Geriatric Psychiatry, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics

Download or read book Geriatric Psychiatry, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics written by George S. Alexopoulos and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue covers a broad selection of topics critical to psychiatrist and any physician who treats older patients. Topics include: Epidemiology, clinical evaluation, and treatment of dementing disorders, late-life psychosis; suicide in late life; depression in primary care; structural neuroimaging of geriatric depression; gene-environment interactions in geriatric depression; treatment of geriatric depression; etiological Theories of Late-Life depression; geriatric bipolar disorder; psychotherapies in geriatric depression; home-based care of the elderly with mental disorders; functional neuroimaging in geriatric depression; models of treatment engagement of geriatric persons with mental disorders; and mental health service delivery to the elderly.