A unique compendium of more than 200 assessment scales, this second edition of Assessment Scales in Old Age Psychiatry is an indispensable guide for assessing the mental health problems of the elderly and the effects that such problems may have on patients' functional ability. Building on the foundation set by the first edition, the book summarizes scales commonly used in clinical and research practice and provides references for obtaining further information. The second edition includes all the assessment instruments from the first edition and over 80 new rating scales. These scales were selected on the basis of the authors' clinical and research knowledge. Every scale is accompanied by a full profile, including a completed instrument, so you can see, at a glance, the scope of the scale and its application. This information is pulled together to form a comprehensive text on assessment scales in old age psychiatry.
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A fundamental guide book for elderly mental health team,
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A wonderful compendium, which have summarized an extensive knowledge of the elderly mental health assessment field. It is a fundamental dayly tool for any professional interested in psychogeriatrics.
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"Depression can mean either a mild feeling of lowered mood which is transient and may reflect an individual response to life circumstances or a major illness with biological features (e.g. weight loss, diurnal variation in mood, sleep disturbance)." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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"Depression can mean either a mild feeling of lowered mood which is transient and may reflect an individual response to life circumstances or a major illness with biological features (e.g. weight loss, diurnal variation in mood, sleep disturbance)." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
worse improved improved change, geriatric rating scale, neurocognitive screening battery, present behavioural examination, cognitive rating scale, dementia scale, informant questionnaire, comprehensive psychopathological rating scale, main indications, mental status questionnaire, anything that suggests, cognitive performance test, deterioration scale, assessment staging, behaviour rating scale, dementia rating scale, old age psychiatry, other aetiology, geriatric depression scale, purposeless activity, mental test score, geriatric psychiatry, psychiatric rating scale, full assistance, primary degenerative dementia Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mini-Mental State Examination, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, British Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Gerontology, Poor Fair Good Excellent, Psychopharmacology Bulletin, American Journal of Psychiatry, New York, Psychological Medicine, Medical Center, The Gerontological Society of America, Severe Extremely, Correct Incorrect, Global Deterioration Scale, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Archives of General Psychiatry, Archives of Neurology, Blessed Dementia Scale, Mild Moderate Moderate, Never Less, Stockton Geriatric Rating Scale, International Psychogeriatrics, Psychiatry Research, Beck Depression Inventory, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale New!
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- Geriatric Psychiatry (Review of Psychiatry) (v. 22) by Alan M. Mellow on page 44, and page 47
- Community Care by June Clark on page 106
- Tardive Dyskinesia (Clinical Insights) by Gardos on page 40
- Social Work (Ferguson's Careers in Focus) by Ferguson Publishing on page 104
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- Clinical Guidelines in Old Age Psychiatry by Alistair Burns in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Community Mental Health Nursing and Dementia Care by John Keady on page 86
- Assessment Scales in Depression and Anxiety (Assessment Scales in Psychiatry) by Raymond W. Lam in Front Matter
- Telepsychiatry and e-Mental Health by Richard Wootton on page 193
- Depression in Later Life: A Multidisciplinary Psychiatric Approach (Medical Psychiatry Series) by James E. Ellison on page 187
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