DSM-5® Pocket Guide for Elder Mental Health

by Sophia Wang MD, Abraham M. Nussbaum MD MTS

Overview

Many practitioners are hesitant to treat mental health issues in older adults, believing that special expertise is required to do so effectively. DSM-5 Pocket Guide for Elder Mental Health is based on the premise that all practitioners can acquire the confidence needed to work with older patients.

Primary care practitioners, clinical psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, psychiatric residents, and resident fellows are just some of the professionals who will benefit from memorable cases that illustrate how the presented information can quickly be applied to the reader's own patients, handy mnemonics that make complex diagnostic information easy to commit to memory, and informative tables that help readers easily locate DSM-5 information for billing purposes. All of the information presented in this guide is grounded in real-world advice, so readers can be confident that the information provided is practical and clinically based as they learn how to • Perform 15- and 30-minute diagnostic interviews• Recognize the main elements of the most common mental health disorders• Reach an initial diagnosis• Engage patients in psychosocial, psychotherapeutic, and psychopharmacological treatment plans and work with caregivers• Know when to refer patients for additional subspecialty mental health treatment.

With expert consensus threaded throughout, DSM-5 Pocket Guide for Elder Mental Health is the ideal companion for trainees and seasoned professionals alike, who will find the thoughtful, practical information they need to efficiently and effectively employ DSM-5 as part of comprehensive diagnostic interview and treatment planning for their older patients.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781615370566
Publisher:	American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Publication date:	12/12/2016
Pages:	374
Sales rank:	759,993
Product dimensions:	4.50(w) x 8.12(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Sophia Wang, M.D., is Medical Director of the Older Adult Mental Health Clinic at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center and Assistant Clinical Professor at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Abraham M. Nussbaum, M.D., AACAP, is Chief Education Officer of the Denver Health Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Service and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver, Colorado.

Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsDisclosuresSECTION I: Diagnosing and Treating Older AdultsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Addressing Behavioral and Mental Health Problems in Community SettingsChapter 3. The Diagnostic DsChapter 4. Beyond the Diagnostic DsChapter 5. The 15-Minute Older Adult Diagnostic InterviewChapter 6. The 30-Minute Older Adult Diagnostic InterviewSECTION II: Using DSM-5 With Older AdultsChapter 7. The DSM-5 Older Adult Diagnostic InterviewChapter 8. A Brief Version of DSM-5SECTION III: Additional Tools and Initial TreatmentsChapter 9. A Stepwise Approach to Differential DiagnosisChapter 10. The Mental Status ExaminationChapter 11. Selected DSM-5 Assessment MeasuresChapter 12. Rating Scales and Alternative Diagnostic SystemsChapter 13. Psychoeducational InterventionsChapter 14. Psychosocial InterventionsChapter 15. Psychotherapeutic InterventionsChapter 16. Psychopharmacological InterventionsChapter 17. Brain Stimulation TherapiesChapter 18. Mental Health Treatment PlanningChapter 19. ConclusionReferencesIndex

What People are Saying About This

Dan G. Blazer

Diagnosing older adults who present to clinicians with psychiatric symptoms is not easy, as emphasized by the authors. Yet diagnosis (now with DSM-5) is essential to good psychiatric care. Drs. Wang and Nussbaum have written a guidebook (in contrast to a textbook) which focuses specifically on applying diagnostic criteria to the elderly, criteria which in turn will guide the prescription of therapies from an ever increasing menu of options...As noted by the authors, this book is not a condensation of extant texts but rather complement, and a valuable one at that.

Monica Tegeler

The DSM-5 Pocket Guide for Elder Mental Health is an easily understandable tool for psychiatric and non-psychiatric professionals. It captures the essence of geriatric principles including care coordination, functional status, and the well-being of the caregiver as well as the patient in the context of well-crafted case scenarios. Drs. Wang and Nussbaum have truly operationalized the DSM-5 for geriatric providers and patients.

Warren D. Taylor

This book is filled with useful, practical advice on how to evaluate and treat older adults with mental health needs. It provides directed approaches suitable for clinical practice, starting with screening and leading to a final diagnosis, proposing specific self-assessment tools that maximizes the effectiveness of clinical interactions.

Editorial Reviews

Overall, this book is easy to read and provides a lot of utility in a small package. It is a concise guide to the diagnosis and treatment of mental health problems in elderly individuals according to the DSM-5. The rst section on interviewing techniques and proper diagnosis is well done and includes illustrative and interesting case vignettes. The book is compact and portable and great for carrying in your white coat and reading on the go, with short and easily digestible chapters, but, of course, it is consequently much less comprehensive than a textbook would be.

Journal of Psychiatric Practice Vol. 24, No. 3 - Eric A. Lee

Reviewer: Michael Schrift, DO (University of Washington School of Medicine)
Description: This is a useful new pocket guide for the evaluation of older patients with mental health needs. The authors provide everyday practical information to help guide clinicians treating older individuals.
Purpose: The aim, according to the authors, is to present "a way to employ DSM-5 criteria as part of a person-centered interview and an evidence-based treatment plan." The authors hope that the readers "will find the information they need to efficiently and effectively employ DSM-5 as part of comprehensive diagnostic interview and treatment planning for their older patients."
Audience: The intended audience includes "clinical psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, psychiatric residents, and resident fellows (who) need to work effectively with this patient population."
Features: The first section is devoted to diagnosing and treating older adults and contains chapters on how to structure the diagnostic interview. Operationalizing the DSM-5 criteria for clinical practice is covered in the second section, which contains chapters on the DSM-5 older adult diagnostic interview and a brief version of DSM-5 pertaining to older adults. The final section contains additional information for initiating a treatment plan, including tables and tools. Chapters in this section include a stepwise approach to differential diagnosis, the mental status exam, selected DSM-5 assessment measures, rating scales, an alternative diagnostic system, psychoeducational interventions, psychosocial interventions, psychotherapeutic interventions, psychopharmacological interventions, brain stimulation therapies, mental health treatment planning, and a conclusion chapter. The references are up to date and pertinent.
Assessment: This is a useful little book that offers practical advice on the diagnosis and treatment of older adults with psychiatric issues. Clinicians who are involved in the care of older individuals would benefit from knowing the clinical pearls this helpful book presents.

Doody's Review Service

Overall, this book is easy to read and provides a lot of utility in a small package. It is a concise guide to the diagnosis and treatment of mental health problems in elderly individuals according to the DSM-5. The rst section on interviewing techniques and proper diagnosis is well done and includes illustrative and interesting case vignettes. The book is compact and portable and great for carrying in your white coat and reading on the go, with short and easily digestible chapters, but, of course, it is consequently much less comprehensive than a textbook would be.

This is a useful little book that offers practical advice on the diagnosis and treatment of older adults with psychiatric issues. Clinicians who are involved in the care of older individuals would benefit from knowing the clinical pearls this helpful book presents.

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