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Geriatric Psychiatry

A Case-Based Textbook

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Editors:
  1. Ana Hategan

    1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

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  2. James A. Bourgeois

    1. Baylor Scott and White Department of Psychiatry, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Temple, USA

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  3. Calvin H. Hirsch

    1. Division of General Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, USA

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  4. Caroline Giroux

    1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, USA

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  • The only academic textbook in geriatric psychiatry to use a case-based approach to learning
  • Written by experts in the field
  • Features learning tools that include case studies, key points, references, suggestions for further reading, review questions, and 200+ tables and illustrations
  • Offers excellent preparation for both American and Canadian specialty and subspecialty certification exams

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. Basic Principles in the Assessment and Treatment of Late-Life Neuropsychiatric Syndromes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Physiology and Pathology of Aging

      • Calvin H. Hirsch, Ana Hategan
      Pages 3-25

    3. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

      • Calvin H. Hirsch, Tricia K. W. Woo
      Pages 27-46

    4. Neuroimaging in Clinical Geriatric Psychiatry

      • Amer M. Burhan, Udunna C. Anazodo, Jean-Paul Soucy
      Pages 47-89

    5. Neuropsychology in Late Life

      • Heather E. McNeely, Jelena P. King
      Pages 91-108

    6. Pharmacotherapy: Safe Prescribing and Adverse Drug Events

      • Calvin H. Hirsch, Shyam Maharaj, James A. Bourgeois
      Pages 109-134

    7. Somatic Therapies: Electroconvulsive Therapy

      • Carole Lazaro, Lisa A. McMurray, Milena Rogan Ducic, Timothy E. Lau
      Pages 135-156

    8. Somatic Therapies: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)

      • Lisa A. McMurray, Carole Lazaro, Timothy E. Lau
      Pages 157-175

    9. Psychotherapy in Late Life

      • Caroline Giroux, W. Edwin Smith
      Pages 177-200

    10. Ethics, Mental Health Law, and Aging

      • Daniel L. Ambrosini, Calvin H. Hirsch, Ana Hategan
      Pages 201-216

  3. Common Clinical Psychiatric Diagnoses in Late Life

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-218
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    2. Late-Life Depression

      • Tracy Cheng
      Pages 219-235

    3. Late-Life Bipolar Disorders

      • Tracy Cheng, Karen Saperson
      Pages 237-252

    4. Late-Life Anxiety Disorders

      • Sachin Sarin, Zainab Samaan
      Pages 253-264

    5. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders in Older Age

      • Shannon Suo, Puja Chadha
      Pages 265-281

    6. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders in Late Life

      • Caroline Giroux, Andrés F. Sciolla
      Pages 283-304

    7. Late-Life Psychosis

      • Jessica E. Waserman, Karen Saperson
      Pages 305-318

    8. Substance Use Disorders in Late Life

      • Jeffrey DeVido, Calvin H. Hirsch, Nitika Sanger, Tea Rosic, Zainab Samaan, James A. Bourgeois
      Pages 319-342

    9. Delirium in Older Adults

      • Ana Hategan, Calvin H. Hirsch, Deborah Francis, James A. Bourgeois
      Pages 343-368
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About this book

This textbook presents real-world cases and discussions that introduce the various mental health syndromes found in the aging population before delving into the core concepts covered by geriatric psychiatry curricula.  The text follows each case study with the vital information necessary for physicians in training, including key features of each disorder and its presentation, practical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment, clinical pearls, and other devices that are essential to students of geriatric psychiatry. With the latest DSM-5 guidelines and with rich learning tools that include key points, review questions, tables, and illustrations, this text is the only resource that is specifically designed to train both American and Canadian candidates for specialty and subspecialty certification or recertification in geriatric psychiatry. It will also appeal to audiences worldwide as a state-of-the-art resource for credentialing and/or practice guidance.  The text meets the needs of the future head on with its straightforward coverage of the most frequently encountered challenges, including neuropsychiatric syndromes, psychopharmacology, eldercare and the law, substance misuse, mental health following a physical condition, medical psychiatry, and palliative care.




Written by experts in the field, Geriatric Psychiatry: A Case-Based Textbook is the ultimate resource for graduate and undergraduate medical students and certificate candidates providing mental health care for aging adults, including psychiatrists, psychologists, geriatricians, primary care and family practice doctors, neurologists, social workers, nurses, and others.


Reviews

“This is an excellent study source for geriatric psychiatry. Most geriatric board questions are structured as cases so the format makes sense. Additionally, it walks readers through the additional step of applying the information learned to real world cases. … This is a superb study source and reference. It has been well thought out and is successful in obtaining its goals.” (Danielle Anderson, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2018) 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

    Ana Hategan

  • Baylor Scott and White Department of Psychiatry, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Temple, USA

    James A. Bourgeois

  • Division of General Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, USA

    Calvin H. Hirsch

  • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, USA

    Caroline Giroux

About the editors

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, Baylor Scott and White Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Temple, Texas, United States

formerly:

Clinical Professor and Director, Psychosomatic Medicine Division, Department of Psychiatry/Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, University of California, San Francisco; UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, San Francisco, California, United States

 Calvin H. Hirsch, MD

Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, and Pu

blic Health Sciences, Division of General Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States

 Caroline Giroux, MD, FRCPC

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento, California, United States 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Geriatric Psychiatry

  • Book Subtitle: A Case-Based Textbook

  • Editors: Ana Hategan, James A. Bourgeois, Calvin H. Hirsch, Caroline Giroux

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67555-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09804-9Published: 16 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67555-8Published: 03 April 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 735

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 115 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Psychiatry, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Neurology, General Practice / Family Medicine, Primary Care Medicine

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