Comprehensive Review of Geriatric Psychiatry II [Hardcover]

Lissy F Jarvik (Author), Lawrence W Lazarus (Author), George t MD Grossberg (Author), Joel Sadavoy (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0880487232 | ISBN-13: 978-0880487238 | Publication Date: January 15, 1996 | Edition: 2nd

Geriatrics and geriatric psychiatry are a turning point in their history: major growth in clinical interest and research activity has sparked fresh discoveries in the field. No longer are senility and depression viewed solely as a fate in growing old, an unavoidable concomitant of ageing. This work has been developed in response to major advances in the field. As in the first edition of this work, well-known contributors offer their collective expertise on emerging issues in the psychiatry of ageing, providing mental health practitioners with a focused but comprehesive review of the field. Much of the first edition has been rewritten, revised or updated, and new chapters have been added to reflect recent advances in theory and practice.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I found the first edition of this book very useful in my preparing for the examination of ABPN's added qualifications in geriatric psychiatry and later, as a reference to turn to for review, and for reminders when treating patients of information once learned and since forgotten. This second edition, greatly expanded, revised, and updated, is to my mind still the best general geropsychiatric text for these purposes. It deserves not only a place on the shelf of all psychiatrists, but also on the shelves of all physicians who work with the elderly."- "Missouri Psychiatry"

About the Author

Joel Sadavoy, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C.), is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Joint Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Hospital/Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Lawrence W. Lazarus, M.D.,is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Rush Medical College and Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program at Rush--Presbyterian St. Luke& rsquo;s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.

Lissy F. Jarvik, M.D., Ph.D.,is Research Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA/NPI and H, Distinguished Physician (Emer.) Director, GET SMART and UPBEAT Programs, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

George T. Grossberg, M.D.,is Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1257 pages
• Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub; 2nd edition (January 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880487232
• ISBN-13: 978-0880487238
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #571,865 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)