| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 533 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Geriatric psychiatry.
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Geriatric nursing.
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Psychiatric nursing.
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Geriatric Nursing -- methods.
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Psychiatric Nursing -- methods.
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Aged.
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Geriatric Psychiatry -- methods.
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Mental Disorders -- nursing.
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| Added Author |
Melillo, Karen Devereaux.
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Houde, Susan Crocker.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Geropsychiatric and mental health nursing. 2nd ed. Sudbury, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2011 9780763773595 (DLC) 2010026999 (OCoLC)645598190 |
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