Psychiatric consultation in long-term care : a guide for healthcare professionals / Abhilash K. Desai, George T. Grossberg.

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Comprehensive mental health services -- The need for high-quality comprehensive mental health services in long-term care -- Comprehensive psychiatric assessment process -- Major neurocognitive disorder -- Delirium -- Major depressive disorder, other mood disorders, and suicide -- Psychotic disorders and violence -- Anxiety disorders, trauma and stress-related disorders, obsessive compulsive and related disorders, and sleep-wake disorders -- Personality disorders, somatic symptom and related disorders, substance use disorders and intermittent explosive disorder -- Nutritional medicine and long-term care psychiatry -- Resident abuse and ethical issues in long-term care -- Psychiatric aspects of palliative and hospice medicine -- Psychiatric aspects of rational deprescribing -- A psychosocial-spiritual wellness care plan for residents who have major neurocognitive disorder -- Creating a person-centered long-term care community : a road map for long-term care facility owners and administrators.

Building on the first edition, Psychiatric Consultation in Long-Term Care has been fully revised and updated, integrating DSM-5 classification throughout. It delivers an essential resource for psychiatrists, neurologists, geriatricians, palliative care physicians, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and physician assistants involved in prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and management of neuropsychiatric disorders in long-term care (LTC) populations, as well as for nurses, social workers, and other professionals involved in important day-to-day care. The book provides comprehensive descriptions of practical, strengths-based, individualized, psychosocial, spiritual, and environmental approaches, and high-quality mental healthcare utilizing pharmacological interventions when appropriate to improve the emotional and spiritual well-being of LTC residents. It details key elements in creating genuine person-centered long-term care: the reduction of inappropriate medications and counter-therapeutic staff approaches, treating serious psychiatric disorders with evidence-based interventions, and a road-map for owners and administrators of LTC facilities.