Download or read book Psychosis in the Elderly written by Anne M. Hassett and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-06-20 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the spectrum of psychopathology in later life, psychotic symptomatology has been the most neglected, and although literature in this area is increasing, this is the first book to address the need for an overarching framework to examine and understand late-life psychotic phenomena. Exploring the practical and ethical issues that arise when ma
Download or read book PSYCHOSIS IN THE ELDERLY written by Andru00e9s Su00e1nchez and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction:Psychosis and dementia has been reported extensively in elderly patients. Psychotic symptoms are present in over 50% of Alzheimer's patients during the course of this progressive illness, and some authors have reported rates of behavioral disturbance up to 70%. Methods:We present a case study of a 73-year-old woman, which was hospitalized due to behavioral disturbances related to the fact that, as reported by herself, she had been raising up a child (which was actually a child size baby Jesus) as her motheru00b4s child, whom had passed away more than 20 years ago, and upon her deathbed, had told her to take care of this child.The patient had lost its complete perception of reality, and had clear onset symptoms of Alzheimeru2019s type dementia. Nevertheless, she had a calm state of mind, and was hopeful to carry out her motheru00b4s task. The patient was unmarried and hadnu2019t been able to conceive in her lifetime. This delusional symptom had initiated around a year ago.Results:After our exam, we decided to release this woman without any antipsychotic medication, due to the fact that, this patient had developed a clear relationship with its doll, she had finally developed her motherhood desires, and had an ongoing degenerative disease which was rapidly advancing.Conclusions:Elderly patients presenting with psychotic symptoms require social, behavioral, and environmental interventions that are necessary for their safety and reorientation. Given the likelihood of comorbid medical disorders and concomitant medications, the mere presence of delusions or hallucinations is not always an indication for additional medications.
Download or read book Psychosis in the Elderly written by Anne M. Hassett and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-06-20 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the spectrum of psychopathology in later life, psychotic symptomatology has been the most neglected, and although literature in this area is increasing, this is the first book to address the need for an overarching framework to examine and understand late-life psychotic phenomena. Exploring the practical and ethical issues that arise when managing psychotic elderly patients in the community, as well as the sequelae of stigmatisation and carer stress, this text brings together the latest research findings on schizophrenia as it presents in later life covers the frequent comorbidity of psychotic symptoms with cognitive impairment, mood disturbance and physical illness highlights the diversity of late-life psychotic symptomatology, discussing both aetiological considerations and management strategies
Download or read book PSYCHOSIS IN THE ELDERLY written by Andrés Sánchez Pavesi and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction:Psychosis and dementia has been reported extensively in elderly patients. Psychotic symptoms are present in over 50% of Alzheimer's patients during the course of this progressive illness, and some authors have reported rates of behavioral disturbance up to 70%. Methods:We present a case study of a 73-year-old woman, which was hospitalized due to behavioral disturbances related to the fact that, as reported by herself, she had been raising up a child (which was actually a child size baby Jesus) as her motheru00b4s child, whom had passed away more than 20 years ago, and upon her deathbed, had told her to take care of this child.The patient had lost its complete perception of reality, and had clear onset symptoms of Alzheimeru2019s type dementia. Nevertheless, she had a calm state of mind, and was hopeful to carry out her motheru00b4s task. The patient was unmarried and hadnu2019t been able to conceive in her lifetime. This delusional symptom had initiated around a year ago.Results:After our exam, we decided to release this woman without any antipsychotic medication, due to the fact that, this patient had developed a clear relationship with its doll, she had finally developed her motherhood desires, and had an ongoing degenerative disease which was rapidly advancing.Conclusions:Elderly patients presenting with psychotic symptoms require social, behavioral, and environmental interventions that are necessary for their safety and reorientation. Given the likelihood of comorbid medical disorders and concomitant medications, the mere presence of delusions or hallucinations is not always an indication for additional medications.
Download or read book Pharmacological Treatment of Mental Disorders in Primary Health Care written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2009 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual attempts to provide simple, adequate and evidence-based information to health care professionals in primary health care especially in low- and middle-income countries to be able to provide pharmacological treatment to persons with mental disorders. The manual contains basic principles of prescribing followed by chapters on medicines used in psychotic disorders; depressive disorders; bipolar disorders; generalized anxiety and sleep disorders; obsessive compulsive disorders and panic attacks; and alcohol and opioid dependence. The annexes provide information on evidence retrieval, assessment and synthesis and the peer view process.
Download or read book Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia written by Eric L. Granholm and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique manual presents cognitive-behavioral social skills training (CBSST), a step-by-step, empirically supported intervention that helps clients with schizophrenia achieve recovery goals related to living, learning, working, and socializing. CBSST interweaves three evidence-based practices--cognitive-behavioral therapy, social skills training, and problem-solving training--and can be delivered in individual or group contexts. Highly user friendly, the manual includes provider scripts, teaching tools, and engaging exercises and activities. Reproducible consumer workbooks for each module include skills summaries and worksheets. The large-size format facilitates photocopying; purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials. Listed in SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices
Download or read book Primary Care Mental Health in Older People written by Carlos Augusto de Mendonça Lima and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-08-07 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a practical resource that will support the delivery of holistic mental health interventions in the primary and community care setting for older people. Primary care delivery is discussed in relation to both functional mental health problems, such as anxiety, depression, and psychotic and personality disorders, and acquired organic mental disorders of old age, such as dementia, cognitive impairments, and delirium. Careful consideration is paid to the complex relationship between mental and somatic health problems, as well as the impacts of multimorbidity and polypharmacy. Further topics include, for example, epidemiology, wider determinants of health, different care models, history taking, neurocognitive and capacity assessment, and pharmacological, psychological, and physical interventions. The wider goals of the book are to support the development of community resilience and self-care in older people; to promote universal access and equity for older people in order to enable them to achieve or recover the highest attainable standard of health, regardless of age, gender, or social position; and to promote pathways to care for older people with mental health problems respecting their autonomy, independence, human rights, and the importance of the life-course approach. This book will be an invaluable resource for all professionals who work with older adults with mental health problems and those training in these fields including physicians, psychiatrists, family doctors, geriatricians, general practitioners, nurses, psychologists, neurologists, occupational therapists, social workers, support workers and community health and social care workers.
Download or read book Late Onset Schizophrenia written by Robert Howard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1999 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schizophrenia, which starts in middle age or late life, has been described as 'the darkest area of psychiatry.' It is certainly controversial, with much disagreement about cut-off ages, diagnostic criteria and nomenclature. The contributors to this unique and very important book represent views from Europe and North America as well as Australia, Japan, and Nepal; they come from backgrounds of clinical practice and research. The contributors and editors were motivated by common aims: to review current international knowledge about late onset schizophrenia, to debate issues of heterogenity, gender, brain maturation and aging, putative structural and functional cerebral substrates for psychosis, to reach consensus on diagnosis and terminology, and to future research directions. The resulting book is an unqualified success which as well as being invaluable in old age psychiatry, sheds light on all aspects of schizophrenia treatment and research.
Download or read book The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline on the Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation or Psychosis in Patients With Dementia written by American Psychiatric Association and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2016 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The guideline offers clear, concise, and actionable recommendation statements to help clinicians to incorporate recommendations into clinical practice, with the goal of improving quality of care. Each recommendation is given a rating that reflects the level of confidence that potential benefits of an intervention outweigh potential harms.
Download or read book Schizophrenia and Psychoses in Later Life written by Carl I. Cohen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A state-of-the-art overview of schizophrenia and psychosis in later life, translating present-day knowledge into clinical practice.
Download or read book Geriatric Emergency Medicine written by Joseph H. Kahn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-16 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive volume provides a practical framework for evaluation, management and disposition of this growing vulnerable patient population.
Download or read book Psychosis in the Elderly written by Anne M. Hassett and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-06-20 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the spectrum of psychopathology in later life, psychotic symptomatology has been the most neglected, and although literature in this area is increasing, this is the first book to address the need for an overarching framework to examine and understand late-life psychotic phenomena. Exploring the practical and ethical issues that arise when ma
Download or read book Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry written by Tom Dening and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 961 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the authoritative Oxford Textbooks in Psychiatry series, Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry, Third Edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the developments in old age psychiatry since publication of the Second Edition in 2013, and remains an essential reference for anyone interested in the mental health care of older people.
Download or read book Geriatric Psychopharmacology written by J. Craig Nelson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1997-11-05 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative, clinically relevant resource offers state-of-the-art discussions on the current status of geriatric psychopharmacology-furnishing an empirically based approach to the treatment of psychiatric disorders in elderly patients and focusing on the management of specific illnesses. Examines the pharmacological treatment of depression in conjunction with other conditions, including heart disease, cancer, Parkinson's disease, and dementia! Written by more than 20 internationally recognized experts representing distinguished institutions in the United States and Europe, Geriatric Psychopharmacology reviews the pharmacokinetics of psychotropic drugs and neurochemistry during the aging process analyzes therapeutic approaches to psychotic depression, major depression, and bereavement-related depression describes anticonvulsant and lithium therapy for bipolar disorder and lithium toxicity in older patients details the treatment of late-life psychosis and psychosis in Parkinson's disease explains therapeutic approaches for anxiety, panic, and obsessive-compulsive disorder as well as the role of sedative-hypnotics addresses the neuroleptic and nonneuroleptic treatment of dementia and more!
Download or read book Psychosis in the elderly written by Sics Editore and published by SICS Editore. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The psychotic illness, for example schizophrenia or delusional disorder, may already have started at a young age.If schizophrenia has its onset in the middle or old age only, the term ’late-onset (or very-late-onset) schizophrenia-like psychosis’ is used.Psychotic symptoms may occur in association with a number of organic and psychiatric conditions.Depression, mania and deliriumMetabolic and endocrinological disordersNeurological diseases Memory diseaseCNS infectionsMedication, poisonings and drug overdosesWhen medication is started, the lowest possible dose is sought to avoid adverse effects.
Download or read book Secondary Schizophrenia written by Perminder S. Sachdev and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schizophrenia may not be a single disease, but the result of a diverse set of related conditions. Modern neuroscience is beginning to reveal some of the genetic and environmental underpinnings of schizophrenia; however, an approach less well travelled is to examine the medical disorders that produce symptoms resembling schizophrenia. This book is the first major attempt to bring together the diseases that produce what has been termed 'secondary schizophrenia'. International experts from diverse backgrounds ask the questions: does this medical disorder, or drug, or condition cause psychosis? If yes, does it resemble schizophrenia? What mechanisms form the basis of this relationship? What implications does this understanding have for aetiology and treatment? The answers are a feast for clinicians and researchers of psychosis and schizophrenia. They mark the next step in trying to meet the most important challenge to modern neuroscience – understanding and conquering this most mysterious of human diseases.
Download or read book The Diagnosis of Psychosis written by Rudolf N. Cardinal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychosis has many causes. Psychiatrists typically receive the most thorough training in its diagnosis, but the diagnosis of psychosis secondary to nonpsychiatric conditions is not often emphasized. An understanding of the underlying cause of psychosis is important for effective management. The Diagnosis of Psychosis bridges the gap between psychiatry and medicine, providing a comprehensive review of primary and secondary causes of psychosis. It covers both common and rare causes in a clinically focused guide. Useful both for teaching and reference, the text covers physical and mental state examination, describes key investigations, and summarizes the non-psychiatric features of medical conditions causing psychosis. Particularly relevant for psychiatrists and trainees in psychiatry, this volume will also assist neurologists and general physicians who encounter psychosis in their practice.
