There are several excellent works by other leaders in the field but none provides as extensive an overview, from basic concepts of assessment to advanced principles of intervention, as this. The authors' humanism makes their treatment of the complex array of factors determining the well-being of older adults readable and navigable. Readers will find that the combination of scientific evidence and clinical humanism makes this work a truly Integrated Textbook of Geriatric Mental Health. -- Gary J. Kennedy, M.D., Montefiore Medical Center We have come to expect superb publications from the writing team of Cohen and Eisdorfer. Their latest contribution doesn't disappoint. It is beautifully written, comprehensive, and logically organized. The authors have created a textbook that integrates state-of-the-science information with broad-based appeal-one that is useful to students and practitioners in a variety of disciplines. -- Kathleen Buckwalter, Ph.D., R.N., University of Iowa College of Nursing
Preface
Part I: Conceptual Foundations
1. Geriatric Mental Health Care in the Twenty-first Century
2. Concepts Underlying Geriatric Mental Health Care
Part II: A Clinical Guide
3. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
4. Interviewing and Developing an Alliance
5. Age-Related Changes in Cognition in Later Life
6. Cognitive Impairment in Older Persons
7. Alzheimer Disease
8. Other Dementias
9. Managing the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of
Dementia
10. Mood Disorders
11. Anxiety Disorder
12. Schizophrenia in Later Life
13. Alcohol Abuse, Substance Abuse, and Medication
Mismanagement
14. Other Psychiatric Disorders and Behavioral Conditions
15. Family Caregiving
Part III: Special Clinical Issues
16. Assessing the Capacity of Older Persons
17. Elder Abuse
18. Violent Deaths
19. Disasters and Terrorism
20. End-of-Life Care
21. Geriatric Mental Health Policies
References
Index
Donna Cohen, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Aging and Mental Health Disparities at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida. Carl Eisdorfer, M.D., Ph.D., is Knight Professor and chairman emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and director of the Center on Aging at the University of Miami, where he is also a professor of psychology and of family and community medicine. They are coauthors of a number of books and numerous scientific articles, including The Loss of Self: A Family Resource for the Care of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders and Seven Steps to Effective Parent Care: A Planning and Action Guide for Adult Children with Aging Parents.
A manual that provides a solid grounding in the theoretical and practical aspects of the care of the elderly mentally ill... Every clinician working directly in the field of old age psychiatry will have something to gain from it. -- Agwawumma Edo-Ukeh International Psychogeriatrics
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