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Geriatric Psychiatry

A Case-Based Textbook

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

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Table of contents (37 chapters)

  1. Basic Principles in the Assessment and Treatment of Late-Life Neuropsychiatric Syndromes

  2. Common Clinical Manifestations in Late Life

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About this book

This textbook presents real-world cases and discussions that introduce the various psychiatric 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 trainees in geriatric psychiatry. With the latest DSM-5-TR 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 US 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 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, elder care and the law, substance use disorders, psychiatric comorbidities in systemic medical illness, consultation-liaison psychiatry, palliative care, climate change and health, and equity/diversity/inclusion matters in the care of older adults.

 

Written by experts in the field, Geriatric Psychiatry: A Case-Based Textbook, 2nd edition will be 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.

Editors and Affiliations

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

    Ana Hategan

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

    James A. Bourgeois, Caroline Giroux

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

    Calvin H. Hirsch

About the editors

Ana Hategan, MD

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

                            

James A. Bourgeois, OD, MD

Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States

 

Calvin H. Hirsch, MD

Emeritus Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, and Public Health Sciences, Division of General Medicine, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States

 

Caroline Giroux, MD

Psychiatrist, Health Sciences Clinical 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/10.1007/978-3-031-47802-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-47801-7Published: 30 March 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-48253-3Due: 30 April 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-47802-4Published: 29 March 2024

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XXXI, 930

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 107 illustrations in colour

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

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