Geriatric Psychiatry Review and Exam Preparation Guide: A Case-Based Approach - Hardcover

Mark Rapoport; Andrew Wiens; Dallas Seitz; Evan Lilly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1487500882 ISBN 13: 9781487500887

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2017

Synopsis

Geriatric psychiatry is a relatively young discipline within the field of North American psychiatry. The development of a workforce to meet the needs of an aging population has been identified as an urgent priority, but there is still much we don't know about fulfilling the mental health needs of older adults.

For Mark J. Rapoport, geriatric psychiatrists must assess and treat patients today in face of the limitations of what we know, but also be armed with enthusiasm to create novel ways of impacting on the quality of life of older patients with mental illness. The chapters in this book include case scenarios, concise point-form summaries of diagnostic and treatment approaches, up-to-date evidence syntheses, discussions of controversies, and a series of practical and thought-provoking questions and answers. Geriatric Psychiatry is a succinct and advanced review of geriatric psychiatry that will help clinicians improve the psychiatric care of an aging population.

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Review:

"Geriatric Psychiatry Review and Exam Preparation Guide is a very useful exam preparation tool for those planning to sit for the sub-specialty exam in geriatric psychiatry in Canada and other jurisdictions such as Australia, New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom."

- Amer M. Burhan, Associate Professor and Chair of Geriatric Psychiatry, Western University, and Adjunct Professor in Psychiatry, University of Toronto

About the Author:

Mark J. Rapoport is an associate professor in the geriatric psychiatry division of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is also a associate scientist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and President of the Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry. Andrew Wiens is an associate professor and Head of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry at the University of Ottawa. Dallas Seitz is an associate professor and Chair of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry at Queen's University. Evan Lilly is a Resident in Family Medicine at Western University (Rural Petrolia stream).

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1487500882
• ISBN 13: 9781487500887
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 408