Description
Book SynopsisThe authors ask whether the Western Balkans are embracing democracy by creating functional, resilient institutions-governmental, administrative, journalistic, and economic-and fostering popular trust in the legitimacy of those institutions.
Trade Review"This book presents new information which is the result of recent research. The scholarship is superior. The authors have addressed almost all of the relevant topics in a discussion of democratization and integration." (Nick Miller, Boise State University)"
Table of ContentsPreface
Part I: Conceptual Foundations
1. Geriatric Mental Health Care in the Twenty-first Century
2. Concepts Underlying Geriatric Mental Health Care
Part II: A Clinical Guide
3. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
4. Interviewing and Developing an Alliance
5. Age-Related Changes in Cognition in Later Life
6. Cognitive Impairment in Older Persons
7. Alzheimer Disease
8. Other Dementias
9. Managing the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
10. Mood Disorders
11. Anxiety Disorders
12. Schizophrenia in Later Life
13. Alcohol Abuse, Substance Abuse, and Medication Mismanagement
14. Other Psychiatric Disorders and Behavioral Conditions
15. Family Caregiving
Part III: Special Clinical Issues
16. Assessing the Capacity of Older Persons
17. Elder Abuse
18. Violent Deaths
19. Disasters and Terrorism
20. End-of-Life Care
21. Geriatric Mental Health Policies
References
Index
