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| Mental health practice in geriatric health care settings | | Author(s) | Peter A Lichtenberg |
| Publisher | Haworth Press, New York, 1997 |
| Pages | 212 pp |
| Source | The Haworth Press, 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Psychiatric treatment ; Health services ; Mental ageing ; Depression ; Alcoholism ; Dementia ; Urban areas ; Multi disciplinary ; Research ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This book is based on research on mental health issues, and incorporates three themes: geriatric patients' needs are best served through multidisciplinary practice; the use of empirical and statistical data to support new mental health practices; and a focus on urban older people in Detroit. The author examines the relationship of neuropsychological variables to ADL (activities of daily living), the prevalence of depression in geriatric health outcomes, and perspectives on cognition in normal older people and those with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The Normative Studies Research Project (NSRP) test battery, which investigates the usefulness of particular neuropsychological tests, is discussed. Other chapters cover behavioural treatment of geriatric depression, the detection and treatment of alcohol abuse, and newer areas of geriatric health care practice: determining patient competence and decision making capacity; and treatment of pain and anxiety. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980505203 B |
| Classmark | LP: L: D6: ENR: ETA: EA: RK: 3DM: 3A: 7T |
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