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Geropsychiatric and mental health nursing / edited by Karen Devereaux Melillo, Susan Crocker Houde.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: Sudbury, Mass. Jones & Bartlett Learning, cop. 2011Edition: 2., [rev. and updated] edDescription: xiv, 533 s. ill. 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780763773595
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 618.97689 22
LOC classification:
  • RC451.4.A5
NLM classification:
  • 2010 J-911
  • WY 152
Other classification:
  • Vlf
  • Vpg
  • Vlb
Contents:
Introduction and overview of aging and older adulthood -- Geropsychiatric nursing as a subspecialty -- Comprehensive mental health assessment : an integrated approach -- Ethnic elders -- Mental health promotion -- Psychopharmacology -- Nursing assessment and treatment of depressive disorders of late life -- Nursing assessment and treatment of anxiety in late life -- Psychosis in older adults -- Substance abuse in older adults -- Delirium -- Nursing assessment of clients with dementias of late life : screening, diagnosis, and communication -- Nursing management of clients experiencing dementias of late life : care environments, clients, and caregivers -- Addressing problem behaviors common to late-life dementias -- Family caregiving -- Normal and disordered sleep in late life -- Pathological gambling among older adults -- Elder mistreatment -- End of life -- Social, health and long-term care programs and policies affecting -- Mental health in older adults -- Envisioning the future of geropsychiatric nursing.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and overview of aging and older adulthood -- Geropsychiatric nursing as a subspecialty -- Comprehensive mental health assessment : an integrated approach -- Ethnic elders -- Mental health promotion -- Psychopharmacology -- Nursing assessment and treatment of depressive disorders of late life -- Nursing assessment and treatment of anxiety in late life -- Psychosis in older adults -- Substance abuse in older adults -- Delirium -- Nursing assessment of clients with dementias of late life : screening, diagnosis, and communication -- Nursing management of clients experiencing dementias of late life : care environments, clients, and caregivers -- Addressing problem behaviors common to late-life dementias -- Family caregiving -- Normal and disordered sleep in late life -- Pathological gambling among older adults -- Elder mistreatment -- End of life -- Social, health and long-term care programs and policies affecting -- Mental health in older adults -- Envisioning the future of geropsychiatric nursing.

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