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Clinical manual of palliative care psychiatry / by Nathan Fairman, Jeremy M. Hirst, Scott A. Irwin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fairman, Nathan, 1972- author.
- Hirst, Jeremy M., author.
- Irwin, Scott A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Palliative treatment.
- Terminally ill--Psychology.
- Terminally ill.
- Psychotherapy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Arlington, VA : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Clinical Manual of Palliative Care Psychiatry seeks to bridge the gulf between principles and practice for two groups of clinicians: frontline palliative care providers with little mental health training and mental health specialists who may lack familiarity with palliative care practice.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Foreword
- Introduction
- PART I Background and Context
- 1 Palliative Care 101
- Definitions: Palliative Care and Hospice
- Basic Tenets of Palliative Care
- Benefits of Palliative Care
- Conclusions and Key Points
- References
- Additional Resources
- 2 Psychiatry in Palliative Care
- Historical Perspective: Psychological Considerations in Palliative Care
- Emergence and Evolution of Palliative Care Psychiatry
- Opportunities for Psychiatry in Palliative Care
- PART II Core Clinical Applications
- 3 Depression
- Epidemiology and Consequences
- Symptoms, Screening, and Differential Diagnosis
- Management of Depression in the Palliative Care Setting
- 4 Anxiety
- Management of Anxiety in the Palliative Care Setting
- 5 Delirium
- Definition, Epidemiology, Etiologies, Subtypes, and Consequences
- Prevention
- Approach to Delirium in the Palliative Care Setting: Goals of Care, Reversibility, Assessment, and Screening
- Management of Delirium in the Palliative Care Setting
- PART III Other Common Psychiatric Conditions
- 6 Dementia (Major Neurocognitive Disorder)
- Definitions and Classification
- Assessment
- Prognostication and Access to Palliative Services
- Management Issues Specific to Psychiatric Palliative Care
- 7 Insomnia
- Classification and Causes
- Assessment and Management.
- Conclusions and Key Points
- 8 Substance Use Disorders
- Definitions
- Challenges in Diagnosis
- Clinical Management
- PART IV Interventions
- 9 Psychotherapy
- General Approaches: Skillful Communication and Compassionate Presence as Psychotherapy
- Supportive Psychotherapies
- Specific Psychotherapies
- 10 Pain Management and Psychopharmacology
- Physical Symptom Relief as a Core Tenet of Palliative Care
- Pain: The Fundamentals
- Approach to Assessment and Management
- Use of Psychotropic Medication in Chronic Noncancer Pain Management
- Use of Psychotropic Medication in Cancer Pain Management
- PART V Pediatric Patients
- 11 Children and Adolescents
- Psychiatrist's Role in Pediatric Palliative Care Team
- Unique Issues in Pediatric Palliative Care Psychiatry
- Attention to Physical and Psychological Symptoms
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781615370610
- 1615370617
- OCLC:
- 934383078
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