Geropsychiatric and mental health nursing / 6
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[edited by] Karen Devereaux Melillo, Susan Crocker Houde.
- second edition
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- xiv, 533 pages : illustrations 23 cm.
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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.