mild Neurocognitive Disorders.- Sleep-Wake Disorders in Late Life.- Personality Disorders in Late Life.- Aging with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder.- Emergencies in Geriatric Psychiatry.- Sexuality and Sexual Dysfunctions in Later Life.- Elder Abuse and Neglect.- End-of-Life Care.- Caregiver Burnout.- Physicians as Leaders in Improving Health Care. <p