Main description:

Trainees in subspecialty of geriatric psychiatry and general psychiatry need to master core competencies in geriatric psychiatry in order to practice. This book is designed to provide short-answer question-based learning centering around the core curriculum topics in geriatric psychiatry and is primarily ideal not only for medical students, residents, and fellows, but also for psychiatrists preparing for re-certification.

This book features approximately 300 short-answer questions on geriatric psychiatry topics, each comprising the stem of a brief clinical scenario or concise question with expected number of answers. The book also features detailed teaching notes, graphics, and the respective source references. The format is consistently structured from chapter to chapter, practical and concise, and designed to enhance the reader's diagnostic and management ability and clinical understanding. Each answer includes a concise discussion, pertinent illustrations, and source references.

This text is a valuable reference and teaching tool that provides an opportunity for learning across a rapidly growing field. The material covered matches the existing postgraduate curricula in geriatric psychiatry and helps prepare candidates for their specialty and subspecialty certification examinations. The cases map well to both the American Geriatric Psychiatry Association and Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry as well as other international postgraduate curricula.

The book covers main topics within geriatric psychiatry, some such as substance use disorders and sexuality and sexual dysfunction in later life. As the Baby Boomers age, this reference will continue to be a valuable staple in geriatric workforce training.

Geriatric Psychiatry Study Guide is the ultimate resource for students, residents, fellows, psychiatrists, psychologists, family practitioners, nurses, social workers, and all clinicians rising to the challenges of the mental health segment of the geriatric workforce.

Contents:

01. Physiology and Pathology of Aging

02. Neuropsychology and Neuroimaging in Clinical Geriatric Psychiatry

03. Pharmacotherapy, Somatic Therapies, and Psychotherapy in Late Life

04. Ethics and Law

05. Late-life Depressive Disorders, Bipolar Disorders, and Psychotic Disorders

06. Late-life Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, and Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders

07. Substance Use Disorders in Older Adults

08. Comorbid Systemic Medical and Psychiatric Illness in Older Adults

09. Common Major and Mild Neurocognitive Disorders: Alzheimer Disease, Frontotemporal, Lewy Body, and Vascular Types

10. Other Major and Mild Neurocognitive Disorders: Parkinson Disease, Atypical Parkinsonism, and Traumatic Brain Injury Types

11. Neuropsychiatric Symptoms due to Major and Mild Neurocognitive Disorders

12. Sleep-Wake Disorders in Late Life

13. Personality Disorders in Late Life

14. Aging with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder

15. Emergencies in Geriatric Psychiatry

16. Sexuality and Sexual Dysfunctions in Later Life

17. Elder Abuse and Neglect

18. End-of-Life Care

19. Caregiver Burnout

20. Physicians as Leaders in Improving Health Care