Section I Geriatric Psychiatry
1 The Aging Body and Brain
Abhilash K. Desai and John E. Morley
2 The Geriatric Patient
Gene D. Cohen
3 The Aging Society
4 The Geriatric Psychiatrist
Pierre Loebel, Marion Goldstein, and Helen Kyomen
5 The Geriatric Caregiver
Colin A. Depp, Rosa Romero, Larry W. Thompson, and Dolores Gallagher-
Thompson
Section II Principles of Clinical Evaluation
6 The Psychiatric Interview of the Older Patient
Daniel Carlat
7 Medical Assessment
Michael Silverman and Adam Golden
8 Neurological Assessment of the Elderly Psychiatric Patient
Elliott L. Mancall
9 Neuroimaging
David Merrill
10 Neuropsychological Evaluation
Elisabeth Koss, Deborah K. Attix and Tyler J. Story
11 The Dementia Workup
Lisa L. Boyle, M. Saleem Ismail, and Anton P. Porsteinsson
12 Cultural Issues
Kenneth Sakauye
13 Forensic Evaluation of the Older Adult
Stuart A. Anfang and Paul S. Appelbaum
Section III General Principles of Psychiatric Treatment
14 Psychotherapy with Older Adults
Amber Gum and Patricia Arean
15 Pharmacotherapy in the Elderly
Gabe J. Maletta
16 Electroconvulsive Therapy in the Geriatric Patient
Robert M. Greenberg, Charles H. Kellner, and Amy Aloysi
17 Palliative Care and Hospice
Ladislav Volicer
18 Spirituality and Geriatric Psychiatry
Leonard Sperry
19 Ethical Issues
Kenneth Goodman and Jason Borenstein
Section IV Psychiatric Disorders
20 Memory Disorders
Yonas E. Geda, Richard Cockerill, and Ronald C. Petersen
21 Alzheimer Disease
David Knopman
22 Vascular Dementia
Helen Lavretsky
23 Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Ian G. McKeith
24 Frontotemporal Dementia
Andrew Kertesz
25 Medical and Neurological Causes of Dementia, Part I
David Geldmacher
26 Medical Causes of Dementia, Part II: Metabolic, Organ-Related, Nutritional, Toxic, and Psychiatric
Heidi K. White, Erin L. Hommel, and Harvey J. Cohen
27 Delirium in the Elderly
David J. Meagher, John W. Norton, and Paula T. Trzepacz
28 Major Depression and Related Disorders
Soo Borson and Darren Thompson
29 Bipolar Disorder
Brent Forrester
30 Suicide in Older Adults
Paul R. Duberstein, Marnin J. Heisel, and Yeates Conwell
31 Psychotic Disorders in Late Life
Salman Karim and Alistair Burns
32 Late-Life Schizophrenia
Hisam Said Goueli, Adriana P. Hermida, and William McDonald
33 Adjustment Disorders in Late Life
Melinda Lantz and Suhkdeep Nina Ahuja
34 Late Life Anxiety Disorders
Sean A. Lauderdale, Erin L. Cassidy-Eagle, Cynthia Nguyen, and Javaid Sheikh
35 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Late Life
Yoram Barak
36 Personality Disorders in Late Life
Richard Zweig and Marc Agronin
37 Substance Use Disorders in Older Adults
Maria D. Llorente, David W. Oslin, and Julie Malphurs
38 Somatoform Disorders in Late Life
Terry Rabinowitz, John P. Hirdes, and Isabelle Desjardins
39 Sleep Disorders
Yohannes Endeshaw and Donald Bliwise
40 Sexuality in Late Life
Marc Agronin and Ruth Westheimer
41 The Aging Patient with Intellectual Disabilities
John A. Tsiouris, Vee P. Prasher, Matthew P. Janicki, Anthony Fernando,
and Katheryn Pekala Service
Section V Associated Psychiatric Issues
42 Integration of Medical and Psychiatric Issues in the Elderly
Maria I. Lapid, M. Caroline Burton, and Jarrett W. Richardson
43 Executive Dysfunction in the Elderly: From Apathy to Agitation
William B. Orr
44 Psychosis and Agitation Associated with Dementia
Ashok Bharucha
45 Depression and Anxiety Associated with Dementia
Natalie Sachs-Ericsson and Dan G. Blazer
46 Psychiatric Manifestations of Medications in the Elderly
Michael Kotlyar, Shelly L. Gray, Robert L. Maher Jr., and Joseph T. Hanlon
47 Psychiatric Manifestations of Common Neurological Disorders
Rizwan S. Akhtar and Stacy S. Horn
48 Neuroleptic-Induced Movement Disorders
David Naimark, Elizabeth Collumb, Ansar M Haroun, and Dilip V. Jeste
49 Persistent Pain and Older Adults
Jordan F. Karp and Debra K. Weiner
Appendices
Appendix A: Pharmacotherapy of Psychotropic Medications in the Elderly
Kimberly M. Mattox, Lauren George, and Gabe J. Maletta
Appendix B: Review of Human Neuroanatomy for the Practicing Psychiatrist
Jason E. Wells and Britt Sanford
Appendix C: OBRA Guidelines
Stephen Scheinthal
Appendix D: Resources for Geriatric Psychiatry
Jacqueline T. Dahl and Maria I. Lapid
Index