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Psychiatry in the Nursing Home (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Psychiatry in the Nursing Home (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Get the vital clinical information you need with this comprehensive
handbook In the decade since the first edition of this book,
dramatic changes have taken place in the field of geriatric
psychiatry. Psychiatry in the Nursing Home, Second Edition,
presents timely information on the newest trends in law, culture,
and medications, while still offering essential advice on the
fundamental concerns of caring for elderly patients with mental
illnesses. The new edition of this essential handbook presents
up-to-date information on psychiatric issues involving nursing home
patients. Featuring helpful case histories and diagnostic criteria,
Psychiatry in the Nursing Home, Second Edition, helps you
effectively treat such difficult problems as noisy patients, sexual
acting out, and incontinence. In addition, it offers help with such
administrative concerns as financial issues, absent or warring
families, and staffing problems. Psychiatry in the Nursing Home,
Second Edition, presents incisive discussions of the changes in the
field since the publication of the first edition, including: the
effects of the new Prospective Payment System the use of newly
released psychotropic medications the altered nomenclature of the
DSM-IV the rise in assisted-living facilities the rapid development
of the specialty of geriatric psychiatry With its comprehensive
scope and practical advice, Psychiatry in the Nursing Home, Second
Edition, is a must-have for nursing-home administrators and staff.
Policymakers, mental health professionals, and geriatricians will
be fascinated by the book's wider considerations of the problems of
housing and caring for the mentally ill and its provocative
suggestions for future policy.
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