Clinical geriatric psychopharmacology

• Other Authors: Salzman, Carl (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 2005
• Edition: FOURTH EDITION
• Subjects: Mental Disorders; Aged; Mental Disorders > drug therapy; Psychotropic Drugs > therapeutic use
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Thoroughly updated for its Fourth Edition, this volume is the most authoritative clinical reference on the pharmacologic treatment of psychiatric disorders in elderly patients. This edition provides complete information on new psychotropic drugs, new uses for established drugs, and clinically releva...

Table of Contents:

• Older Americans and mental illness / Barry D. Lebowitz, Jason Olin
• Drug prescribing, adverse reactions, and compliance in elderly patients / Jerry Avorn, Philip Wang
• The cost of psychotropic drug use for the elderly / Helen H. Kyomen, Gary L. Gottlieb
• Neurotransmission in the aging central nervous system / Trey Sunderland
• Kinetics and dynamics of psychotropic drugs in the elderly / Lisa L. von Moltke, Darrell R. Abernethy, David J. Greenblatt
• Diagnosis of late-life disordered behavior, agitation, and psychosis / Dilip V. Jeste, Jeremy A. Sable, Carl Salzman
• Treatment of late-life disordered behavior, agitation, and psychosis / Dilip V. Jeste, Jeremy A. Sable, Carl Salzman
• Diagnosis of late-life depression
• Ira R. Katz ... [et al.]
• Treatment of depression with tricyclic antidepressants, MAOIs and psychostimulants / George S. Alexopoulos, Darin M. Lerner, Carl Salzman
• Treatment of depression with new and atypical antidepressants / Carl Salzman, Gary W. Small
• Treatment of late-life depression associated with medical illness / Carl Salzman, Steven P. Roose, Anjan Chatterjee
• Diagnosis and treatment of late-life bipolar disorder / Andrew Satlin, Benjamin Liptzin, Robert C. Young
• Electroconvulsive therapy in late-life depression / Harold Sackeim
• Response prediction, maintenance treatment, and late-life depression / George S. Alexopoulos, Darin M. Lerner, Carl Salzman
• Diagnosis of anxiety and anxiety-related disorders / Carl Salzman, Javid I. Sheikh
• Treatment of anxiety and anxiety-related disorders / Carl Salzman
• The impact of age on sleep and sleep disorders / J. Christian Gillin, Sonia Ancoli-Israel
• Treatment of insomnia in the elderly / Charles F. Reynolds III ... [et al.]
• Neurobiology of Alzheimer's disease / George Zubenko
• Treatment of dementia / Lon Schneider, Pierre Tariot, Carl Salzman.