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Treating PTSD in military personnel : a clinical handbook

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edited by Bret A. Moore, Walter E. Penk. (2nd ed.) --New York, NY: Guilford Press , c2019.
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This state-of-the-science guide to assessing and treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in active-duty service members and veterans has now been extensively revised with 65% new material. Leading authorities review available evidence-based treatments, including individual, group, and couple and family therapy approaches. Knowledge about military culture, the stressors experienced by service members, and common challenges for both military and civilian practitioners is woven through the …
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Moore, Bret A.
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edited by Bret A. Moore, Walter E. Penk
Edition
2nd ed.
Alternate Title
Treating post traumatic stress disorder in military personnel
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Guilford Press
Date of Publication
c2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (462 p.)
ISBN
9781462538447
Subjects (MeSH)
Combat Disorders - therapy
Military Personnel - psychology
Psychotherapy - methods
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - therapy
United States
Veterans - psychology
Specialty
Military Medicine
Psychiatry
Abstract
This state-of-the-science guide to assessing and treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in active-duty service members and veterans has now been extensively revised with 65% new material. Leading authorities review available evidence-based treatments, including individual, group, and couple and family therapy approaches. Knowledge about military culture, the stressors experienced by service members, and common challenges for both military and civilian practitioners is woven through the volume and reflected in the vivid case examples.
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Neuroimaging of Schizophrenia and Other Primary Psychotic Disorders : Achievements and Perspectives

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Silvana Galderisi, Lynn E. DeLisi, Stefan Borgwardt, editors. --Cham: Springer , 2019.
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This book presents the state of the art in the use of neuroimaging technologies in the study of schizophrenia and other primary psychotic disorders. The contributions of neuroimaging in the characterization of these disorders are reviewed across diagnoses, by focusing on psychopathological domains and at-risk populations in order to understand the implications for treatment. The principal neuroimaging findings are described in detail, identifying those that are common to and specific for each d…
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Galderisi, Silvana
DeLisi, Lynn E.
Borgwardt, Stefan
Responsibility
Silvana Galderisi, Lynn E. DeLisi, Stefan Borgwardt, editors
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 345 p.) : 35 illus., 22 illus. in color
ISBN
9783319973074
9783319973067 (Print ed.)
9783319973081 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Neuroimaging
Psychotic Disorders - diagnostic imaging
Schizophrenia - diagnostic imaging
Specialty
Diagnostic Imaging
Psychiatry
Abstract
This book presents the state of the art in the use of neuroimaging technologies in the study of schizophrenia and other primary psychotic disorders. The contributions of neuroimaging in the characterization of these disorders are reviewed across diagnoses, by focusing on psychopathological domains and at-risk populations in order to understand the implications for treatment. The principal neuroimaging findings are described in detail, identifying those that are common to and specific for each disorder and highlighting important pitfalls. Attention is drawn to potential translational aspects of research in the field, with discussion of emerging innovative perspectives. Neuroimaging research has shown that abnormalities of brain structure and function associated with psychiatric disorders do not reflect the boundaries of current diagnostic categories. However, neuroimaging findings are being reconsidered in the light of recent research proposals aimed at re-conceptualizing classification systems in Psychiatry. Written by leading experts, this book will appeal to all with an interest in the field, including researchers, clinicians, and trainees.
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1. Neuroimaging: Diagnostic Boundaries and Biomarkers -- 2. Neuroimaging and Psychopathological Domains -- 3. Neuroimaging of Neurotransmitter Alterations in Schizophrenia and Its Relevance for Negative Symptoms -- 4. Neuroimaging and Genetics -- 5. Neuroimaging and the Longitudinal Course of Schizophrenia -- 6. Neuroimaging and the At-Risk Mental State -- 7. Neuroimaging and Antipsychotics -- 8. Research Perspectives for Neuroimaging of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders -- 9. Toward Clinical Translation of Neuroimaging Research in Schizophrenia and Other Primary Psychotic Disorders.
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Personalized Psychiatry : Big Data Analytics in Mental Health

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Ives Cavalcante Passos, Benson Mwangi, Flávio Kapczinski, editors. --Cham: Springer , 2019.
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This book integrates the concepts of big data analytics into mental health practice and research. Mental disorders represent a public health challenge of staggering proportions. According to the most recent Global Burden of Disease study, psychiatric disorders constitute the leading cause of years lost to disability. The high morbidity and mortality related to these conditions are proportional to the potential for overall health gains if mental disorders can be more effectively diagnosed and tr…
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Passos, Ives Cavalcante
Mwangi, Benson
Kapczinski, Flávio
Responsibility
Ives Cavalcante Passos, Benson Mwangi, Flávio Kapczinski, editors
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 180 p.) : 24 illus., 21 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030035532
9783030035525 (Print ed.)
9783030035549 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Data Analysis
Psychiatry - methods
Specialty
Data Science
Precision Medicine
Psychiatry
Abstract
This book integrates the concepts of big data analytics into mental health practice and research. Mental disorders represent a public health challenge of staggering proportions. According to the most recent Global Burden of Disease study, psychiatric disorders constitute the leading cause of years lost to disability. The high morbidity and mortality related to these conditions are proportional to the potential for overall health gains if mental disorders can be more effectively diagnosed and treated. In order to fill these gaps, analysis in science, industry, and government seeks to use big data for a variety of problems, including clinical outcomes and diagnosis in psychiatry. Multiple mental healthcare providers and research laboratories are increasingly using large data sets to fulfill their mission. Briefly, big data is characterized by high volume, high velocity, variety and veracity of information, and to be useful it must be analyzed, interpreted, and acted upon. As such, focus has to shift to new analytical tools from the field of machine learning that will be critical for anyone practicing medicine, psychiatry and behavioral sciences in the 21st century. Big data analytics is gaining traction in psychiatric research, being used to provide predictive models for both clinical practice and public health systems. As compared with traditional statistical methods that provide primarily average group-level results, big data analytics allows predictions and stratification of clinical outcomes at an individual subject level. Personalized Psychiatry: Big Data Analytics in Mental Health provides a unique opportunity to showcase innovative solutions tackling complex problems in mental health using big data and machine learning. It represents an interesting platform to work with key opinion leaders to document current achievements, introduce new concepts as well as project the future role of big data and machine learning in mental health.
Contents
1. Big Data and Machine Learning Techniques Meet Health Sciences -- 2. Major Challenges and Limitations of Big Data Analytics -- 3. A Clinical Perspective on Big Data in Mental Health -- 4. Big Data Guided Interventions: Predicting Treatment Response -- 5. The Role of Big Data Analytics in Predicting Suicide -- 6. Emerging Shifts in Neuroimaging Data Analysis in the Era of “Big Data" -- 7. Phenomapping: Methods and Measures for Deconstructing Diagnosis in Psychiatry -- 8. How to integrate Data from Multiple Biological Layers in Mental Health? -- 9. Ethics in the Era of Big Data.
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Neurology and Psychiatry of Women : A Guide to Gender-based Issues in Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment

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Mary Angela O’Neal, editor ; Leena Mittal, guest editor. --Cham: Springer , 2019.
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This comprehensive resource covers a range of women’s health issues and their intersection with neurologic and psychiatric disease. Chapters feature high quality, integrated information based on leading-edge research on gender-specific care and are grouped by reproductive years, pregnancy and health, and aging. Emerging science regarding sex differences in neurological and psychiatric illnesses, including anxiety, reproductive health, conversion disorders, depression and ethical issues in pregn…
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O’Neal, Mary Angela
Mittal, Leena
Responsibility
Mary Angela O’Neal, editor ; Leena Mittal, guest editor
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 243 p.) : 18 illus., 15 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030042455
9783030042448 (Print ed.)
9783030042462 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Mental Disorders
Nervous System Diseases
Pregnancy Complications
Sex Factors
Women's Health
Specialty
Neurology
Psychiatry
Women's Health
Abstract
This comprehensive resource covers a range of women’s health issues and their intersection with neurologic and psychiatric disease. Chapters feature high quality, integrated information based on leading-edge research on gender-specific care and are grouped by reproductive years, pregnancy and health, and aging. Emerging science regarding sex differences in neurological and psychiatric illnesses, including anxiety, reproductive health, conversion disorders, depression and ethical issues in pregnancy, stroke risk factors, and successful aging strategies are covered along with clinical application of this knowledge to the delivery of care. In addition, in those medical problems that afflict both men and women, authors will point out the different risks, prevalence, presentations, and responses to treatments or outcomes in women. Written by renowned experts in the field, this textbook will thoroughly address the educational needs of physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants in the areas of neurology, psychiatry, internal medicine, and obstetrics and expanding their understanding of concerns unique to female patients.
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Part I. Issues in Women During Their Reproductive Years -- Women and Migraine -- Connective Tissue Disorders in Women -- Functional Neurological Disorder and Dissociative Disorders in Women -- Contraception in Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders -- Neuroendocrine Disorders in Women -- Somatoform Disorders -- Anxiety Disorders -- Neuro-inflammatory Disorders in Women -- Catamenial Epilepsy -- Neuro-oncological Disorders in Women -- Substance Use Disorders in Women -- Part II. Pregnancy -- Neurologic Imaging in Pregnancy -- The Normal Physiology of Pregnancy: Neurological Implications -- Epilepsy and Pregnancy -- Headaches in Pregnancy and Postpartum -- Stroke in Pregnancy -- Demyelinating Disease and Pregnancy -- Mood Disorders in Pregnancy -- Postpartum Neuropathy -- Myasthenia Gravis and Pregnancy -- Ethical Decisions in Pregnancy -- Part III. Women’s Health and Aging -- Menopausal Hot Flashes, Sleep and Mood Disturbances -- Stroke Risk Factors in Women -- Gender Differences in Parkinson’s Disease -- Sex-Related Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease -- Successful Aging.
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Critical Psychiatry : Controversies and Clinical Implications

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Sandra Steingard, editor. --Cham: Springer , 2019.
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This book is a guide for psychiatrists struggling to incorporate transformational strategies into their clinical work. The book begins with an overview of the concept of critical psychiatry before focusing its analytic lens on the DSM diagnostic system, the influence of the pharmaceutical industry, the crucial distinction between drug-centered and disease-centered approaches to pharmacotherapy, the concept of “de-prescribing,” coercion in psychiatric practice, and a range of other issues that c…
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Steingard, Sandra
Responsibility
Sandra Steingard, editor
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 225 p.) : 3 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030027322
9783030027315 (Print ed.)
9783030027339 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Deprescriptions
Dissent and Disputes
Drug Therapy - ethics
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Professional Practice
Psychiatry
Specialty
Psychiatry
Abstract
This book is a guide for psychiatrists struggling to incorporate transformational strategies into their clinical work. The book begins with an overview of the concept of critical psychiatry before focusing its analytic lens on the DSM diagnostic system, the influence of the pharmaceutical industry, the crucial distinction between drug-centered and disease-centered approaches to pharmacotherapy, the concept of “de-prescribing,” coercion in psychiatric practice, and a range of other issues that constitute the targets of contemporary critiques of psychiatric theory and practice. Written by experts in each topic, this is the first book to explicate what has come to be called critical psychiatry from an unbiased and clinically relevant perspective. Critical Psychiatry is an excellent, practical resource for clinicians seeking a solid foundation in the contemporary controversies within the field. General and forensic psychiatrists; family physicians, internists, and pediatricians who treat psychiatric patients; and mental health clinicians outside of medicine will all benefit from its conceptual insights and concrete advice.
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1. What Is Critical Psychiatry? -- 2. Toward Conceptual Competence in Psychiatric Diagnosis: An Ecological Model for Critiques of the DSM -- 3. The Influence of Pharmaceutical Companies and Restoring Integrity to Psychiatric Research and Practice -- 4. An Alternative Approach to Drug Treatment in Psychiatry -- 5. Clinical Implications of the Drug-Centered Approach -- 6. Deprescribing and Its Application to Psychiatry -- 7. Coercion and the Critical Psychiatrist -- 8. Listening to Those with Lived Experience -- 9. A Path to the Future for Psychiatry.
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Neurocognitive Behavioral Disorders : An Interdisciplinary Approach to Patient-Centered Care

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Maureen Nash, Sarah Foidel, editors. --Cham: Springer , 2019.
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This book approaches dementia by reviewing behavioral disturbances, cognitive, and functional assessments to provide a more accurate diagnosis. This approach allows physicians to design specific interventions that is tailored to the person and their challenges, which is often poorly executed. Written by experts in the field, this book incorporates the latest evidence-based behavioral interventions matched to specific deficits. The book explores ideas of effective care planning to decrease the n…
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Nash, Maureen
Foidel, Sarah
Responsibility
Maureen Nash, Sarah Foidel, editors
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 239 p.) : 20 illus., 14 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030112684
9783030112677 (Print ed.)
9783030112691 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Neurocognitive Disorders - complications
Patient Care Planning
Problem Behavior - psychology
Social Behavior Disorders
Specialty
Behavioral Medicine
Psychiatry
Abstract
This book approaches dementia by reviewing behavioral disturbances, cognitive, and functional assessments to provide a more accurate diagnosis. This approach allows physicians to design specific interventions that is tailored to the person and their challenges, which is often poorly executed. Written by experts in the field, this book incorporates the latest evidence-based behavioral interventions matched to specific deficits. The book explores ideas of effective care planning to decrease the need for medical intervention, loss of residence, decrease caregiver burden, decrease medical cost/hospital admission, and quality of life centered care for person’s living with dementia. The book includes case studies, assessment samples, care plans, and a wide array of helpful tools for interprofessional clinicians. Neurocognitive Behavioral Disturbances is the ultimate resource for geriatricians, geriatric psychiatrists, primary care physicians, gerontologists, nursing home directors, nurses, occupational therapists, speech therapists, social workers, and other health professionals involvement in holistic assessment and care planning for those with neurocognitive disorders.
Contents
1. Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Are a Core Feature of Neurocognitive Disorders -- 2. The Team Approach for Those with MNCD: Interdisciplinary and Collaborative -- 3. Neurocognitive Disorders and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms -- 4. Evaluating Cognition and Performance Through Cognitive Domains -- 5. Behavioral Interventions for Those Living with Dementia -- 6. Pain in Older Adults with Neuropsychiatric Symptoms -- 7. Frailty, Resilience, and Palliative Care Considerations for those Living with Dementia -- 8. Strength-Based Person-Centered Dementia Care: Activities of Daily Living -- 9. Person-Centered Care and Care Planning for Those with MNCD.
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Veteran Psychiatry in the US : Optimizing Clinical Outcomes

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Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, Maria D. Llorente, editors. --Cham: Springer , 2019.
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This volume explores the unique psychiatric needs of active and former military personnel and offers clinical pearls for the optimal delivery of care for these individuals. Written by experts in military and veteran psychiatry, this book addresses the most common issues in military and veteran patients, including depression, traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic stress disorder, substance use disorder, homelessness, and suicidality. Chapters highlight the characteristics of veterans suffering f…
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Ritchie, Elspeth Cameron
Llorente, Maria D.
Responsibility
Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, Maria D. Llorente, editors
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvi, 354 p.) : 11 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030053840
9783030053833 (Print ed.)
9783030053857 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Mental Health Services
Military Personnel - psychology
Military Psychiatry - methods
Veterans - psychology
Other Subjects
United States
Specialty
Military Medicine
Psychiatry
Abstract
This volume explores the unique psychiatric needs of active and former military personnel and offers clinical pearls for the optimal delivery of care for these individuals. Written by experts in military and veteran psychiatry, this book addresses the most common issues in military and veteran patients, including depression, traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic stress disorder, substance use disorder, homelessness, and suicidality. Chapters highlight the characteristics of veterans suffering from each disorder that requires special treatment, making it a valuable resource for both military and civilian clinicians. Veteran Psychiatry in the US is a valuable resource for all mental health clinicians working with or seeking to work with veterans, including psychiatrists, neurologists, primary care physicians, psychologists, counselors, social workers, nurses, residents, and all others.
Contents
Introduction -- Outline of Military Culture and Military and VA Health Systems -- Psychiatry in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs: A History and a Future -- Optimizing Clinical Outcomes in VA Mental Health Care -- Suicide -- Treatment for Trauma Related Disorders: The “Three Buckets” Model -- Treatment Resistant Depression Among US Military Veterans -- Psychotic Disorders and Best Models of Care -- Alcohol and Alcohol Use Disorder -- Alcohol Pharmacotherapy -- Opiate Use in the Military Context -- Use of Stimulants for ADHD and TBI in Veterans -- Use of Complementary and Integrative Health for Chronic Pain Management Traumatic Brain Injury -- Homeless Veterans and Mental Health -- Contextual Frameworks for Addressing Risk and Fostering Resilience among Sexual and Gender Minority Veterans -- Older Veterans -- Women Veterans -- Military Environmental Exposures and Mental Health -- Neuropsychiatric Quinism: Chronic Encephalopathy Caused by Poisoning by Mefloquine and Related Quinoline Drugs -- Listening to Trauma, and Caring for the Caregiver, A Psychodynamic Reflection in the Age of Burnout.
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Psychiatric Nonadherence : A Solutions-Based Approach

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Victor Fornari, Ida Dancyger, editors. --Cham: Springer , 2019.
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This book explores medical nonadherence to treatment and management of psychiatric disorders across the lifespan. Leading experts in the field, specializing in a range of mental health problems describe the impact of nonadherence in the treatment of children, adolescents, transition age youths, adults, and older adults. The book eloquently articulates the key elements of effective physicians and offers clinical pearls on professionalism, empathy, and the doctor-patient relationship—a key compon…
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Fornari, Victor
Dancyger, Ida
Responsibility
Victor Fornari, Ida Dancyger, editors
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 222 p.) : 2 illus., 1 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030126650
9783030126643 (Print ed.)
9783030126667 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Mental Disorders - psychology
Patient Compliance - psychology
Physician-Patient Relations
Mentally Ill Persons - psychology
Treatment Refusal - psychology
Specialty
Psychiatry
Abstract
This book explores medical nonadherence to treatment and management of psychiatric disorders across the lifespan. Leading experts in the field, specializing in a range of mental health problems describe the impact of nonadherence in the treatment of children, adolescents, transition age youths, adults, and older adults. The book eloquently articulates the key elements of effective physicians and offers clinical pearls on professionalism, empathy, and the doctor-patient relationship—a key component to solving treatment nonadherence. This volume focuses on solutions for improved clinical outcomes, including communication skills, empathy and building trust, motivational interviewing techniques and the use of technology. Psychiatric Nonadherence is an excellent resource for all clinicians who care for individuals with psychiatric illness. This timely reference will provide guidance to enhance effective treatment adherence for a wide array of medical practitioners, including child and adolescent, adult forensic, and geriatric psychiatrists, addiction medicine specialists, primary care physicians, psychologists and nurses.
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1. Health Economics: The Hidden Costs of Mental Illness -- 2. Nonadherence in Childhood Disorders: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder -- 3. Coming of Age and Refusing to Eat: Overcoming Treatment Nonadherence for Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa -- 4. The Challenge of Nonadherence in Schizophrenia -- 5. Increasing Psychiatric Treatment Engagement and Adherence in the College Population -- 6. Medication Nonadherence in the Geriatric Psychiatric Population: Do Seniors Take Their Pills? -- Part II. What Makes a Good Doctor? -- 7. Communication Skills Training to Enhance Patient Adherence -- 8. Humanism and Medical Treatment: Clinicians and Patients Finding Common Ground -- 9. Narrative Medicine and the Treatment-Resistant Patient -- Part III. Solving the Dilemma -- 10. Treatment Adherence from the Perspective of Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Sitting in the Boat and Staying the Course -- 11. Collaborative Care: An Effort to Increase Behavioral Health Adherence by Supporting the Primary Care Provider -- 12. The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing for Psychiatric Nonadherence -- 13. Pragmatic Trials: Solving the Dilemma of Psychiatric Nonadherence -- 14. Technological Strategies to Address Psychiatric Nonadherence -- 15. Closing the Gap: Where Do We Go from Here?
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Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry : Optimum Care, Emerging Limitations, and Realistic Goals

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Howard H. Fenn, Ana Hategan, James A. Bourgeois, editors. --Cham: Springer , c2019.
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This book offers mental health guidelines for all medical professionals facing the emerging challenges presented by an aging population worldwide. The text acknowledges that as the geriatric demographic grows, limited resources and infrastructures demand quality protocols to deliver inpatient geriatric psychiatric care, and that many physicians may not be trained to address these specific needs. This text fills this gap with guidelines assessing, diagnosing, and treating aging patients as they …
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Fenn, Howard H.
Hategan, Ana
Bourgeois, James A.
Responsibility
Howard H. Fenn, Ana Hategan, James A. Bourgeois, editors
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxiii, 415 p.) : 124 illus., 120 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030104016
9783030104009 (Print ed.)
9783030104023 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Geriatric Psychiatry
Inpatients
Mental Disorders - therapy
Specialty
Geriatrics
Psychiatry
Abstract
This book offers mental health guidelines for all medical professionals facing the emerging challenges presented by an aging population worldwide. The text acknowledges that as the geriatric demographic grows, limited resources and infrastructures demand quality protocols to deliver inpatient geriatric psychiatric care, and that many physicians may not be trained to address these specific needs. This text fills this gap with guidelines assessing, diagnosing, and treating aging patients as they present in the emergency room and other settings. Unlike any other text, this book focuses on how to optimize the use of the inpatient setting by recommending evaluations and treatments, and offering flow-charts and figures of key points, to guide both general workup and continued evaluation and treatment. This approach aims to minimize instances of premature release or readmissions and to improve outcomes. Chapters cover the various issues that clinicians face when working with an older patient, including legal topics, limitations to treatment, prescription-related complications, patients struggling with substance abuse, and various behavioral concerns. Written by experts in the field, the text takes a multidisciplinary approach to deliver high-quality care as needs of the aging population evolve. Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry is a vital resource for all clinicians working with an aging population, including geriatricians, psychiatrists, neurologists, primary care providers, hospitalists, psychologists, neuropsychologists, emergency room and geriatric nurses, social workers, and trainees.
Contents
Part I. Foundations of Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry -- Essential medical work-up and rule-outs -- Neuropsychological assessment -- Pharmacological overview in geriatrics: pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, laboratory -- Interdisciplinary roles and interface -- Legal aspects of inpatient geriatric psychiatry -- Part II. Prevalent Problems in Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry -- Major neurocognitive disorder with behavioral disturbance -- Acute medical events: falls, seizures, CVAs, urinary retention, cardiac events, hypotension, SIADH, dehydration, infection -- Suicide in the geriatric population: risk factors, identification, and management -- Sleep in geriatric psychiatry inpatients -- alcohol and substance use disorders in the geriatric psychiatry inpatient: acute treatment, detoxification, withdrawal -- Psychiatric symptoms co-morbid with neurological syndromes -- Delirium: risk factors, contributors, identification, work-up, and treatment -- Involuntary treatment: medications, forced feeding, restraints, prevention of wandering -- Pain management -- Special syndromes: Serotonin Syndrome (SS), Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS), and Catatonia -- Neuromodulation interventions: ECT, rTMS: work-up, preparation and post-treatment care + ketamine in inpatient psychiatry -- Medication strategies: Switching, tapering, cross-over, overmedication, drug-drug interactions, discontinuation syndromes -- Psychotherapies and non-pharmacological interventions -- Part III. Special Topics -- Medical nursing care and communication barrier -- Telemedicine and IT: use of digital technology on inpatient units -- Placement, coordination, follow-up.
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Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies in Dementia : A Pragmatic Approach

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by A.J. Larner. (Second edition) --Cham: Springer , c2019.
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The new and updated edition of this book explains the key steps in planning and executing diagnostic test accuracy studies in dementia, serving as an introduction to the topic with clear explanations of difficulties and pitfalls. It has been fully revised in light of developments over the past 5 years and includes STARD publications which have appeared since the first edition as well as the use of biomarkers of cognitive disorders as increasingly enshrined in diagnostic criteria. The book cover…
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Larner, A. J.
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by A.J. Larner
Edition
Second edition
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvi, 184 p.) : 12 illus., 5 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030175627
9783030175610 (Print ed.)
9783030175634 (Print ed.)
9783030175641 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Dementia - diagnosis
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures - standards
Psychological Tests
Sensitivity and Specificity
Specialty
Psychiatry
Abstract
The new and updated edition of this book explains the key steps in planning and executing diagnostic test accuracy studies in dementia, serving as an introduction to the topic with clear explanations of difficulties and pitfalls. It has been fully revised in light of developments over the past 5 years and includes STARD publications which have appeared since the first edition as well as the use of biomarkers of cognitive disorders as increasingly enshrined in diagnostic criteria. The book covers the presentation of study results in terms of measures of discrimination, taking examples from studies in dementia looking at various diagnostic methods including cognitive instruments, neuroimaging, and biochemical studies. The book continues to reflect the author’s own experience in diagnostic test accuracy studies, particularly in the sphere of cognitive screening instruments. Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies in Dementia encourages clinicians to adopt a pragmatic approach to diagnostic test accuracy studies rooted in day-to-day clinical practice.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Methods (1): Participants and Test Methods -- 3. Methods (2): Statistical Methods -- 4. Results (1): Participants and Test Results -- 5. Results (2): Estimates of Diagnostic Accuracy -- 6. Discussion -- 7. Future Prospects for Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies in Dementia.
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Early Interaction and Developmental Psychopathology : Volume I. Infancy

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Gisèle Apter, Emmanuel Devouche, Maya Gratier, editors. --Cham: Springer , c2019.
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This first book of a two-volume series describes current research and state of the art clinical practice the shed light on the developmental origins of psychopathology in the first year of life, i.e. approximately up to the emergence of secondary intersubjectivity and/or walking. The second volume explores the interactional underpinnings of psychopathology in toddlerhood, from the time of voluntarily gross motor functioning to the emergence and basic organization of symbolic language at 24-30 m…
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Apter, Gisèle
Devouche, Emmanuel
Gratier, Maya
Responsibility
Gisèle Apter, Emmanuel Devouche, Maya Gratier, editors
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 228 p.) : 2 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030047696
9783030047672 (Print ed.)
9783030047689 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Infant
Mental Disorders - etiology
Parent-Child Relations
Psychology, Child
Psychology, Developmental
Specialty
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
Abstract
This first book of a two-volume series describes current research and state of the art clinical practice the shed light on the developmental origins of psychopathology in the first year of life, i.e. approximately up to the emergence of secondary intersubjectivity and/or walking. The second volume explores the interactional underpinnings of psychopathology in toddlerhood, from the time of voluntarily gross motor functioning to the emergence and basic organization of symbolic language at 24-30 months. A comprehensive approach is adopted, focusing on the fundamentally interactive nature of early development and examining interactions both with caregivers and more broadly with the socio-cultural environment. The books describe the processes involved in psychopathological trajectories and provide clinical insight into tailored, culturally sensitive therapeutic care in diverse environments. This volume discusses in detail situations placing the infant at risk and the nature of infant development, including communication, intersubjectivity, functional development, and affective and emotional development. Culturally and socially sensitive approaches to psychopathology are examined, with examples of specific infant- and family-centered therapies. Information on risk of abuse and neglect and infant protection policies is included.
Contents
1. The Psychobiology of the Human Spirit -- Part I. Early Interactive Development -- 2. The Beginning of Parent-Infant Communication -- 3. Mutual Regulation and Unique Forms of Implicit Relational Knowing -- 4. Rhythms in Early Development -- Part II. At Risk-Interactions -- 5. Impact of Immediate Peripartum Psychopathology and Parental Psychiatric Disorders -- 6. Parental Psychiatric Disorders and Early Interaction: Dysregulation and Repair -- 7. Parent-Preterm Infant Interaction -- 8. Depression Is Not Gender-Biased: Maternal and Paternal Depression and Early Parent-Infant Interactions -- Part III. Early Interactive Assessment and Therapeutic Management -- 9. Assessment Tools for Parent-Infant Interaction and Their Contribution to Perinatal Clinical Care -- 10. The NBAS: Supporting the Newborn and Its Family at Birth -- 11. Early Psychomotor Therapy: Support for Vulnerable Babies and Their Families -- 12. Diagnostic Classification: 0-3R. A Tool for Early Interactive Clinical Assessment -- 13. Growing the Brain: A New Perspective on Child Psychiatry.
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Psychiatric Ethics in Late-Life Patients : Medicolegal and Forensic Aspects at the Interface of Mental Health

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Meera Balasubramaniam, Aarti Gupta, Rajesh R. Tampi, editors. --Cham: Springer , c2019.
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This book offers a comprehensive view of ethical, medicolegal, and forensic issues common to aging psychiatric patients. Written by experts in the field, this volume includes assessments of each patient’s capacity to make decisions, live independently, manage finances, drive a vehicle, have sexual relations, and a wide array of other topics in the context of ethics and the law. The text also discusses guardianship and care for patients who are no longer fit to handle their own care and the ethi…
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Gupta, Aarti
Tampi, Rajesh R.
Responsibility
Meera Balasubramaniam, Aarti Gupta, Rajesh R. Tampi, editors
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 246 p.) : 4 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030151720
9783030151713 (Print ed.)
9783030151737 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Geriatric Psychiatry - ethics
Mental Competency - standards
Terminal Care - ethics
Specialty
Ethics
Geriatrics
Psychiatry
Abstract
This book offers a comprehensive view of ethical, medicolegal, and forensic issues common to aging psychiatric patients. Written by experts in the field, this volume includes assessments of each patient’s capacity to make decisions, live independently, manage finances, drive a vehicle, have sexual relations, and a wide array of other topics in the context of ethics and the law. The text also discusses guardianship and care for patients who are no longer fit to handle their own care and the ethical dilemmas associated with these challenges. Finally, the text covers aging adults in the criminal justice system from an epidemiological perspective—a problem that is steadily increasing in many nations, including the United States. Psychiatric Ethics in Late-Life Patients is an excellent resource for all physicians navigating legal and ethical scenarios involving aging patients, including general, geriatric, and forensic psychiatrists, geriatricians, primary care providers, geriatric nurses, social workers, public health officials, and all others.
Contents
Part I. Ethical Aspects of Geriatric Psychiatry -- 1. Aging: Balancing Autonomy and Beneficence -- 2. The Capacity to Make Medical Decisions -- 3. The Capacity to Live Independently -- 4. The Capacity to Manage Finances -- 5. Capacity to Manage Critical Domains of Living: Driving, Voting, and Sexual Expression -- 6. Ethical Challenges in Mild, Moderate, and Severe Stages of Dementia -- 7. Research Ethics in Geriatric Psychiatry -- Part II. Medicolegal Aspects of Geriatric Psychiatry -- 8. Advance Healthcare Planning -- 9. Surrogate Decision-Making -- 10. Guardianship -- 11. Elder Abuse -- Part III. Forensic Aspects of Geriatric Psychiatry -- 12. Social Determinants and Mental Health Among Older Adults in the Criminal Justice System -- 13. Capacity to Stand Trial Evaluations for Geriatric Defendants -- 14. Responding to Crisis of Aging People in Prison: Global Promising Practices and Initiatives.
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Comorbid Sleep and Psychiatric Disorders : A Clinical Casebook

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Imran S. Khawaja, Thomas D. Hurwitz, editors. --Cham: Springer , c2019.
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This book examines 23 case examples of the most common comorbid presentations of sleep and psychiatric disturbances from a reader-friendly, digestible approach. Most chapters are written and edited by the rare experts certified in both sleep and psychiatry. Every case details the clinical history, examination, results, diagnosis, clinical pearls and suggested reading, making the book both highly clinical and direct. Most chapters include tables for easy reference and special considerations that…
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Khawaja, Imran S.
Hurwitz, Thomas D.
Responsibility
Imran S. Khawaja, Thomas D. Hurwitz, editors
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 259 p.) : 17 illus., 14 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030117726
9783030117719 (Print ed.)
9783030117733 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Comorbidity
Mental Disorders
Sleep Wake Disorders
Specialty
Psychiatry
Sleep Medicine Specialty
Abstract
This book examines 23 case examples of the most common comorbid presentations of sleep and psychiatric disturbances from a reader-friendly, digestible approach. Most chapters are written and edited by the rare experts certified in both sleep and psychiatry. Every case details the clinical history, examination, results, diagnosis, clinical pearls and suggested reading, making the book both highly clinical and direct. Most chapters include tables for easy reference and special considerations that are often neglected in other sleep psychiatry texts. The text is easy-to-use on an as-needed basis, or as a standalone guide to these issues. Written by multidisciplinary experts in the field, Comorbid Sleep Psychiatry is a valuable resource for busy psychiatrists, sleep physicians, primary care doctors, psychologists, and all clinicians working with patients who may suffer from sleep and/or psychiatric disturbances.
Contents
1. Is It OSA or Depression or Both? -- 2. Case Study: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder “I Am Having Nightmares on My Back” -- 3. I Need My Methadone, but I Cannot Breathe at Night -- 4. Alcohol Is the Only Thing that Helps Me Sleep, or Does It? -- 5. Doctor, My Child Snores and Has ADHD. Is There a Relationship? -- 6. Is It Narcolepsy or Depression Making My Patient Sleepy? -- 7. A Case of Narcolepsy Misdiagnosed as Schizophrenia -- 8. Mood Disorder or a Case of Sleeping Beauty Syndrome? -- 9. My Son Is a Night Owl. Can You Help? -- 10. Wandering in the Nursing Home -- 11. My Grandmother Falls Asleep Watching TV. Is She Depressed? -- 12. Severe Sleep Disruption in PTSD: Trauma-Associated Sleep Disorder -- 13. Zolpidem: The Arrested Woman with No Recollection of Events -- 14. To Treat or Not to Treat: Case of SSRI-Induced RBD -- 15. Trauma-Related Nightmares -- 16. Things That Go Bump in the Night -- 17. Medication-Induced Nightmares -- 18. Uncontrollable Urges to Gamble Following Treatment with Pramipexole (Mirapex) -- 19. RLS Caused by Over-the-Counter Medications/Bruises on My Legs -- 20. Is This Akathisia or Restless Legs? -- 21. Depression and Insomnia -- 22. Insomnia and OSA -- 23. Insomnia and Caffeine.
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Long-Term Forensic Psychiatric Care : Clinical, Ethical and Legal Challenges

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Birgit Völlm, Peter Braun, editors. --Cham: Springer , c2019.
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This book provides an overview of forensic psychiatry, focusing on the provision of care in Europe as well as the legal and ethical challenges posed by long-term stays in forensic settings. Forensic psychiatric services provide care and treatment for mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) in secure in-patient facilities as well as in the community. These services are high-cost/low-volume services; they pose significant restrictions on patients and hence raise considerable ethical challenges. Ther…
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Völlm, Birgit
Braun, Peter
Responsibility
Birgit Völlm, Peter Braun, editors
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (vi, 343 p.) : 15 illus., 12 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030125943
9783030125936 (Print ed.)
9783030125950 (Print ed.)
9783030125967 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Forensic Psychiatry
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Long-Term Care - ethics
Patients - psychology
Prisoners - psychology
Other Subjects
Europe
Specialty
Forensic Sciences
Psychiatry
Abstract
This book provides an overview of forensic psychiatry, focusing on the provision of care in Europe as well as the legal and ethical challenges posed by long-term stays in forensic settings. Forensic psychiatric services provide care and treatment for mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) in secure in-patient facilities as well as in the community. These services are high-cost/low-volume services; they pose significant restrictions on patients and hence raise considerable ethical challenges. There is no agreed-upon standard for length of stay (LoS) in secure settings and patients’ detainment periods vary considerably across countries and even within the same jurisdiction. Thus far, little research has been conducted to identify factors associated with length of stay; consequently, it remains unclear how services should be configured to meet the needs of this patient group. This volume fills some of those gaps. Furthermore, it presents new research on factors associated with length of stay, both patient-related and organisational. Various approaches to the provision of care for long-term patients in different countries are explored, including a few best practise examples in this specific area of psychiatry. The book also addresses the perspective of those working in forensic care by reviewing quality-of-life research and interviews with patients. The authors of this volume come from a range of professional backgrounds, ensuring a certain breadth and depth in the topic discussion, and even includes patients themselves as (co-)authors.
Contents
1. Introduction -- Part I. The Context -- 2. Asylums and Deinstitutionalization: The Penrose Hypothesis in the Twenty-First Century -- 3. Challenges in Comparing Health-Care Systems Across Different Countries -- 4. Long Stay in Europe: A Systems-Oriented Approach -- 5. Ethical Aspects of Long-Stay Forensic Psychiatric Care -- 6. Prevalence and Characteristics of Long-Stay Patients: Results from a Study in England -- Part II. Clinical Aspects of Long-Stay -- 7. Recovery and Strength-Based Practice in Long-Term Forensic Psychiatry -- 8. How to Measure Progress in Forensic Care -- 9. Enhancing Protective Factors in the Management of Violence Risk in Long-Term Psychiatric Care -- 10. Quality of Life in Long-Term Clinical Forensic Psychiatry -- 11. Occupational Therapy with Long-Stay Service Users -- 12. Challenges in the Treatment of Sex Offenders -- 13. Long-Stay and Ageing -- 14. The Experience of Long-Stay in Secure Psychiatric Hospitals in the UK: The Patient Perspective -- 15. Forensic Carers and Secure Inpatient Services -- Part III. Service Models and Alternative Provision -- 16. Long-Term Forensic Psychiatric Care: The Dutch Perspective -- 17. Long-Stay Services in German Forensic Settings -- 18. Forensic Psychiatric Care in Belgium -- 19. Challenges in the Provision of Forensic Services in the Baltic States -- 20. Complementary Model of Long-Term Care in Poland as a Result of the Political Transformation, Law Reform and Service Changes in Forensic Psychiatry -- 21. History and Organization of Long-Stay Forensic Care in Croatia -- 22. The Closure of Forensic Psychiatric Institutions in Italy -- 23. Attitudinal and Organisational Barriers to the Introduction of Long-Stay Services.
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Psychopathology in Women : Incorporating Gender Perspective into Descriptive Psychopathology

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Margarita Sáenz-Herrero, editor. (Second edition) --Cham: Springer , c2019.
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This book examines sex and gender differences in the causes and expression of medical conditions, including mental health disorders. Sex differences are variations attributable to individual reproductive organs and the XX or XY chromosomal complement. Gender differences are variations that result from biological sex as well as individual self-representation which include psychological, behavioural, and social consequences of an individual’s perceived gender. Gender is still a neglected field in…
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Responsibility
Margarita Sáenz-Herrero, editor
Edition
Second edition
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 883 p.) : 19 illus., 13 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030151799
9783030151782 (Print ed.)
9783030151805 (Print ed.)
9783030151812 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Body Dysmorphic Disorders
Gender Identity
Mental Disorders - etiology
Personality Development
Psychosexual Development
Sex Factors
Women's Health
Specialty
Psychiatry
Women's Health
Abstract
This book examines sex and gender differences in the causes and expression of medical conditions, including mental health disorders. Sex differences are variations attributable to individual reproductive organs and the XX or XY chromosomal complement. Gender differences are variations that result from biological sex as well as individual self-representation which include psychological, behavioural, and social consequences of an individual’s perceived gender. Gender is still a neglected field in psychopathology, and gender differences is often incorrectly used as a synonym of sex differences. A reconsideration of the definition of gender, as the term that subsumes masculinity and femininity, could shed some light on this misperception and could have an effect in the study of health and disease. This second edition of Psychopathology clarifies the anthropological, cultural and social aspects of gender and their impact on mental health disorders. It focuses on gender perspective as a paradigm not only in psychopathology but also in mental health disorders. As such it promotes open mindedness in the definition and perception of symptoms, as well as assumptions about those symptoms, and raises awareness of mental health.
Contents
Part I. General Aspects -- 1. Women Mental Health All over the World: Sociopolitical Aspects of Gender Discrimination and Violence: Immigration and Transnational Motherhood -- 2. What Is Human Resilience and Why Does It Matter? -- 3. Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Impact on Mental Health -- 4. Sexual Violence: Effects on Women’s Identity and Mental Health -- 5. Traumatic Life Events and High Risk for the Development of Psychopathology -- Part II. Sex and Gender as a Multidimensional Concept -- 6. Improving Our Science in Research with Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis -- 7. Transgenderism and Mental Health from a Non-pathologizing Perspective 8. Gender and Psychological Differences: Gender and Subjectivity -- 9. Self-Identity and Gender Differences -- 10. Psychosexual Development, Intersex States, and Sexual Dysfunctions -- Part III. Gender and Psychopathology -- 11. Gender, Corporality, and Body Image -- 12. Body and Hysteria: Dissociated Body -- 13. Dysmorphophobia: From Neuroticism to Psychoticism -- 14. Eating Disorders -- 15. Desire and Submission -- 16. Life Instinct and Gender -- 17. Use, Misuse and Gender Differences -- 18. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (and Gender) in Psychosis But Were Afraid to Ask: A Narrative Review -- Part IV. Mental Health Disorders Related to Hormonal Aspects -- 19. Adolescent Depression -- 20. Premenstrual Experience, Premenstrual Syndrome, and Dysphoric Disorder -- 21. Abortion and Mental Health -- 22. Pregnancy Depression from a Gender Perspective -- 23. Perinatal Depression -- 24. Puerperal Psychosis -- 25. Psychological Symptoms and Treatment in the Menopause -- Part V. Gender in Psychiatric Disorders -- 26. Affective Disorders and Gender Differences -- 27. Anxiety Disorders -- 28. Gender Differences in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -- 29. Gender and First Psychotic Episodes in Adolescence -- 30. Schizophrenia and Gender -- 31. Gender Differences in Bipolar Disorder -- 32. Mixed Forms in Bipolar Disorder and Relation to Gender -- 33. Borderline Personality Spectrum -- 34. Somatoform and Factitious Disorders -- 35. Pathological Gambling: Clinical Gender Differences -- Part VI. Psychopathology, Art, and Gender -- 36. Art Therapy and Gender -- Part VII. Gender Bias in Research. How Does It affect to Mental Health? -- 37. Gender Bias in Research: How Does It Affect Mental Health?
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Substance Use and the Acute Psychiatric Patient : Emergency Management

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Abigail L. Donovan, Suzanne A. Bird, editors. --Cham: Humana Press , c2019.
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This book fills a gap in the existing medical literature by providing a best-practice approach to the evaluation and acute treatment of patients presenting for emergency care with identifiable substance use and/or co-occurring psychiatric disorders. As the first interdisciplinary book to integrate psychiatric and emergency care, the text uniquely covers a myriad of serious medical conditions, acute mental status and dangerous behavioral abnormalities. The book focuses on guidelines that support…
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Donovan, Abigail L.
Bird, Suzanne A.
Responsibility
Abigail L. Donovan, Suzanne A. Bird, editors
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Humana Press
Date of Publication
c2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 235 p.) : 7 illus. in color
Series Title
Current clinical psychiatry
ISBN
9783319239613
9783319239606 (Print ed.)
9783319239620 (Print ed.)
ISSN
2626-241X
Subjects (MeSH)
Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)
Emergencies
Emergency Treatment - methods
Mentally Ill Persons
Substance-Related Disorders
Specialty
Addiction Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Psychiatry
Abstract
This book fills a gap in the existing medical literature by providing a best-practice approach to the evaluation and acute treatment of patients presenting for emergency care with identifiable substance use and/or co-occurring psychiatric disorders. As the first interdisciplinary book to integrate psychiatric and emergency care, the text uniquely covers a myriad of serious medical conditions, acute mental status and dangerous behavioral abnormalities. The book focuses on guidelines that support emergency room physicians with little formal medical training in addiction medicine. The first section focuses on the diagnosis and management of substance-specific intoxication and withdrawal states, as well as common medical co-morbidities and disposition considerations. The book lends particular attention to the identification and stabilization of high risk medical conditions associated with each substance of abuse. The second section is psychiatrically focused, addressing the most common psychiatric symptoms and syndromes, their association with SUDs, an approach to differential diagnosis, and discussion of crucial treatment considerations for both safe ED management and post-ED disposition. A final section includes other pertinent topics, for example, the assessment of patient safety, responding to the medication-seeking patient, assessment and treatment of pregnant patients and working with adolescents and their families around substance use. Substance Use and The Acute Patient is a unique and valuable contribution to the literature for both consulting psychiatrists, emergency medicine specialists, addiction medicine specialists, and all other medical professionals who provide care for these most complex and underserved patients.
Contents
Part I. Management of Acute Substance Use Disorders -- Opioid Use Disorders and Related Emergencies -- Alcohol and Sedative Use Disorders and Related Emergencies -- Stimulant Use Disorders and Related Emergencies -- Cannabis Use Disorders and Related Emergencies -- Management of Acute Substance Use Disorders: Hallucinogens and Associated Compounds -- Part II. Management of Substance-Induced and Co-occurring Disorders -- Substance/Medication-Induced Mood Disorders and Co-Occurring Mood and Substance Use Disorders: Evaluation and Management in Emergency Department and Psychiatric Emergency Service Settings -- Substance-Induced Psychosis and Co-Occurring Psychotic Disorders -- Substance-Induced Anxiety and Co-Occurring Anxiety Disorders -- Patients with Co-Occurring Substance Use and Personality Disorders -- Preventing and Managing Risk of Violence and Suicide in Substance Abusing Patients in the Emergency Department -- Part III. Special Topics -- Responding to the Medication-Seeking Patient -- Substance Use in Children and Adolescents -- Emergency Management of Substance Use in Pregnant Patients.
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Feeling Smarter and Smarter : Discovering the Inner-Ear Origins and Treatment for Dyslexia/LD, ADD/ADHD, and Phobias/Anxiety

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Harold N. Levinson, MD. --Cham: Springer , c2019.
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In this ground-breaking book, Dr. Harold Levinson, a renowned psychiatrist and clinical researcher, provides his long-awaited follow-up work about truly understanding and successfully treating children and adults with many and diverse dyslexia-related disorders such as those found on the cover. This fascinating, life-changing title is primarily about helping children who suffer from varied combinations and severities of previously unexplained inner-ear-determined symptoms resulting in difficult…
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Levinson, Harold N.
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Harold N. Levinson, MD
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxiv, 312 p.) : 64 illus., 38 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030162085
9783030162078 (Print ed.)
9783030162092 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Anxiety Disorders - therapy
Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders - therapy
Dyslexia - etiology
Dyslexia - therapy
Ear, Inner - physiopathology
Learning Disorders - therapy
Psychology, Educational
Specialty
Psychiatry
Abstract
In this ground-breaking book, Dr. Harold Levinson, a renowned psychiatrist and clinical researcher, provides his long-awaited follow-up work about truly understanding and successfully treating children and adults with many and diverse dyslexia-related disorders such as those found on the cover. This fascinating, life-changing title is primarily about helping children who suffer from varied combinations and severities of previously unexplained inner-ear-determined symptoms resulting in difficulties with: reading, writing, spelling, math, memory, speech, sense of direction and time grammar, concentration/activity-level, balance and coordination headaches, nausea, dizziness, ringing ears, and motion-sickness frustration levels and feeling dumb, ugly, klutzy, phobic, and depressed impulsivity, cutting class, dropping out of school, and substance abuse bullying and being bullied as well as anger and social interactions later becoming emotionally traumatized and scarred dysfunctional adults Feeling Smarter and Smarter is thus also about and for the millions of frus-trated and failing adults who are often overwhelmed by similar and even more complicated symptoms—as well as for their dedicated healers. Having laid the initial foundations for his many current insights in an earlier bestseller, Smart But Feeling Dumb, Dr. Levinson now presents a compelling range of enlightening new cases and data as well as a large number of highly original discoveries—such as his challenging illumination that all dyslexia-related manifestations are primarily inner-ear or cerebellar-vestibular—not cerebrally—determined and so do not impair IQ, and an “ingeniously simple” explanatory theory of symptom formation. Most important, all the dyslexia/inner-ear based impairments and their symptoms were discovered by Dr. Levinson to respond rapidly and often “mi-raculously” in 75 to 85 percent of cases when treated with simple and safe inner-ear enhancing medications—thus enabling bright but dumb-feeling children and adults to feel… smarter and smarter.
Contents
1. Dyslexia by Any Other Name -- 2. The Bottom Line -- 3. A Bit of History and Discovery -- 4. The Turning Point: Solving the Dyslexia Riddle -- 5. Listening to Dyslexics: My Simple Clinical Path Proved Key to Discovery -- 6. Kathy: The Intriguing Complexity of Dyslexia -- 7. The Self-Diagnostic Test: Evaluating Patients and Theories -- 8. Kathy and the Mistaken Theories of Dyslexia -- 9. The CVS Theory of Dyslexia: A Theory’s Value Is Entirely Dependent on Its Explanatory and Predictive Capabilities -- 10. Only the CVS Theory Can Explain All of Kathy’s Dyslexic Symptoms and Mechanisms -- 11. Some Important Q&As: Especially About the Higher Cerebellum and Kathy -- 12. Another Remarkable Case: Highlighting the Dyslexia/ADD/ADHD/ Phobia Connection -- 13. Making the Connections: An Introductory Overview -- 14. New Insights into ADD/ADHD -- 15. The CVS/Phobia Link: Three Steps Toward Conviction -- 16. The Reading Process in Dyslexia -- 17. The “Super-Ten” Basic Mechanisms Explaining the Dyslexia Syndrome -- 18. Many Helpful Therapies -- 19. Four Steps to a Certain Diagnosis -- 20. “I Didn’t Want Medical Treatment, But…”: Depression vs. “Dyslexia Without ‘Dyslexia’” -- 21. Real Smart Drugs and Treatment -- 22. An Effective Partial Medical Treatment for Autism (ASD) and Autistic Trait Disorder or Pseudo-autism -- 23. Kathy’s Favorable Response to Medical Treatment -- 24. Summary -- 25. Closure: The End Is Just a New Beginning -- Appendices.
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Global Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry : Theory, Research, Education, and Practice

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Hoyle Leigh, editor. --Cham: Springer , c2019.
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This authoritative reference surveys mind-body healing concepts and psychosomatic medicine in diverse countries and regions of the world. It provides practical insights on the Western division between medical and mental healing and useful information concerning recent efforts to bridge that enduring divide, particularly in the use of ancient and indigenous healing knowledge in psychosomatic practice. Coverage compares and contrasts current applications of psychosomatic medicine and/or consultat…
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Leigh, Hoyle
Responsibility
Hoyle Leigh, editor
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxvii, 665 p.) : 71 illus.
ISBN
9783030125844
9783030125820 (Print ed.)
9783030125837 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Global Health
Mind-Body Therapies
Psychiatry - methods
Psychosomatic Medicine - methods
Referral and Consultation
Specialty
Psychiatry
Abstract
This authoritative reference surveys mind-body healing concepts and psychosomatic medicine in diverse countries and regions of the world. It provides practical insights on the Western division between medical and mental healing and useful information concerning recent efforts to bridge that enduring divide, particularly in the use of ancient and indigenous healing knowledge in psychosomatic practice. Coverage compares and contrasts current applications of psychosomatic medicine and/or consultation-liaison psychiatry as conducted in such representative countries as France, Britain, China, India, Argentina, Canada, and the United States. And the book predicts how this synthesis of traditions and advances will progress as it: Traces the history and development of psychosomatic medicine. Reviews contributions of traditional healing methods to psychosomatic medicine. Analyzes national styles of psychosomatic medicine as practiced in specific countries. Compares the status of psychosomatic medicine / consultation-liaison psychiatry in various countries. Considers the future of psychosomatic medicine as the field, and the world, evolves. Global Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry expands the knowledge base for psychiatrists, primary care physicians, psychiatric and primary care residents, medical students, behavioral medicine specialists, and others who are interested global and regional perspective on providing biopsychosocial care. It is also relevant for advanced students in health psychology and behavioral medicine, and for professionals in related health fields. .
Contents
1. Introduction -- Part I. Major Trends in Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in the World -- 2. Psychosomatic Medicine in Ancient Greece: An Overview -- 3. History of Psychosomatic Medicine as Scientifically-based Medicine in Europe: Approaching the Experience -- 4. European Perspectives in Psychosomatic Medicine – Integration through Interaction and Networking -- 5. Major Trends of Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in the United States and Canada -- 6. The Concept of Body-Mind Relationship in the Context of Chinese Culture -- 7. Psychosomatic Medicine in Indian Subcontinent – A Historical Perspective -- 8. Major Trends of Psychosomatic Medicine in North Africa and the Middle East -- 9. Psychosomatic Medicine in Subsaharan Africa -- Part II. Contemporary Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in Europe: Development, Research, Education, and Practice -- 10. Psychosomatic Medicine: The British Experience -- 11. Psychosomatic Medicine in Germany -- 12. Psychosomatic Medicine in France -- 13. Psychosomatic Psychiatry in Spain: Historical Notes and the State of the Art -- 14. Psychosomatic Medicine in Modern Greece -- 15. Psychosomatic Medicine in Poland -- 16. Psychosomatic Medicine in the Baltic States, Soviet Union, and the Russian Federation -- Part III. Contemporary Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in Asia: Development, Research, Education, and Practice -- 17. The Burgeoning Chinese Psychosomatic Medicine -- 18. Psychosomatic Medicine in Japan -- 19. Psychosomatic Medicine in Korea -- 20. Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in Indian Subcontinent -- Part IV. Contemporary Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in Africa: Development, Research, Education, and Practice -- 21. Psychosomatic Medicine in Egypt and North Africa: Development, Research, Education and Practice. 22. Psychosomatic Medicine in South Africa: Concepts and practices in a low-and middle-income country -- Part V. Contemporary Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in North and South America: Development, Research, Education, and Practice -- 23. Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in the United States -- 24. Canadian Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry / Psychosomatic Medicine: A discipline still waiting for official recognition and patient care accessibility -- 25. Psychosomatic Medicine in Argentina -- Part VI. Contemporary Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in Australia: Development, Research, Education, and Practice -- 26. Australia: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry not Psychosomatic Medicine -- 27. Striving for Salutogenesis: “The History of Psychosomatics in Europe” and “Psychosomatics in Germany Today” -- 28. Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine: Where do we go from here?
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Enabling People with Dementia : Understanding and Implementing Person-Centred Care

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Pat Hobson. (Third edition) --Cham: Springer , c2019.
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This new updated edition challenges the perceptions, beliefs and attitudes of professionals working in dementia care settings by drawing on the theory of person-centred care. It demonstrates the importance of this theory for interacting with and caring for people with dementia. It also provides an overview of the theory in relation to two other well-known theories on dementia, and stresses the need to consider the world from the perspective of people with dementia. Moreover, the book examines t…
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Pat Hobson
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Third edition
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xix, 92 p.) : 20 illus., 12 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030204792
9783030204785 (Print ed.)
9783030204808 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Dementia
Patient-Centered Care
Specialty
Psychiatry
Abstract
This new updated edition challenges the perceptions, beliefs and attitudes of professionals working in dementia care settings by drawing on the theory of person-centred care. It demonstrates the importance of this theory for interacting with and caring for people with dementia. It also provides an overview of the theory in relation to two other well-known theories on dementia, and stresses the need to consider the world from the perspective of people with dementia. Moreover, the book examines the importance of dementia care environments, positive interactions, meaningful activities and the concept of personhood, which are all essential to improving the health and wellbeing of people living with dementia. In closing, it underscores the need to remember that the focus of care should be on maximizing the person’s abilities, enabling them, and promoting person-centred care. Given its content and style, the book offers a resource that can be read and understood by health and social care professionals alike, as well as anyone else caring for someone with dementia, including family members and carers.
Contents
1. Background to Person-Centred Care Theory -- 2. Malignant Social Psychology (MSP): Behaviours That Threaten Dignity and Respect -- 3. Positive Person Work (PPW): Behaviours That Promote Dignity -- 4. Person-Centred Models in Dementia -- 5. Experiences of the Person with Dementia and How It Affects Them -- 6. Different Stages and Types of Dementia -- 7. Implementing Person-Centred Communication -- 8. Managing Behaviours That Challenge -- 9. Designing Environments That Enable -- 10. Maintaining Meaningful Activities -- 11. Conclusion.
Format
e-Book
Location
Online
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Clinical handbook of psychotropic drugs

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editors, Ric M. Procyshyn, Kalyna Z. Bezchlibnyk-Butler, and J. Joel Jeffries. (23rd ed.) --Boston, MA: Hogrefe Publishing , c2019.
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Location
Online
The Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs has become a standard reference and working tool for psychiatrists, psychologists, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other mental health professionals. It is independent, unbiased, and packed with unique, easy-to-read comparison charts and tables (dosages, side effects, pharmacokinetics, interactions…) for a quick overview of treatment options.
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Other Authors
Procyshyn, Ric M.
Bezchlibnyk-Butler, Kalyna Z.
Jeffries, J. Joel
Responsibility
editors, Ric M. Procyshyn, Kalyna Z. Bezchlibnyk-Butler, and J. Joel Jeffries
Edition
23rd ed.
Alternate Title
Psychotropic drugs
CHPD
Place of Publication
Boston, MA
Publisher
Hogrefe Publishing
Date of Publication
c2019
Physical Description
1 online resource
ISBN
9781616765613
Subjects (MeSH)
Psychotropic Drugs - administration and dosage
Psychotropic Drugs - therapeutic use
Specialty
Pharmacy
Psychiatry
Abstract
The Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs has become a standard reference and working tool for psychiatrists, psychologists, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other mental health professionals. It is independent, unbiased, and packed with unique, easy-to-read comparison charts and tables (dosages, side effects, pharmacokinetics, interactions…) for a quick overview of treatment options.
Format
e-Book
Publication Type
Handbook
Location
Online
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